Osei-Agyeman Yeboah

Prof. Osei-Agyeman Yeboah


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 November 2023 in Sustainability
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OYOsei-Agyeman Yeboah
Osei-Agyeman Yeboah
NANicholas M Amoah
Nicholas M Amoah
Shaibu FuseiniShaibu Fuseini
Shaibu Fuseini
ISIssah Sugri
Issah Sugri
The Ghanaian forestry sector has experienced a paradigm shift toward resilient and sustainable forest management practices through climate change mitigation and adaptation policies. Ghana has acknowledged the urgent need to address these issues via comprehensive policy measures as a nation that is vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. To assess economy-wide impacts, this paper employs a computable general equilibrium with a static specific factor model that can be readily simulated with various vectors of price changes. The model uses a competitive production structure that assumes constant returns, full employment, competitive pricing, and perfect labor mobility across sectors. Factor shares, industry shares, and substitution matrices from 2022 Labor Force Report’s data were constructed for four skilled groups (managers, professionals, service, and production) across industry, service, the rest of agriculture, and forestry sectors. Predictions of price increases from climate change mitigation policies compliance were simulated for the long run and short run. Forestry, agricultural, and industrial sectors will enjoy higher prices under a green economy, but these would not translate into higher wages. It is rather capital owners in agriculture and forestry that would benefit. Wage adjustments to the green economy are smaller than what might be expected in a partial equilibrium model.

16 July 2022 in Advances in Agriculture
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JBJohn Kanburi Bidzakin
John Kanburi Bidzakin
OYOsei-Agyeman Yeboah
Osei-Agyeman Yeboah
ISIssah Sugri
Issah Sugri
AGAnil Robert Graves
Anil Robert Graves
DADadson Awunyo-Vitor
Dadson Awunyo-Vitor
High postharvest loss is one of the major challenges faced by farmers in many African countries in their efforts to achieve food and nutrition security. Several postharvest techniques have been developed and introduced to farmers aimed at reducing food losses. This study evaluated the economic viability of four such grain storage techniques using capital budgeting techniques. Two grain protectants were applied at recommended rates in three treatment combinations to jute sacks, PICS sacks, polytanks, and poly sacks at different treatment levels and at different discount rates. Under maize storage, the net present value of all treatments yielded positive net returns. The polytank technique proved to be the most economically viable storage technique, followed by PICS and then jute sacks. Under cowpea storage, polytank proved to be the most viable, followed by PICS. This is consistent under replacement chain method and equivalent annual annuity under the three different discount rates used. Cowpea is best stored in polytanks and PICS sacks. Polytank is recommended as the most economically viable storage technique for both maize and cowpea storage. PICS is also recommend for both maize and cowpea storage. However, jute sacks and poly sacks are not suitable for cowpea storage even under chemical treatment, especially under long-term storage (over 6 months). The choice of storage technique should consider the commodity under consideration.