Daniel Oppong-Sekyere

doppong-sekyere@bolgatu.edu.gh
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Daniel Oppong-Sekyere, PhD.

Associate Professor

Biography

Prof. Daniel Oppong-Sekyere (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Crop Sciences (Plant Breeding/Agronomy) with the Department of Ecological Agriculture, Bolgatanga Technical University, Ghana. Before his assumption of duty as a Lecturer, Daniel worked as an Assistant Agricultural Officer/District Development Officer with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA).
Prof. Oppong-Sekyere has extensive knowledge and skills in the field of agricultural extension, education, research, baseline & endline surveys, monitoring & evaluation, agribusiness, food & nutrition security management, rural/livelihood change, youth empowerment & gender mainstreaming programmes. He has carried out various baseline/endline research/extension training, monitoring and evaluation programmes and education on good agronomic and general crop production practices, participatory farmer breeding/selection/evaluation, crop storage and marketing, food and nutrition security and rural development, agribusiness and innovation, postharvest technologies, Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPDM) practices, warehouse management, vegetable production practices, and youth enterprise development activities for Farmer-Based Organizations (FBOs) and other stakeholders in the agriculture value chain in several communities in the Brong, Ahafo, Eastern, Upper East, Northern and Ashanti Regions of
Ghana.
Daniel has additionally carried out research projects on drought and disease tolerance of crops, climate change, climate resilience practices, food and nutrition security and rural/livelihood change and youth empowerment/ development activities and programmes, baseline and endline surveys as well as monitoring and evaluation programmes for several rural and urban farmers, households and communities in some regions of Ghana, the United States of America, Israel and the Netherlands. He has attended many international conferences, workshops and courses in the field of agriculture, food and nutrition security and its related disciplines.
Prof. Oppong-Sekyere had been an Associate Consultant for ‘Nathan Associates’ under the MADE program in Ghana on market assessment of onion and other vegetables in the Upper East Region. He had also been a Project Coordinator for the GSOP Mango Project funded by the World Bank and the Government of Ghana/Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) at the Pru District of the Brong region of Ghana, a Resource Person and Facilitator for the Ghana Skills Development Fund (GSDF) in collaboration with the Bolgatanga Technical University, Field Expert and Peer Educator for the Millennium Villages Project at selected districts of the Ashanti region of Ghana, Programme Expert and Facilitator for skill, entrepreneurship and leadership training of young girls and women in agricultural science and engineering under the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) and Women in Economic Empowerment-Northern Region (WEE-NORTH)
programmes funded by the MasterCard and Alinea (Global Affairs Canada) Foundations, and has been appointed the Programme Coordinator/Faculty Advisor for the Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC) – to drive agricultural innovation and agribusiness among females and the youth in general across the northern regions of Ghana.
Daniel is currently undertaking studies on the theme; ‘Enhancing Food Security and Income among Small Holder Farmers through Participatory Selection, Evaluation, Marketing and Promotion of Groundnuts, Cowpea and Bambara beans. Daniel is married to Joyce, and the couple is blessed with a set of twins, Adom and Nhyira.

Education

  • PhD. Plant Breeding, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, 2019.
  • MSc. Agronomy (Plant Breeding), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, 2011.
  • BSc. Agriculture Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, 2005.
  • Certificate ‘A’ (Post-Secondary Teacher’s Certificate), Foso College of Education , Assin Foso, Central Region, Ghana, Sep. 1998 to Jun. 2001
  • Pure Science (SSSCE), Adisadel College, Cape Coast, Ghana, Jan. 1995 to Dec. 1997

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

  1. Oppong-Sekyere, D., R. Akromah, E. Y. Nyamah, A. D. Ninfaa, M. M. Braimah, M. M. Akpalu, A-R. S. Salifu (2020). Production Challenges and Postharvest Practices of Groundnut in Northern Ghana: the Participatory Rural Appraisal Approach. New Perspectives in Agriculture and Crop Science Vol. 2. Chapter 2. Print ISBN: 978-93-89816-42-6, eBook ISBN: 978-93-89816-43-3
  2. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Nyamah, E. Y., Brenya, E and Yeboah, Y. (2020). Morphological Characterization of Okra (Abelmoschus sp. L.) Germplasm in Ghana Research and Development in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2. Chapter 12. Print ISBN Number: 978-93-89816-22-8 E ISBN Number: 978-93-89816-23-5
  1. Joseph Kinansua Laary, Daniel Oppong-Sekyere, Mercy Marilyn Akpalu, Augustus Dery Ninfaa and Gabriel Atubila Asumboya (2018). Climate Resilience Agronomic Practices in Vegetable Production (MODULE 1) (SDF & Department of Ecological Agriculture, Bolgatanga Technical University), October, 2018.

Monograph Publications

  1. Daniel Oppong-Sekyere (2011) Assessing Genetic Diversity in Ghanaian Okra (Abelmoschus sp. (L.) Moench): Morphological Characterization of Okra in Ghana Publisher:  LAP-LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG. (Germany). ISBN: 978-3-8465-5366-4; November, 2011. 116 pages. E-mail: info@lap-publishing.com. Website: www.lap-publishing.com; Tel; +49 681 3720 310. Telefax; +49 681 3720 3109.
  1. Daniel Oppong-Sekyere (2012) Feed Particle Size Versus Growth Performance Of Broiler Chickens: Maize as a Major Ingredient in Most Complete Feeds. Publisher:  LAP-LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN: 978-3-659-17930-3; July, 2012. 43 pages. E-mail: info@lap-publishing.com Website: www.lap-publishing.com; Tel; +49 681 3720 310. Telefax; +49 681 3720 3109.

Journal Papers

  1. Oppong-Sekyere, D. (2019). Genetic Analysis of Late Leaf Spot (Phaeoisariopsis personata) Disease Resistance in Groundnuts, Journal of Horticulture and Plant Research (JHPR) (Under Review).
  2. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Ozias-Akins, P, Laary, J. K and Gimode, D. (2019). Heritability Studies of Drought Tolerance in Groundnut; Using the North Carolina Design II Fashion and Variance Component Method. Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science (JPBCS), Vol. 11(9), pp. 234-253.
  3. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Chu, Y., Ozias-Akins, P and Gimode, D. (2019). Phylogenetic Assessment of Selected Ghanaian Groundnuts, in Reference to U.S. Mini-Core based on Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) and Axiom Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Array Protocols. Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development (JABSD). Vol. 11(3), pp. 27-38.
  4. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Yintii, B. B and Akolgo, L.A. (2019). Assessment of Selected Landrace and Improved Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Genotypes under Stressed and Non-stressed Conditions. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, JEAI, August, 2019. 40(1): 1-25, 2019.
  5. Laary, J. K., Ofori, K., Kusi, F and Oppong-Sekyere, D. (2019). Evaluation of Eggplant (Solanum sp.) Genotypes for Proline Accumulation in Drought Conditions of Ghana. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 26(5), Pp. 1-11.
  6. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Laary, J. K and Asumboya, G. (2018). Assessing Farmers’ Knowledge, Perceptions, Varietal Preferences and Constraints to Groundnut Production, the PRA Approach, International Journal of Research (IJR). Vol. 5. Issue 21, pp. 310-338.
  7. Oppong-Sekyere D., Akromah, R., Kena, A.W., Larweh, V., Ozias-Akins, P. (2018). Screening and Selection of Drought-Tolerant Groundnut Varieties Based on Yield Performance. International Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 5(3): 463-473.
  8. Ninfaa, A.D., Oppong-Sekyere, D., Salifu, A-R.S., Yintii, B.B and Manamzor, F.L. (2016). An Assessment of the Performance of Some Vegetable Markets and End Users in the Upper East Region of Ghana. International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review. Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev.2016, 4(11):87-98.
  9. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Ozias-Akins, P and Kena, A.W. (2018). Screening and Selection of Groundnuts (Arachis Hypogaea L.), for Earliness. The International Journal of Science & Technoledge; 20(6) pp. 20-33.
  10. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Asumboya, G and Yintii, B. (2018). Sorghum Production Practices: A Case Study of Four Communities in Navrongo, Ghana. J. Basic. Appl. Sci. Res., 8(7)1-15, 2018.
  11. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Nyamah, E. Y., Brenya, E and Yeboah, Y. (2011). Characterization of Okra (Abelmoschus Spp L.) Germplasm Based on Morphological Characters in Ghana, Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science (JPBCS); Vol. 3(13). pp. 367-378, November, 2011. Available online http://www.academicjournals.org/jpbcs, ISSN 2006-9758 © 2011 Academic Journals
  12. Oppong-Sekyere, D., R. Akromah, E.Y. Nyamah, E. Brenya and Yeboah, S (2012). Evaluation of Some Okra (Abelmoschus Sp L.) Germplasm in Ghana, African Journal of Plant Science (AJPS); Vol. 6(5), pp. 166-178, 6 March, 2012. Available online http://www.academicjournals.org/ajps, ISSN 2006-9758 © 2011 Academic Journals
  13. Oppong-Sekyere, D., A. Donkoh and Addo, A. (2012). Effect of Feed Particle Size on Growth Performance of Broiler Chickens in Ghana, International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences (IJPAES); Vol. 2(3). pp. 241-247, July-Sept., 2012. Available online http://www.ijpaes.com ISSN 2231-4490.

Other Education/Training

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (UGA), USA & THE USDA: The Norman E. Borlaug Agricultural Science and Educational Research Fellowship Program. (Borlaug Fellowship,2017). (US Dep’t of Agric, FAS,OCBD,TSED). Athens & Tifton, USA May, 28 to August, 22, 2017 Certificate of Training International Post[1]Graduate Course: Research on Peanut Genetics for Drought and Disease Tolerance. -Peanut Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Research.
  2. WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY & RESEARCH: Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) and (Nuffic). Centre for Development Innovation (CDI), Wageningen University UR. The Netherlands. Wageningen, The Netherlands (Holland) April, 04 to 22, 2016 Certificate International Post[1]Graduate Course: Contemporary Approaches to Genetic Resources Conservation and Use.
  3. THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM: Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment: The International School of Agricultural Sciences, Rehovot, Israel. Tel-Aviv, Rehovot Campus, Israel Nov., 02 to 26, 2015. Certificate International Post[1]Graduate Course on: Crop Production Under Saline Stress: As a Result of Climate Change, Climate Resilience Agricultural Practices
  4. KUMASI VIRTUAL CENTRE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (KVCIT) Kumasi, Ghana Jan. to March, 2006 Computer Training/Literacy Certificate Computer Literacy and Application: Microsoft Windows/Office Suit (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet, etc.
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