RESEARCH PROJECTS

Selected funded and collaborative research projects.

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Mapping Sustainable Production in Ghanaian Cocoa

Type: Agriculture, Food & Climate
Funder / Partner: Cadbury Schweppes; Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; University of Ghana
Role: Research Team Member
Period: 2006–2007
Examined the socioeconomic dimensions of sustainable cocoa production in Ghana, including farmer livelihoods, value-chain relationships and the conditions affecting long-term sustainability in cocoa-growing communities.

Evaluation of the Enhancing Child Nutrition through Animal Source Food Management (ENAM) Project

Type: Agriculture, Food & Climate
Funder / Partner: ENAM Project, University of Ghana
Role: Qualitative Evaluator
Period: 2007–2008
Conducted a qualitative evaluation of the ENAM project to understand participants’ experiences and the relationship between income-generating activities, household practices and efforts to improve child nutrition through animal-source foods.

Reframing the ‘Young People-Agriculture’ Discourse

Type: Agriculture, Food & Climate
Funder / Partner: Future Agricultures Consortium, Young People Theme; DFID
Role: Lead Researcher, Ghana
Period: 2010–2014
Examined changes in policy and practice in Ghana’s agri-food sector and their implications for young people’s employment and futures, including policy narratives, youth-focused programmes and emerging opportunities in agriculture.

Q Methodology Study on Young People and Agrifood

Type: Agriculture, Food & Climate
Funder / Partner: Future Agricultures Consortium, Young People Theme; DFID
Role: Co-Designer / Research Supervisor
Period: May–November 2014
Used Q methodology to examine how young people and their parents in Ghana understand employment and farming, with particular attention to aspirations, perceptions of desirable work and attitudes toward agriculture.