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Research Publications for 2014

  • Agbo N.W., Amisah S., Tettey E. and Frimpong E. (2014) Effects of dietary protein levels on growth performance of Claroteid catfish, Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus, fingerlings. Annals of Biological Research, 5(4) (Accepted)
  • Agbo W.N. and Prah C. D. (2014) Evaluation of fermentation period on the proximate composition and tannin concentration of sheanut (Vitellaria paradoxa) meal. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research, 4(1): 21-27
  • Emmanuel A. Frimpong, Yaw B. Ansah, Stephen Amisah, Daniel Adjei-Boateng, Nelson W. Agbo and Hillary Egna. (2014) Effects of Two Environmental Best Management Practices on Pond Water and Effluent Quality and Growth of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, Sustainability, 6(2): 652-675; doi:10.3390/su6020652
  • Philip Osei-Mensah, Albert Amatey Adjaottor, Godfred Owusu-Boateng  (2014) Characterization of Solid Waste in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region, Kumasi-Ghana. International Journal of Waste Management and Technology 2, (1), 1 – 14
  • Antwi-Boasiako C. and D. Eshun (2014): Termiticidal potency of Erythrophleum r suaveolens (Guill. And Perr.) Brenan bark, Thevetia peruviana (pers.) K. Schum and Moringa Oleifera Lam.  Root extracts as alternative to conventional synthetic preservative-chemicals.  J Indian Acad Wood Sci DOI 10. 1007/s13196-013-0108-5.  Received: 25 April 2013 / Accepted: 5 December 2013, published on line: 08 January 2014.  Indian Academy of Wood Science 2014. [December 2013, volume 10, Issue 2, pp 147-154; Springer]
  • G. Y. Coffie, C. Antwi-Boasiako, N. A. Darkwa (2014)  - Phytochemical constituents of the leaves of three bamboo (Poaceae) species in Ghana. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2014; 2 (6): 34-38. ISSN 2278-4136, JPP 2014; 2 (6): 34-38, Received: 22-01-2014, Accepted: 25-01-2014. [Available online at www.phytojournal.com]
  • G.   Y. Coffie, C. Antwi – Boasiako, N. A. Darkwa (2014). “Photochemical constituents of the leaves of three bamboo (Phocaea) species in Ghana”. Journal of Pharmacosynosy and Photochemistry, Vol. 2 issue 6.
  • Campion, B. B. & Acheampong, E. (2014). The Chieftaincy Institution in Ghana: Causers and Arbitrators of Conflicts in Industrial Jatropha Investments. Sustainability, 6(9): 6332-6350; doi:10.3390/su6096332
  • Acheampong, E. & Campion, B. B. (2014). The Effects of Biofuel Feedstock Production on Farmers’ Livelihoods in Ghana: The Case of Jatropha curcas. Sustainability, 6: 4587-4607; doi:10.3390/su6074587
  • Timko, J.A., Amsalu, A., Acheampong, E.  and Teferi, M. K (2014) Local Perceptions about the Effects of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) and Castor (Ricinus communis) Plantations on Households in Ghana and Ethiopia, Sustainability, 6(7): 7224-7241; doi:10.3390/su6107224
  • Campion, B. B. and Acheampong, E. (2014) The Chieftaincy Institution in Ghana: Causers and Arbitrators of Conflicts in Industrial Jatropha Investments, Sustainability, 6(7): 6332-6350; doi:10.3390/su6096332.
  • Acheampong, E. and Campion, B. B. (2014) The Effects of Biofuel Feedstock Production on Farmers’ Livelihoods in Ghana: The Case of Jatropha curcas, Sustainability, 6(7): 4587-4607; doi:10.3390/su6074587.
  • Insaidoo, T. F. G, Derkyi, M. and Acheampong, E. (2014) Farm Level Tree Planting in Ghana: Potential for Reducing Vulnerability and Mitigating Climate Change, Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management (JENRM), I (1): 19-27. .
  • Guuroh  R.  T., Uibrig, H. and Acheampong, E. (2014) How does homegarden size affect input and output per unit area? – a case study of the Bieha District, Southern Burkina Faso,  International Journal of AgriScience, 4(3):196-208.
  • Kyereh, B., Agyeman, V.K. and Abebrase, I.K. (2014). Ecological characteristics that enhance Broussonetia papyrifera’s invasion in a semi-deciduous forest in Ghana. Journal of Ecosystems Volume 2014, Article ID 270196, 6 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/270196
  • Dua-Gyamfi, A., Kyereh B., Adam, K.A., Agyeman, V.K. and Swaine, M.D. (2014). Natural regeneration dynamics of tree seedlings on skid trails and tree gaps following selective logging in a tropical moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana. Open Journal of Forestry 4 (1) 49-57. Scientific Research (http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojf.2014.41009
  • Derkyi, M., Ros-Tonen, M.A.F., Kyereh, B. and Dietz, T. (2014). Fighting over forest: towards a shared analysis of livelihood conflicts and conflict management in Ghana. Society and Natural Resources: An International Journal, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2013.861550 http://dx.doi.org/10.180//08941920.2013.861550
  • Oduro, K.A., Arts, B., Hoogstra-Klein, M.A., Kyereh, B. and Mohren, G.M.J. (2014). Exploring the future of timber resources in the high forest zone of Ghana. International Forestry Review 16 (6) 573-585.
  • Derkyi, M. and Kyereh, B. (2014). Scale-specific but interlinked strategies for managing forest resource conflicts in Ghana: Forest professionals’ views. Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management 1 (2) 112-119.
  • Dompreh, D., Swaine, M. D. and Wilcock, C. C. (2015). Reproductive biology of the critically endangered tropical tree Talbotiella gentii, Southern Forests: Journal of Forest Science, DOI:10.2989/20702620.2014.100167