Ferdinand Adu-Baffour

Benefiting from extractive minerals while safeguarding the environment

 

 

Contact

fadubaffour@yahoo.com

 

 

Biography

Ferdinand Adu-Baffour has a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from the University of Ghana and an MSc. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim. For his master’s thesis, which assessed the impact of different mechanization service provision models on small scale farms in Zambia, Ferdinand gained rich practical experience working together with partners from Zambia (IAPRI) and Germany (University of Hohenheim and John Deere). He also has years of experience working in the space of agribusiness, rural development, and agriculture where he worked on USAID funded projects, in most parts of Ghana, as a data analyst and later as a monitoring and evaluation officer.

Publications

Publications

Publications

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Are community-based land restoration approaches sustainable? A mixed methods study of Ghana' s small-scale mining sector Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Obeng, Elizabeth Asantewaa; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christina Nachhaltige Ernährungssysteme und Landnutzungswandel : 63. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V. vom 20. bis 22.9.2023. 201–219, Braunschweig: Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues, Braunschweig: Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues, Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V.. Issue: 59 2024 Conference Paper
Making land rehabilitation projects work in small-scale mining areas: Insights from a case study in Ghana Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Asantewaa Obeng, Elizabeth; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christine Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2023 Report
Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: insights from a process net-map study Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Land use policy, 102 (1–16). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2021 Journal Article
Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: Insights from a process net-map study Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2020 Report
Can small farms benefit from big companies’ initiatives to promote mechanization in Africa? A case study from Zambia Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Food policy, 84 (133–145). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2019 Journal Article