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  1. Contribution of the Baobab Value Chain to Equitable Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Ghana

    Article • Sustainable Development, May 2026, Wiley

    DR Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu

  2. Microlevel analysis of smallholder farmers’ knowledge and perspectives of cassava pests, disease risks, and eco-friendly management techniques in two agroecological landscapes of Ghana

    Article • Crop Protection, December 2025, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  3. The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

    Article • Agribusiness, October 2025, Wiley

    DR Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu

  4. Greenhouse Farming Adoption: Determinants and Impacts on Dietary Diversity, Food Consumption and Insecurity in Ghana

    Article • Food and Energy Security, September 2025, Wiley

    Victor Owusu

  5. Impact of soil salinity adaptation on yields and food security in Fimela, Senegal

    Article • Climatic Change, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Victor Owusu

  6. Do regional-specific differences influence smallholder farmers’ climate information use? Evidence from Ghana

    Article • Climate Services, April 2025, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  7. Assessing homogeneous and heterogeneous economic impacts of fall armyworm management practices on farm performance in Ghana

    Article • CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, August 2024, CABI Publishing

    Victor Owusu

  8. Heterogeneous impacts of greenhouse farming technology as climate-smart agriculture on household welfare in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2024, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  9. Understanding and addressing climate change impacts on cocoa farming in Ghana

    Article • Environmental Challenges, January 2024, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  10. Food quality and supply chain networks in dynamic business environments: evidence from the Nigerian shrimp subsector

    Article • British Food Journal, December 2023, Emerald

    Sunday Olaleye, Victor Owusu

  11. Does the use of cocoa farmlands for artisanal small-scale gold mining really increase household food insecurity? Evidence from Ghana

    Article • Resources Policy, December 2023, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  12. Crop diversity, sustainable food and nutritional security among smallholder farmers in Ghana

    Article • British Food Journal, August 2023, Emerald

    Victor Owusu

  13. Farmers’ perceptions, adoption and impacts of integrated water management technology under changing climate

    Article • International Journal of Water Resources Development, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu

  14. Does income diversity really stimulate household consumption expenditure diversity? Evidence from mean-based and unconditional quantile regressions

    Article • Applied Economics, December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu

  15. Does ICTs-based farm advisory services improve farmers’ adaptation to climate change? Evidence from Pakistan

    Article • Climate and Development, December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu

  16. Off-farm work and technical efficiency of wheat production: An analysis accounting for multiple dimensions of off-farm work

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  17. Production technology, efficiency, and productivity of cereal farms: Prospects for enhancing farm performance in Ghana

    Article • Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, August 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Victor Owusu

  18. Contract farming scheme for rubber production in Western region of Ghana: why do farmers side sell?

    Article • Forests Trees and Livelihoods, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  19. Rainfall shocks and household welfare: Evidence from northern Ghana

    Article • Agricultural Systems, December 2021, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  20. Do women farmers cope or adapt to strategies in response to climate extreme events? Evidence from rural Ghana

    Article • Climate and Development, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu

  21. Assessing the determinants of women farmers' targeted adaptation measures in response to climate extremes in rural Ghana

    Article • Weather and Climate Extremes, September 2021, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  22. Preferences for crop insurance attributes among cocoa farmers in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, July 2021, Emerald

    Victor Owusu

  23. Correction to: Climate change adaptation strategies, productivity and sustainable food security in southern Mali

    Article • Climatic Change, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  24. Risk, ambiguity and willingness to participate in crop insurance programs: Evidence from a field experiment*

    Article • Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, June 2021, Wiley

    Victor Owusu

  25. Artisanal small-scale mining and livelihood assets in rural southern Ghana

    Article • Resources Policy, June 2021, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu, Prof. Amos Mensah

  26. Women farmers’ perceived indices of occurrence and severity of observed climate extremes in rural Savannah, Ghana

    Article • Environment Development and Sustainability, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Victor Owusu

  27. Perceptions and vulnerability of farming households to climate change in three agro-ecological zones of Ghana

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2021, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu, Alan Renwick

  28. Farmer Perceptions and Economic Performance of Cocoa Agroforestry Shade Levels in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Sustainable Forestry, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu

  29. Impacts of Improved Seed Maize Technology Adoption on Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Northern Ghana

    Article • Open Economics, January 2021, De Gruyter

    Victor Owusu

  30. Does the use of climate information contribute to climate change adaptation? Evidence from Ghana

    Article • Climate and Development, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu, Alan Renwick

  31. IS ORGANIC AGRICULTURE MORE SCALE EFFICIENT THAN CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE? THE CASE OF COCOA CULTIVATION IN GHANA

    Article • Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, October 2020, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

    Victor Owusu

  32. Women smallholder farmers off-farm adaptation strategies to climate variability in rural Savannah, Ghana

    Article • GeoJournal, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Victor Owusu

  33. The Development and Promotion of Sweet Potato Yoghurt in Ghana: Implications for Sustainable Production and Consumption Policies

    Article • Sustainability, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  34. Climate change adaptation strategies, productivity and sustainable food security in southern Mali

    Article • Climatic Change, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    DR Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu

  35. Mineral Fertiliser Adoption and Land Productivity: Implications for Securing Stable Rice Production in Northern Ghana

    Article • Land, April 2019, MDPI AG

    DR Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu

  36. Examining the economic impacts of integrated pest management among vegetable farmers in Southern Ghana

    Article • Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Victor Owusu, Awudu Abdulai

  37. Farmers' preference for improved cassava variety traits

    Article • Open Agriculture, November 2018, De Gruyter

    Patricia Pinamang Acheampong, Victor Owusu

  38. The Adoption of Farm Innovations among Rice Producers in Northern Ghana: Implications for Sustainable Rice Supply

    Article • Agriculture, August 2018, MDPI AG

    DR Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu

  39. Accounting for the Gender Technology Gap Amongst Smallholder Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Economics, September 2017, Wiley

    DR Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu

  40. TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE - A GENDER COMPARISON

    Article • Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, September 2017, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

    Professor Justice Gameli Djokoto, Victor Owusu

  41. Consumer perceptions and willingness to pay for cassava-wheat composite bread in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, August 2017, Emerald

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  42. Consumer willingness to pay a premium for a functional food in Ghana

    Article • Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, June 2017, University of Debrecen/ Debreceni Egyetem

    Victor Owusu

  43. Impact of agricultural extension service on adoption of chemical fertilizer: Implications for rice productivity and development in Ghana

    Article • NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, December 2016, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  44. IMPACT OF ROW-PLANTING ADOPTION ON PRODUCTIVITY OF RICE FARMING IN NORTHERN GHANA

    Article • Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, November 2016, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  45. TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BY MAIZE FARMERS IN THREE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF GHANA

    Article • Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, November 2016, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

    Victor Owusu

  46. The economics of small-scale private pump irrigation and agricultural productivity in Ghana

    Article • The Journal of Developing Areas, January 2016, Project Muse

    Victor Owusu

  47. Comparative analysis on financial viability of cocoa agroforestry systems in Ghana

    Article • Environment Development and Sustainability, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Victor Owusu

  48. Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for beef food safety assurance labels in the Kumasi Metropolis and Sunyani Municipality of Ghana

    Article • Food Control, December 2014, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  49. Institutional Texts and the Processes of Meaning Making

    Article • International Journal of English Linguistics, July 2014, Canadian Center of Science and Education

    Victor Owusu

  50. A glance at the world

    Article • Waste Management, July 2014, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  51. Do economic incentives affect attitudes to solid waste source separation? Evidence from Ghana

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, September 2013, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  52. Revisiting Agricultural Input and Farm Support Subsidies in Africa: The Case of Ghana's Mechanization, Fertilizer, Block Farms, and Marketing Programs

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2013, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  53. Intersectoral labor mobility and deforestation in Ghana

    Article • Environment and Development Economics, September 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Victor Owusu

  54. Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties in Ghana

    Article • Agricultural Journal, February 2012, Science Alert

    Victor Owusu, DR Emmanuel Donkor

  55. Land tenure differences and investment in land improvement measures: Theoretical and empirical analyses

    Article • Journal of Development Economics, September 2011, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  56. Perception on untreated wastewater irrigation for vegetable production in Ghana

    Article • Environment Development and Sustainability, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Victor Owusu

  57. Are households willing to pay for full-cost solid waste collection? Evidence from Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana

    Article • Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Victor Owusu

  58. Adoption of safer irrigation technologies and cropping patterns: Evidence from Southern Ghana

    Article • Ecological Economics, May 2011, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu

  59. Non-farm work and food security among farm households in Northern Ghana

    Article • Food Policy, April 2011, Elsevier

    Victor Owusu