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Attitude and Perception of Academic and Administrative Staff towards Progression in Higher Institutions of Learning in Ghana
The continuous development of staffs of higher institutions of learning is crucial in the attainment of institutional and national goals on quality education. -
Geosensors to Support Crop Production: Current Applications and User Requirements
Sensor technology, which benefits from high temporal measuring resolution, real-time data transfer and high spatial resolution of sensor data that shows in-field variations, has the potential to provide added value for crop production. The present paper explores how sensors and sensor networks have been utilised in the crop production process and what their added-value and the main bottlenecks are from the perspective of users. -
Geosensors to Support Crop Production: Current Applications and User Requirements
Sensor technology, which benefits from high temporal measuring resolution, real-time data transfer and high spatial resolution of sensor data that shows in-field variations, has the potential to provide added value for crop production. The present paper explores how sensors and sensor networks have been utilised in the crop production process and what their added-value and the main bottlenecks are from the perspective of users. -
A review of osmodehydration for food industry
As a cost saving drying technology, osmotic dehydration is not receiving much attention in the food industry due to the poor understanding of the counter current flow phenomena associated with it. Therefore, it is very important to investigate the underlying principles of the counter current flow to improve industrial implementation of the technology. -
Microbial deterioration of white variety sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) under different storage structures
Post-harvest protection of white variety sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) has been dealt with rarely in the past, although it is comparatively easy to grow and has high consumer acceptability in Ghana. Microbial deterioration of sweet potato roots stored in three different storage structures was studied. -
Multilinear Regression Approach in Predicting Osmo-Dehydration Processes of Apple, Banana and Potato
The potential for improving food quality through osmo-dehydration is tremendous but limited by quantitative data and methods. A Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) approach was developed for water loss and solid gain during osmo-dehydration of apple, banana and potato taking into account the effect of temperature, concentration, time of immersion, sample size, sample type and agitation. -
Application of Radial Basis Function Network with a Gaussian Function of Artificial Neural Networks in Osmo-dehydration of Plant Materials
The study presents a critical evaluation of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) in food processing by successfully predicting the mass transfer in three plant materials. The used of ANNs in osmo-dehydration was evaluated using two varieties of apple (Malus domestica Borkh) of Golden Delicious and Cox, banana cultivar Cavendish and potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) variety Estima. -
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Organic Manure Improves Soybean Response to Rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer in northern Ghana
Inherently low concentrations of soil nutrients and erratic rainfall pattern in sub-Sahara Africa limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer. -
The gendered nature of productive and reproductive roles in the Agricultural sector.
The aim of the study was to examine the roles of both male and female farmers in the agricultural sector and how the interact to perform these role. The fieldwork researched two communities in two districts of northern region, Ghana. Data was also collected from agricultural development agencies: Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and World Vision Ghana (WVG).