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Fred Mawunyo Dzanku

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Research Fellow, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon ORCID 0000-0002-2271-7876 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteINST. OF STAT. SOC.& ECON. RES
DepartmentINSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH SECRETARIAT
Development EconomicsAgricultural EconomicsPovertyFood SecurityImpact Evaluations
Publications

78

Citations

1,478

H-index

20

i10-index

28

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
18.9
Most cited paper
203
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:16
Publications

78 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Poverty Reduction and Economic Livelihood Mobility in Rural Sub‐Saharan Africa
FM Dzanku
2020 Journal of International Development 32 (5), 636-683, 2020 Social Sciences 14
Agricultural intensification response to agricultural input subsidies in Tanzania: a spatial-temporal and gender perspective
EE Msuya, AC Isinika, FM Dzanku
2018 Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa: Longitudinal …, 2018 Social Sciences 12
7 Agricultural commercialization and gender mainstreaming in decentralized Ghana
DA Ankrah, D Tsikata, FM Dzanku
2022 Pennsylvania State University, USA, 148, 2022 Social Sciences 11
Household-specific food price differentials and high-value crop production in rural Ghana
FM Dzanku
2015 Food Policy 57, 73-82, 2015 Agriculture 9
Changes in population literacy and numeracy in Ghana after three decades of free basic education
PS Kyei, FM Dzanku, SK Annim
2025 Development Policy Review 43 (1), e12824, 2025 Social Sciences 8
A multi-phase assessment of the effects of COVID-19 on food systems and rural livelihoods in Ghana
L Hodey, F Dzanku
2021 The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations, 2021 Social Sciences 8
Smallholder farmers’ choice of oil palm commercialisation model and household welfare in South-western Ghana
FM Dzanku, KT Asante, W Quarmine, LS Hodey
2020 APRA Working paper 43, 2020 Social Sciences 8
Perspectives on agriculture, diversification, and gender in Rural Africa: Theoretical and methodological issues
AA Djurfeldt, FM Dzanku, AC Isinika
2018 Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa: Longitudinal …, 2018 Social Sciences 8
The gender and geography of rural off-farm employment and agricultural intensification in five sub-Saharan African countries
FM Dzanku
2018 Food Policy 75 (2018), 37-51, 2018 Social Sciences 8
Open Cast Mining and Environmental Degradation Costs in Ghana
G Botchie
2008 Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2008 Social Sciences 8
Household–level farm–non-farm linkages and household welfare implications
FM Dzanku, DB Sarpong
2014 AFRINT: Ghana Micro Report, 2014 Agriculture 7
2 Gender, agricultural commercialization, and food security in Ghana
FM Dzanku, D Tsikata
2022 Agricultural Commercialization, Gender Equality and the Right to Food …, 2022 Agriculture 6
Land Rights, Sustainable Natural Resource Use and Agricultural Productivity in Ghana
FM Dzanku
2008 Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2008 Social Sciences 6
Achieving inclusive oil palm commercialisation in Ghana
F Dzanku
2022 Social Sciences 3
Spatial and Gendered Linkages Between Non-Farm Diversification and Farm Productivity in Ghana
FM Dzanku, DB Sarpong
2018 Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa: Longitudinal …, 2018 Agriculture 3
Agriculture, diversification, and gender in rural Africa: What lessons can we learn?
AA Djurfeldt, FM Dzanku, AC Isinika
2017 Agriculture, diversification and gender in rural Africa, 233-239, 2017 Social Sciences 3
GHANA: Household–Level Farm–Nonfarm Linkages and Household Welfare Implications
FM Dzanku, DB Sarpong
2014 Ghana Micro Report. Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research …, 2014 Social Sciences 3
On the Farm Size and Returns to Productivity Relationship: Evidence from Ghana
C Ackah, M Tuffour, F Dompae, F Dzanku
2014 Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, 23-28, 2014 Social Sciences 3
Potential illicit financial flow risks in Ghana’s Gold-for-Oil transaction
FM Dzanku, AJ Hall, AA Ahene-Codjoe, AA Tetteh, AA Alu
2024 International Development Policy 230, 2024 Social Sciences 2
Agricultural technology, food security and nutrition: insight from oil palm smallholders in ghana
L Capretti, A Saha, F Jena, FM Dzanku
2022 The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations, 2022 Agriculture 2
Livelihood Outcomes of Agricultural Commercialisation, Women's Empowerment and Rural Employment
FM Dzanku, LS Hodey
2022 The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations, 2022 Agriculture 2
What matters in the new field of machine learning and satellite imagery-based poverty predictions? A review with relevance for potential downstream applications and development …
O Hall, F Dompae, I Wahab, FM Dzanku
2022 arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.10568, 2022 Engineering 2
Impact of pre–And post-harvest training reminders on crop losses and food poverty in Mali
FM Dzanku, RD Osei
2018 Agriculture 2
Global syndrome at the local level: The politics of illicit financial flows in Ghana’s artisanal small-scale gold mining sector
AAT Yankey, F Brugger, FM Dzanku
2026 The Extractive Industries and Society 25, 101791, 2026 Social Sciences 1
Social learning and peer influence in smallholder commercialization (Working Paper Series No. 305)
FM Dzanku, LSO Liverpool-Tasie, T Reardon
2026 INCATA: Linked Farms and Enterprises for Inclusive Agricultural …, 2026 Social Sciences 1