PROF. SHIRLEY LAMPTEYAssociate ProfessorDEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCEFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Shirley Lamptey (PhD) is an Agronomist with The Department of Crop Science, University for Development Studies. She is an Associate Professor and a researcher with over 12 years’ experience. Her main areas of research include sustainable cropping systems, soil water conservation, integrated weed control and climate-smart crop production. She has taught students in Arable Crop Production, Weed Science, Plantation and Industrial Crop Production, Botany and Physiology of Crop Plant at the undergraduate level as well as Farming Systems at the postgraduate level. Dr. Shirley Lamptey has also collaborated on several research and development projects, funded by Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and National Natural Science Foundation of China. Currently, she serves as Female Senior Hall Tutor, Nyankpala Campus, UDS.
Lamptey, S. (2022). Potentials of Agronomic Practices in Soil Water Management for Sustainable Crop Production under Rain fed Agriculture of Drylands in Sub-Sahara Africa. African Journal of Agricultural Research 18(1):18-26
Lamptey, S. and Koomson, E. (2021). The role of Staking and Pruning Methods on Yield and Profitability of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Production in the Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana. Advances in Agriculture, https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5570567
Asodewine, P. A., Lamptey, S. and Dzomeku, I. K. (2021). Pearl Millet–Cowpea Intercrop Effect on Striga hermonthica and Grain Yield. Indian Journal of Weed Science 53(2): 146-152.
Tiebu, L., Mohammed, R. A. and Lamptey, S. (2021). Effects of soil amendments and weeding regimes on growth and yield potential of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under different water sources in the Guinea Savanna. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 17(3): 472-478.
Abel, C. I., Lamptey, S. and Kugbe, J. X. (2020). Growth and Yield Response of Screened Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) Genotypes to Fertilization and Rhizobia Inoculantion in Northern Ghana. Nigerian Agricultural Journal, 51(3): 36- 44.
Mintah, F., Mohammed, Y. Z., Lamptey, S. and Ahiabor, B. D. K. (2020). Growth and Yield Responses of Cowpea and Groundnut to Five Rhizobial Inoculant Strains in the Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana. Advances in Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8848823
Lamptey, S., Li, L., Xie, J. and Coulter, J. A. (2020). Tillage system affects soil water and photosynthesis of plastic-mulched maize on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China. Soil & Tillage Research 196 (104479). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2019.104479
Lamptey, S., Li, L., Yeboah, S. and Zhang, R. (2019). Soil Water Storage, Leaf Photosynthesis and Grain Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) as affected by different Soil Amendments. Journal of Ghana Science Association, 18 (1): 47–55.
Yeboah, S., Lamptey, S., Zhang, R. and Li, L. (2019). Soil Water Content and Photosynthetic Gas Exchange of Spring Wheat Under Conservation Tillage Systems in The Dryland Western Loess Plateau Area in China. Journal of Ghana Science Association, 18 (1): 23 –31.
Lamptey, S., Xie, J., Li, L., Coulter, J. A. and Jagadabhi, P. S. (2019). Influence of Organic Amendment on Soil Respiration and Maize Productivity in a Semi‐Arid Environment. Agronomy, 9:611
Who We Are
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences (FOAFCS), located at the Nyankpala Campus, is the premier faculty of the University for Development Studies (UDS), having begun in 1993 as the Faculty of Agriculture.
