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IRENE SUSANA EGYIR

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA Google Scholar

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

157

Citations

2,328

H-index

28

i10-index

54

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
14.8
Most cited paper
168
First publication year
1872
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:31
Publications

157 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Agricultural credit provision: what really determines farmers’ participation and credit rationing?
C Asante-Addo, J Mockshell, M Zeller, K Siddig, IS Egyir
2017 Agricultural Finance Review 77 (2), 239-256, 2017 Agriculture 168
Women farmers' access to credit from rural banks in Ghana
MA Akudugu, IS Egyir, A Mensah‐Bonsu
2009 Agricultural Finance Review 69 (3), 284-299, 2009 Agriculture 153
Gender dimensions of climate change adaptation practices: the experiences of smallholder crop farmers in the transition zone of Ghana
C Wrigley-Asante, K Owusu, IS Egyir, TM Owiyo
2019 African Geographical Review 38 (2), 126-139, 2019 Agriculture 140
Adaptive capacity and coping strategies in the face of climate change: A comparative study of communities around two protected areas in the coastal savanna and transitional …
IS Egyir, K Ofori, G Antwi, Y Ntiamoa-Baidu
2015 Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (1), 1, 2015 Natural Sciences 91
Feasibility study for biogas integration into waste treatment plants in Ghana
M Mohammed, IS Egyir, AK Donkor, P Amoah, S Nyarko, KK Boateng, ...
2017 Egyptian journal of petroleum 26 (3), 695-703, 2017 Agriculture 87
How is organic farming performing agronomically and economically in sub-Saharan Africa?
C Schader, A Heidenreich, I Kadzere, I Egyir, A Muriuki, J Bandanaa, ...
2021 Global Environmental Change 70, 102325, 2021 Agriculture 71
Farm household level impacts of information communication technology (ICT)-based agricultural market information in Ghana
RM Al-Hassan, IS Egyir, J Abakah
2013 Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 5 (4), 161-167, 2013 Agriculture 70
Rural women and microfinance in Ghana: challenges and prospects
IS Egyir
2010 Agriculture 67
Climate change and farmers’ adaptive capacity to strategic innovations: The case of northern Ghana
AA Boakye
2012 Natural Sciences 64
Agricultural credit rationing in Ghana: what do formal lenders look for?
D Awunyo-Vitor, R Mahama Al-Hassan, D Bruce Sarpong, I Egyir
2014 Agricultural Finance Review 74 (3), 364-378, 2014 Agriculture 62
Sustainable intensification pathways in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing eco-efficiency of smallholder perennial cash crop production
A Heidenreich, C Grovermann, I Kadzere, IS Egyir, A Muriuki, J Bandanaa, ...
2022 Agricultural Systems 195, 103304, 2022 Agriculture 57
Intensity of and factors affecting land and water management practices among smallholder maize farmers in Ghana
A Mensah-Bonsu, DB Sarpong, R Al-Hassan, S Asuming-Brempong, ...
2017 African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 12 (2), 142-157, 2017 Agriculture 57
Sustainability performance of organic and conventional cocoa farming systems in Atwima Mponua District of Ghana
J Bandanaa, IK Asante, IS Egyir, C Schader, TY Annang, J Blockeel, ...
2021 Environmental and sustainability indicators 11, 100121, 2021 Agriculture 50
Effect of fertilizer subsidy on household level cereal production in Ghana
F Tsiboe, IS Egyir, G Anaman
2021 Scientific African 13, e00916, 2021 Agriculture 48
Credit constraints and cropland allocation decisions in rural Burkina Faso
M Porgo, JKM Kuwornu, P Zahonogo, JBD Jatoe, IS Egyir
2018 Land use policy 70, 666-674, 2018 Agriculture 48
Pesticides use and policies in Ghana: An economic and institutional analysis of current practice and factors influencing pesticide use
A Gerken, JV Suglo, M Braun, I Egyir, G Fleischer
2001 Inst. für Gartenbauökonomie, 2001 Social Sciences 45
Do organic farming initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa improve the sustainability of smallholder farmers? Evidence from five case studies in Ghana and Kenya
J Blockeel, C Schader, A Heidenreich, C Grovermann, I Kadzere, IS Egyir, ...
2023 Journal of Rural Studies 98, 34-58, 2023 Agriculture 44
Perceptions about quality of public and private agricultural extension in Africa: Evidence from farmers in Burkina Faso
AY Sylla, R Mahama Al-Hassan, IS Egyir, H Anim-Somuah
2019 Cogent Food & Agriculture 5 (1), 1685861, 2019 Agriculture 44
Institutional factors and farmers’ adoption of conventional, organic and genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso
YJ Métouolé Méda, IS Egyir, P Zahonogo, JBD Jatoe, C Atewamba
2018 International journal of agricultural sustainability 16 (1), 40-53, 2018 Agriculture 44
Impact of contract farming on product quality upgrading: the case of rice in Togo
KE Adabe, AG Abbey, IS Egyir, JKM Kuwornu, H Anim-Somuah
2019 Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 9 (4), 314-332, 2019 Agriculture 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
Cocoa farming households in Ghana consider organic practices as climate smart and livelihoods enhancer
J Bandanaa, IS Egyir, I Asante
2016 Agriculture & Food Security 5 (1), 29, 2016 Agriculture 39
Assessing the factors of adoption of agrochemicals by plantain farmers in Ghana
IS Egyir, E Owusu‐Benoah, FO Anno‐Nyako, B Banful
2011 Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy …, 2011 Agriculture 35
Social capital and access to credit by farmer based organizations in the Karaga District of Northern Ghana
S Mohammed, IS Egyir, DPK Amegashie
2013 International Knowledge Sharing Plateform, 2013 Social Sciences 33
Barriers to ensuring and sustaining street food safety in a developing economy
AA Adaku, IS Egyir, C Gadegbeku, APH Kunadu, V Amanor-Boadu, ...
2024 Heliyon 10 (11), 2024 Agriculture 32