FUNDMENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security:

• Emmanuel K. Boon, Obi Berko, Albert Ahenkan, Petr Sauer and Aleš Lisa
  (2024). An Assessment of Corporate Circular Economy Strategies and
  Practices in the Beer Brewery Industry: A Case Study of Ghana and the Czech
  Republic, Journal of Cleaner Production
• Emmanuel K. Boon, Emmanuel K. Boon, Stephen Kankam and Eric Duku (2024).
  Comparative Assessment of Societal Resilience to Climate-Induced Stresses in Rural
  Agricultural Communities in Northern and Southern Ghana, Journal of Rural
  Development (submitted).
• Emmanuel K. Boon, Inna Koblianska, Bohdan Kovalov, Leonid Melnyk, Albert
  Ahenkan and Roger A.L. Kanton (2024). The Dilemmas of Agri-food Systems
  and Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Lessons from the Russian-Ukraine
  War, Journal of Rural Development (submitted).
• Albert Ahenkan, Emmanuel K. Boon, Eric Nordjo and Scholastica Akalibey (2024).
  Advancing the Transition to Circular Economy in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges,
  Materials Circular Economy Journal, submitted.
• Emmanuel K. Boon, Thorolf Konrad Franz Gross, Richard Oppong-Boateng and
  Oleksandra Karintseva (2023). Circular Water Management Solutions for
  Optimising Irrigated Agricultural Production in Ghana: The Relevance of Nano
  Technology, International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development.
  Accepted and forthcoming.
• Emmanuel Boon, Irene Egyir, Richard Oppong-Boateng, Benedict Dibkuu and
  Oleksandra Karintseva (2022). Young People and Women as Key Drivers of
  Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Transiting from Rhetoric to Action in Ghana,
  International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Special Issue on:
  Innovations for Sustainability: Energy, Industry and Agriculture, Forthcoming.
• Richard Oppong-Boateng, Emmanuel Kwesi Boon, Ama Appiah-Acheampong, Naomi
  Buabemaa Gyekye and Prosper Glitse (2021). Irrigation Water Management
  Practices in Upper West Region of Ghana: Prospects, Challenges and Mitigation
  Measures, Journal of Human Ecology, 73(1-3): 102-115 (2021) DOI:
  10.31901/24566608.2021/73.1-3.3306.
• Richard Oppong-Boateng, R., Emmanuel Kwesi Boon, Ama Appiah-Acheampong,
  Naomi Buabemaa Gyekye, and Prosper Glitse (2021). Irrigation Water Management
  Practices in Upper West Region of Ghana: Prospects, Challenges and Mitigation
  Measures, Journal of Human Ecology, KRE, New Dehli, India 73(1-3): DOI:
  10.31901/24566608.2021/73.1-3.3306.
• Emmanuel Kwesi Boon and Samuel Weniga Anuga (2020). Circular Economy and its
  Relevance for Improving Food and Nutrition Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case
  of Ghana, Materials Circular Economy (2020) 2-5, doi.org/10.1007/s42824-020-
  00005-z.
• Ahenkan, A., Suleiman, N., & Boon, E. K. (2020). Small-scale mining and sustainable
  rurality in the Atiwa District of Ghana. The Journal of Rural and Community
  Development, 15(4), 58–80.
• Albert Ahenkan, David Nawiene Chutab & Emmanuel Kwesi Boon (2020).
  Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives:
  evidence from local economic development programmes in Ghana, Climate and
  Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2020.1844611
• Amatus Dinye, Emmanuel K. Boon, and Job Asante (2020). Communication
  Challenges in a Multi-Campus University System in Ghana: The Case of University for
  Development Studies, Ghana Journal of Higher Education Management, Volume 6.
• Emmanuel Kwesi Boon and Samuel Weniga Anuga (2019). Peasant organisations in
  Ghana: major players of sustainable development, Grain de Sel, Issues, No. 78, July-
  December 2019.
• Samuel Weniga Anuga, Chris Gordon, Emmanuel Boon and Justice Musah-Issah
  Surugu (2018). Determinants of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Adoption among
  Smallholder Food Crop Farmers in the Techiman Municipality, Ghana, Ghana Journal
  of Geography Vol. 11(1), 2019 pages 124 – 139 DOI:
  https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjg.v11i1.8
• Carola Strasser, Emmanuel Kwesi Boon et al. (2017). The Organic Food System
  Program (OFSP): Organic food systems as models and living laboratories for
  transformation processes towards sustainable food systems in Sustainable Food
  Systems for All Catalyzing Change through Multi-Stakeholder Action, Proceedings of
  the 1st Global Conference of the 10YFP Sustainable Food Systems Programme
  (Edited by Patrick Mink, Dominique Faes, Michael Mulet Solon and Nout van der
  Vaart) 21–23 June 2017 Pretoria, South Africa.
• Namul Huq, Jean Huge; Emmanuel Boon and Animesh K. Gain, Climate Change
  Impacts in Agricutural Communities in Rural Areas of coastal Bangladesh: A Tale of
  Many Stories, Sustainability, 2015, 7, 8437-8460.
• Boon, E.K. and Semakule M.H., Assessing the Prospects and Challenges of Greening
  Agriculture in Africa: The Case of Organic Agriculture, Proceedings of IAIA 2010,
  International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), Fargo, USA, 2010.
• Managing the Global Food Crisis: Challenges and Options for Ghana, Emmanuel K.
  Boon and Belinda Cobb, 2008.
• Albert Ahenkan and Emmanuel K. Boon, Enhancing Food Security, Poverty Reduction
  and Sustainable Forest Management in Ghana Through Non-timber Forest Products
  Farming: Case Study of Sefwi Wiawso District, published online by GRIN Publishing at
  www.grin.com/de/preview/.html, 2008.

Education:

• Amatus Dinye and Emmanuel K. Boon (2024). The Perceived Inequalities in Resource
  Allocation in Multi-Campus Universities in Ghana: The Case of University for
  Development Studies and Presbyterian University of Ghana, International Journal of
  Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Education, 2833-4531 DOI:
  10.58806/IJIRME.
• Amatus Dinye, Emmanuel K. Boon, and Job Asante (2020). Communication
  Challenges in a Multi-Campus University System in Ghana: The Case of University for
  Development Studies, Ghana Journal of Higher Education Management, Volume 6.
• Emmanuel K. Boon (2016). Relevance of Education, Research and Innovation in an
  African Context, Proceedings of International Forum on Fostering the Knowledge
  Triangle in Moldovo, Chisinau, Moldovo, February, 2016.
• Emmanuel Boon, Justice Nyigma Bawole and Albert Ahenkan , Stakeholder
  participation in community development projects and analysis of the quadripartite
  model of the International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development
  (ICED) in Ghana, Journal of Community Development, Routledge, 2012.
  http://www.tandfoline.com/loi/rcod20
• Emmanuel Boon and Albert Ahenkan, The Socio-economic Contribution of African
  Migrants to their Home Countries: The Case of Ghanaian Residents in Flanders,
  Belgium, Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI), 2011,
  (doi:10.1007/s12134-011-0201-9
• Virtual/Distance Education in Africa: A case study of the Education in Ghana,
  Emmanuel K. Boon and Emmanuel Yeboah, 2009.
• The Energy Crisis in Africa: An analysis of the Petroleum Industry in Ghana,
  Emmanuel K. Boon and Belinda Cobb, 2009.
• Development Education and Awareness Raising: A case study of Postgraduate
  Education in Ghana. Emmanuel K. Boon, Albert Ahenkan and Emmanuel Yeboah,
  2008.
• Incorporating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into the informal
  sector: A Case Study of Women Traders in the Madina Market, 2007.
   Myths and Realities Associated with Development, Poverty and Food Security in
  Africa: A Case Study on Ghana, Emmanuel K. Boon and Millicent Iddrisu
  (forthcoming).

Environmental Management:

• Ahenkan, A., Suleiman, N., & Boon, E. K. (2020). Small-scale mining and sustainable
  rurality in the Atiwa District of Ghana. The Journal of Rural and Community
  Development, 15(4), 58–80.
• Albert Ahenkan, David Nawiene Chutab & Emmanuel Kwesi Boon (2020).
  Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives:
  evidence from local economic development programmes in Ghana, Climate and
  Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2020.1844611.
• Emmanuel K. Boon (2019). Urban Environmental Health Management Challenges
  and Prospects in Ghana: A Case Study of the Accra Metropolis, Journal of Human
  Ecology, 65 (1-3): 26-40 (2029).
• Albert Ahenkan, Alice Anima Aboagye and Emmanuel Kwesi Boon (2018). Corporate
  environmentalism: an assessment of sustainability reporting among firms in Ghana,
  International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 21, Nos
  5/6, 2018.
• Emmanuel K. Boon and Albert Ahenkan (2018). Africa and Environmental Health
  Trends, in “Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health: The Role of Nature in
  Improving the Health of a Population”, (Edited by Matilda van den Bosche and
  William Bird), Oxford University Press, UK, 2018.
• Olulu, M. Chieng and Boon, E.K (2011). Environmental Mainstreaming in
  Development Policy and Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Kenya. In
  Experiences of Climate Change Adaption in Africa, Leal Filho, Walter (Ed.) Springer
  Verlag: Berlin.
• Emmanuel K. Boon, Luc Hens and Gonzalo Oviedo (Editors), Management of
  National Parks and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa, Kamla-Raj, New Delhi,
  2011.
• Albert Ahenkan and Emmanuel Boon, Improving the Supply Chain of Non-
  timber Forest Products in Ghana, in Supply Chain Management – New
  Perspectives (Editor, Sanda Renko), InTech, Croatia, August 2011.
• Emmanuel K. Boon, Bob Baduon and Albert Ahenkan, Assessment of Forest
  Resources Policy and Management in Ghana, 2009.

• Ahenkan, A. and Boon, E., Commercialization of non-timber forest products in
  Ghana: processing, packaging and marketing, Journal of Food, Agriculture &

  Environment, Vol 8 (2): 962-969, April 2010, WFL Publisher, Science and
  Technology, Helsinki, Finland.

• Emmanuel K. Boon and Belinda Cobb (2009). The Northern Floods: Root
  Causes and Impacts on Human Development.
• Emmanuel K. Boon and Frederick Ababio (2009). Corporate Social
  Responsibility in Ghana: Lessons from the Mining Sector.
• Emmanuel K. Boon, Dorcas Mbuvi and Fredrick Ababio 2008). Management
  of Natural Resources in Ghana: A Case Study of the Mining Sector in Ghana.
• Stephan Kankam and Emmanuel K. Boon (2008). Energy Delivery and
  Utilisation for Rural Development: Lessons from Northern Ghana.
• Emmanuel K. Boon and Maame Serwaah (2006). Integrating Women in
  Environment and Development.
• Emmanuel Boon and Albert Ahenkan (2007). Conservation and Management
  of Biodiversity in West Africa, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, EOLSS
  Publishers Ltd., Oxford.

Health:

• Albert Ahenkan, Prosper and Emmanuel K. Boon (2019). Integrating traditional and
  orthodox medical practices in healthcare delivery in developing countries: Lessons
  from Ghana, International Journal of Herbal Medicine, Vol7, Issue 6, 2019, pp23-30.
• Ndangwa Noyoo and Emmanuel K. Boon (2018). Indigenous Social Security Systems
  in Southern and West Africa, Sun Media Publications, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Yadav Uprety, Hugo Asselin, Emmanuel Boon, Saroj Yadav, Krishna Shrestha,
  Indigenous Use and Bio-efficacy of Medicinal Plants in the Rasuwa District, Central
  Nepal, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2010, 6.3,
  http://www.ethnobiomed.com/contents/6/1/3.
• Emmanuel K. Boon and Esther Osei Poku (2008). The Incidence of Malaria in Africa:
  A Case Study on Ghana.
• Albert Ahenkan and Emmanuel K. Boon, Impact of Deforestation on Medicinal Plants
  in Ghana, 2008, online at www.grin.com/de/preview/.html
• Emmanuel K. Boon and Emmanuel Yeboah (2006). Comparative Study of Social
  Services in Africa: Case Study of South Africa and Ghana.

Water, Hygiene and Sanitation:

• Emmanuel K. Boon, Dorcas Mbuvi and Jonas Hervie (2007). Water Supply and Access
  to Sanitation Services in Middle and Low Income Economies: The Case of Ghana and
  Kenya.