Dr. Joseph Ofori

Research Fellow
University of Ghana, Ghana


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Agronomy from Tottory University, Japan

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Integrated Watershed Management
Sustainable Crop Production
Integrated Rice
Fish Culture

Selected Publications

  1. Ofori, J., M.D. Asante, S. Narh, D.S. MacCarthy and S. Godson-Amamoo, 2016. Evaluation of system of rice intensification on vertisol in coastal Savannah zone of Ghana. Ghana J. Agric. Sci., Vol. 50. .

  2. Ofori, J., M. Yangyuoru and T. Wakatsuki, 2014. Developing Inland Valleys through Ecological Engineering Technology (Eco-Technology) for Sustainable Rice-Based Systems. In: Agricultural Research for Food Security and Sustainable Livelihood. Yangyuoru, M., A. Naazie, D.S. Maccarthy, G.O. Nkansah and S.K. Torkpo (Ed.). University of Ghana Readers Digibooks, Accra, Ghana., pp: 203-214..

  3. Asante M.D., P.K.A. Dartey, R. Akromah and J. Ofori, 2007. Genetic analysis of grain size and shape in two rice crosses. J. Ghana Sci. Assoc., 9: 20-27.
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  4. Ofori, J., Y. Hisatomi, A. Kamidouzono, T. Masunaga and T. Wakatsuki, 2005. Performance of rice cultivars in various sawah ecosystems developed in inland valleys, Ashanti region, Ghana. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 51: 469-476.
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  5. Ofori, J., R. Bam, K. Sato, T. Masunaga, A. Kamidouzono and T. Wakatsuki, 2005. Rice growth and yield in waste-amended west African lowland soils. J. Plant Nutr., 28: 1201-1214.
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  6. Ofori, J., E.K. Abban, E. Otoo and T. Wakatsuki, 2005. Rice-fish culture: An option for smallholder Sawah rice farmers of the west African lowlands. Ecol. Eng., 24: 233-239.
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  7. Ofori, J., A. Kamidouzono, T. Masunaga and T. Wakatsuki, 2005. Organic amendment and soil type effects on dry matter accumulation, grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of rice. J. Plant Nutr., 28: 1311-1322.
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  8. Dartey, P.K.A., R.K. Bam and J. Ofori, 1999. Preliminary studies in rice-fish culture in a rainfed lowland ecology in Ghana. Ghana J. Agric. Sci., 32: 123-126.