DR. VIVIAN FIATUSEY BOATENGSenior LecturerDEPARTMENT OF AGRIBUSINESSFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Vivian Fiatusey Boateng (Ph.D.) received PhD, MPhil, and B.Sc. degrees in Agricultural Economics from the 海角乱伦社区 and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. She is a senior lecturer and Head of the Department of Agribusiness. Vivian served as Quality Assurance Officer at the then Department of Agribusiness Management and Finance. She has provided instruction in Entrepreneurship, Agricultural Marketing, and Biotechnology for Agribusiness, Organisational Behaviour, Organisation Development, and Conflict Management, at the undergraduate level, and the Socio-Economics of Fisheries at the post-graduate level.
Dr. Vivian offers training programs in entrepreneurship and enterprise development to vulnerable women groups and students in business startups. She has varied interests in critical issues that affect the agricultural sector in Ghana. This includes providing solutions for upscaling the output of agribusiness, enhancing the connection between producers and consumers, as well as providing a benchmark for measuring the outcome of such interventions. Her current research is focused on food marketing, fisheries economics, sustainable agriculture and entrepreneurship. She has also collaborated on several research and development projects, funded by the African Development Bank – under the auspices of the United Nations University Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) and the USAID ADVANCE.
Email address: vfiatusey@uds.edu.gh
Alhassan, A.K., Boateng, V.F. and Danso-Abbeam, G. (2023), Impact of village saving groups on adoption intensity of sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Northern region, Ghana, Agricultural Finance Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-01-2023-000
Boateng, V.F., Dokonh, SA & Cobbinah, M.T. (2023). Drivers of smallholder farmers; organic farming adoption and the organic share of their total cropland and in the Northern Ghana. Journal of All Life, Vol. 16, No 1, 2224526
Boateng, F. V., Donkoh, S. A., and Adzawla, W (2022). Factors influencing the decision to produce organic or conventional vegetables and the effects of the decision on technical efficiency of farmers in the Northern region of Ghana. Organic Agriculture. 12(3), pages 47–61 (2022)
Mumuni, E., Sulemana, N., Mabe, F. N., and Boateng, V. F., (eds). 2020. Land-Energy-Water for Sustainable Development in Africa: A Case Study of the Northern Region of Ghana. Rural-Linkages and Sustainable Development: Case Studies from Africa Publisher: Spears Media LLC DENVER
Mabe, F. N., Mumuni, E., Sulemana, N., and Boateng, V. F. (2019). The nexus between land acquisition and household livelihoods in the Northern region of Ghana. Land Use Policy, Vol. 85 (1), pp. 357-367
Boateng, V.F., Abubakari, A. H., and Alhassan, H. 2018. Willingness to Pay and Entrepreneurial Prospect of Estate Landscaping in the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Horticulture, Vol (1), pp.99-104.
Boateng, V. F., Donkoh, S. A., Al-Hassan, S. (2018). Output effects of organic vegetable production in the Northern Region of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, (GJAEAB) Vol.1, No.1 Pp. 64-94.
Alhassan, H., Donkoh, S. A. and Boateng, V.F. (2017). Households’ Willingness to Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management in Tamale Metropolitan Area, Northern Ghana. 海角乱伦社区International Journal of Development. Vol. 3 (2), Pp. 70-84.