Yaw Agyeman Boafo, PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
DepartmentCENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
Nature-based solutionsScience-Policy InterfaceDisaster Risk Reduction and Management
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| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linking industrial crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa: local, national and continental perspectives MP Jarzebski, A Ahmed, A Karanja, YA Boafo, BS Balde, L Chinangwa, ... |
2020 | Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I: Continental Perspectives …, 2020 | Agriculture | 16 |
| Strategies for building resilience against climate and ecosystem changes in sub-saharan Africa O Saito, G Kranjac-Berisavljevic, K Takeuchi, EA Gyasi |
2017 | Springer, 2017 | Natural Sciences | 16 |
| Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem … J Settele, ES Brondízio, HT Ngo, M Guèze, J Agard, A Arneth, ... |
2019 | IPBES secretariat 56, 2019 | Natural Sciences | 15 |
| Perceptions and enablers of sustainable development: a comparative study of Ghanaian university students’ engagement with the SDGs YA Boafo, J Boakye-Danquah, E Boakye-Danquah, DL Lartey, ... |
2025 | Higher Education 89 (5), 1321-1350, 2025 | Social Sciences | 14 |
| Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I. A Gasparatos, A Ahmed, M Naidoo, A Karanja, K Fukushi, O Saito, ... |
2020 | Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2020 | Natural Sciences | 13 |
| Natural habitat fragments obscured the distance effect on maintaining the diversity of insect pollinators and crop productivity in tropical agricultural landscapes D Buchori, A Rizali, A Larasati, P Hidayat, H Ngo, B Gemmil-Herren |
2019 | Heliyon 5 (3), 2019 | Agriculture | 13 |
| Stakeholder perceptions of the outcomes of reforms on the performance and sustainability of the cotton sector in Ghana and Burkina Faso: A tale of two countries YA Boafo, BS Balde, O Saito, A Gasparatos, RD Lam, N Ouedraogo, ... |
2018 | Cogent Food & Agriculture 4 (1), 1477541, 2018 | Agriculture | 13 |
| Climate change impacts and mental health in poor urban coastal communities in Ghana S Hagan, E Darkwah, YA Boafo, CB Agyemang, G Ekem-Ferguson |
2025 | PLOS Mental Health 2 (4), e0000284, 2025 | Natural Sciences | 10 |
| Identifying and assessing pollination deficits in crops BM Freitas, BE Vaissière, AM Saraiva, LG Carvalheiro, LA Garibaldi, ... |
2016 | Pollination services to agriculture, 17-32, 2016 | Agriculture | 10 |
| Including indigenous and local knowledge in the work of the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES) global assessment: Outcomes … P McElwee, HT Ngo, Á Fernández-Llamazares, V Reyes-García, Z Molnár, ... |
2021 | ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE, 343-355, 2021 | Natural Sciences | 9 |
| Sharing Ecosystem Services O Saito |
2020 | Springer Singapore, 2020 | Natural Sciences | 9 |
| Factors Influencing the Adoption of Mucuna Pruriens as a Land Conservation Strategy, Evidence From Northern Ghana GS Jasaw, YA Boafo, V Lolig |
2014 | Journal of Science, Technology and Environment 4 (1), 1-11, 2014 | Natural Sciences | 9 |
| Drought perceptions, experiences, and adaptive governance in semi-arid Ghana YA Boafo, EF Amankwaa, C Spataru, P Carvalho, KH Obeku |
2025 | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 124, 105515, 2025 | Social Sciences | 8 |
| Citizen-led initiatives and hydro-meteorological risks reduction: Who is implementing nature-based solutions? YA Boafo, KB Enu, KD Agyei, JD Kolog |
2025 | Nature-Based Solutions 7, 100234, 2025 | Natural Sciences | 7 |
| Author Correction: A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline LV Dicks, TD Breeze, HT Ngo, S Deepa, A Jiandong, MA Aizen, ... |
2021 | Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (10), 1462-1462, 2021 | Natural Sciences | 7 |
| IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services,“Chapter 4: Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life” in Global … YJ Shin, A Arneth, R Chowdhury, G Midgley, E Bukvareva, A Heinimann, ... |
2019 | IPBES Secretariat, Bonn, Germany, 1-264, 2019 | Natural Sciences | 7 |
| Wetlands as nature-based solutions to climate-induced coastal hazards: Institutional perspectives from the Keta lagoon complex, Ghana YA Boafo, GS Lah, BO Manteaw |
2025 | Wetlands Ecology and Management 33 (4), 60, 2025 | Natural Sciences | 6 |
| Impact of COVID-19 on tourism and prospects of recovery: An African perspective I Mensah, K Dube, L Chapungu |
2023 | COVID-19, tourist destinations and prospects for recovery: Volume two: An …, 2023 | Social Sciences | 6 |
| The COVID-19 pandemic and coastal fishery livelihood systems: Socio-economic implications for small-scale fisherfolk in Winneba, Ghana V Owusu, YA Boafo, M Adjei, R Boateng |
2022 | COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies, 1657-1678, 2022 | Social Sciences | 6 |
| Toward enhancing resilience to climate and ecosystem changes in semi-arid Africa: evidence from Northern Ghana O Saito, YA Boafo, GS Jasaw |
2017 | Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in …, 2017 | Natural Sciences | 5 |
| Urban and rural households’ awareness and willingness to adopt biomass briquettes in Ghana DL Lartey, YA Boafo, EH Owusu, MM Akrofi |
2025 | Discover Sustainability 6 (1), 1034, 2025 | Social Sciences | 4 |
| The role of sustainability science in addressing Africa’s sustainable development challenges and priorities: a bibliometric survey Y Boafo, R Lam, D Juju |
2019 | Co-Designing Science in Africa: First steps in assessing the sustainability …, 2019 | Natural Sciences | 4 |
| The Ghana model for resilience enhancement in Semiarid Ghana: conceptualization and social implementation O Saito, YA Boafo, GS Jasaw, EK Antwi, S Kikuko, G Kranjac-Berisavljevic, ... |
2017 | Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in …, 2017 | Social Sciences | 4 |
| Exploring some social dimensions to the practice and sustainability of traditional conservation agriculture in semi-arid Ghana YA Boafo, GS Jasaw, F Dayour |
2014 | Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2014 | Natural Sciences | 4 |
| Future climate risks and sectoral vulnerabilities shaping resilience in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana YA Boafo, B Manteaw, P Antwi-Agyei, P Adade-Williams, NAB Klutse, ... |
2025 | Discover Cities 2 (1), 78, 2025 | Natural Sciences | 3 |