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DANIEL BRUCE SARPONG

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS
Development EconomicsAgricultural EconomicsAgribusiness
Publications

209

Citations

3,331

H-index

32

i10-index

70

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
15.9
Most cited paper
204
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 07:53
Publications

209 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Improving complementary feeding in Ghana: reaching the vulnerable through innovative business—the case of KOKO Plus
S Ghosh, K Tano‐Debrah, GJ Aaron, G Otoo, N Strutt, K Bomfeh, ...
2014 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1331 (1), 76-89, 2014 Social Sciences 40
The triple challenge: Food security and vulnerabilities of fishing and farming households in situations characterized by increasing conflict, climate shock, and environmental …
CS Onyenekwe, UT Okpara, PI Opata, IS Egyir, DB Sarpong
2022 Land 11 (11), 1982, 2022 Agriculture 39
Paying for privately installed irrigation services in Northern Ghana: The case of the smallholder Bhungroo Irrigation Technology
NA Akrofi, DB Sarpong, HAS Somuah, Y Osei-Owusu
2019 Agricultural water management 216, 284-293, 2019 Agriculture 38
Biochar amended soils and crop productivity: A critical and meta-analysis of literature
I Baidoo, DB Sarpong, S Bolwig
2016 International Journal of Development and Sustainability 5 (9), 414-432, 2016 Agriculture 36
An analysis of allocative efficiency of shea butter processing methods in the northern region of Ghana
H Issahaku, R Al-Hassan, DB Sarpong
2011 Academic Journals, 2011 Agriculture 35
Mapping sustainable production in Ghanaian cocoa: Report to Cadbury
S Barrientos, K Asenso-Okyere, S Asuming-Brempong, D Sarpong, ...
2008 Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and University of Ghana, 2008 Agriculture 34
The economic and social contribution of fisheries to gross domestic product and rural development in Ghana
DB Sarpong, SNK Quaatey, SK Harvey
2005 Final Report. Accra, 2005 Social Sciences 33
The effect of innovation practices on agribusiness performance: A structural equation modelling (SEM) approach
EB Ntiamoah, D Li, DB Sarpong
2019 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 11 (6 …, 2019 Agriculture 30
Improving child nutrition through quality certification of infant foods: scoping study from a randomized trial in Ghana
WA Masters, J Kuwornu, D Sarpong
2011 International Growth Centre, 2011 Health Sciences 29
Does contract farming affect technical efficiency? Evidence from soybean farmers in Northern Ghana
A Selorm, DBS Sarpong, IS Egyir, A Mensah Bonsu, H An
2023 Agricultural and Food Economics 11 (1), 9, 2023 Agriculture 28
Technology adoption intensity and technical efficiency of maize farmers in the Techiman municipality of Ghana
JD Kwawu, DB Sarpong, F Agyire-Tettey
2022 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 14 (2 …, 2022 Agriculture 28
Effect of off-farm income on multi-dimensional poverty among rural farm households in Nigeria
ID Adeoye, W Seini, D Sarpong, D Amegashie
2019 International Journal of Social Economics 46 (9), 1081-1094, 2019 Agriculture 28
Assessing program coverage of two approaches to distributing a complementary feeding supplement to infants and young children in Ghana
GJ Aaron, N Strutt, NA Boateng, E Guevarra, K Siling, A Norris, S Ghosh, ...
2016 PloS one 11 (10), e0162462, 2016 Agriculture 28
Intensification in cocoa cropping systems: is agroforestry a solution for sustainability? The case of Manso Amenfi, Western Region, Ghana
F Ruf, O Deheuvels, D Sarpong
2006 15th International conference on cocoa research 1, 355-364, 2006 Agriculture 28
Farmers’ innovativeness and positive affirmation as main drivers of adoption of soil fertility management practices–evidence across sites in Africa
C Spurk, C Koch, R Bürgin, L Chikopela, F Konaté, G Nyabuga, ...
2025 The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 31 (1), 4-28, 2025 Agriculture 27
The geography of agriculture participation and food security in a small and a medium-sized city in Ghana
HM Ayerakwa, FM Dzanku, DB Sarpong
2020 Agricultural and Food Economics 8 (1), 10, 2020 Agriculture 26
Application of the stochastic profit frontier model to estimate economic efficiency in small-scale broiler production in the Greater Accra region of Ghana
RK Dziwornu, DB Sarpong
2014 Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE) 17 (2), 10-16, 2014 Social Sciences 25
Off-farm income diversification among rural farm households in Nigeria
ID Adeoye, W Seini, DB Sarpong, D Amegashie
2019 Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica 52 (3-4), 149-156, 2019 Agriculture 24
Empirical evidence of climate change: Effects on rice production in the Northern Region of Ghana
FN Mabe, DB Sarpong, Y Osei-Asare
2014 British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade 4 (4), 551-562, 2014 Natural Sciences 22
Impact of formal financial market participation on farm size and expenditure on variable farm inputs: The case of maize farmers in Ghana
D Awunyo-Vitor, RM Al-Hassan, DB Sarpong
2014 International Scholarly Research Notices 2014 (1), 329674, 2014 Agriculture 21
Technology adoption and land and water management practices among maize farmers in Ghana
A Mensah-Bonsu, DB Sarpong, R Al-Hassan, S Asuming-Brempong, ...
2011 Proceedings of the International Conference of Agricultural Production …, 2011 Agriculture 21
Allocative efficiency, employment and rice production risk: An analysis of small holder paddy farms in the Upper East Region of Ghana
A Seidu, DB Sarpong, R Al-Hassan
2004 Ghana Journal of Development Studies 1 (2), 142-163, 2004 Social Sciences 21
Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) Studies for Ghana: Economic Transformation of the Agricultural sector
S Asuming-Brempong, R Al-Hassan, S DB, GTM Kwadzo, SKK Akoena, ...
2004 Final Report Submitted to National Planning Development Commission, Ministry …, 2004 Social Sciences 21
Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within countries: building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam
AW Herforth, R Gilbert, K Sokourenko, T Fatima, O Adeyemi, ...
2024 Current Developments in Nutrition 8 (10), 104441, 2024 Agriculture 18
Cooking fuel usage in sub-Saharan urban households
T Meng, WJ Florkowski, DB Sarpong, M Chinnan, AVA Resurreccion
2021 Energies 14 (15), 4629, 2021 Social Sciences 18