Dr. Richard Kwame Adu- Acheampong

Research Scientist
Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, Ghana

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biology from Imperial College, London

My URL
https://livedna.org/233.30821

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Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
Entomology
Pesticide Toxicity
Plant Anatomy and Morphology
Plant Biology

Selected Publications

  1. Adu-Acheampong, R., J. Jiggins, E.T. Quartey, N.M. Karikari and W. Jonfia-Essien et al., 2017. An innovation platform for institutional change in Ghana's cocoa sector. Cahiers Agric., Vol. 26. 10.1051/cagri/2017016.
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  2. Ackonor, J.B. and R. Adu-Acheampong, 2017. Standard protocol for screening conventional insecticides at the cocoa research institute of Ghana for mired control. J. Ghana Sci. Assoc., 9: 117-121.
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  3. Adu-Acheampong, R., J.E. Sarfo, E.F. Appiah, A. Nkansah and G. Awudzi et al., 2015. Strategy for insect pest control in cocoa. Am. J. Exp. Agric., 6: 416-423.

  4. Van Paassen, A., L. Klerkx, R. Adu-Acheampong, S. Adjei-Nsiah and E. Zannoue, 2014. Agricultural innovation platforms in West Africa: How does strategic institutional entrepreneurship unfold in different value chain contexts? Outlook Agric., 43: 193-200.
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  5. Adu-Acheampong, R., J. Jiggins, A. van Huis, A.R. Cudjoe and V. Johnson et al., 2014. The cocoa mirid (Hemiptera: Miridae) problem: Evidence to support new recommendations on the timing of insecticide application on cocoa in Ghana. Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci., 34: 58-71.
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  6. Van Paassen, A., L. Klerkx, S. Adjei-Nsiah, R. Adu-Acheampong and B. Ouologuem et al., 2013. Choice-making in facilitation of agricultural innovation platforms in different contexts in West Africa: Experiences from Benin, Ghana and Mali. Knowledge Manage. Dev. J., 9: 79-94.
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  7. Klerkx, L., S. Adjei-Nsiah, R. Adu-Acheampong, A. Saïdou and E. Zannou et al., 2013. Looking at agricultural innovation platforms through an innovation champion lens: An analysis of three cases in West Africa. Outlook Agricult., 42: 185-192.
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  8. Adjei-Nsiah, S., R. Adu-Acheampong, K. Debrah, F. Dembele and S. Lassine et al., 2013. Defying "the pervasive bias" against African smallholders: Identifying entry points for institutional change. Dev. Pract., 23: 857-871.
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  9. Adu-Acheampong, R., S. Archer and S. Leather, 2012. Resistance to dieback disease caused by Fusarium and Lasiodiplodia species in cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) genotypes. Exp. Agric., 48: 85-98.
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  10. Adu-Acheampong, R., 2012. Cocoa in Ghana. In: One Finger Cannot Lift a Rock. Facilitating Innovation Platforms to Trigger Institutional Change in West-Africa, Nederlof, E.S. and R. Pyburn (Eds.)., KIT-Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp: 63-68.

  11. Adu-Acheampong, R. and S. Archer, 2011. Diversity of fungi associated with mirid (Hemiptera: Miridae) feeding lesions and dieback disease of Cocoa in Ghana. Int. J. Agric. Res., 6: 660-672.

  12. Adu-Acheampong, R., J.B. Ackonor, J.E. Sarfo and B. Padi, 2005. Seasonal occurrence, spatial distribution and control of the cocoa stem borer, Eulophonotus myrmeleon in Ghana. Trop. Sci., 45: 129-132.

  13. Adu-Acheampong, R. and J.B. Ackonor, 2005. The effect of imidacloprid and mixed pirimiphos-methyl and bifenthrin on non-target arthropods of cocoa. Trop. Sci., 45: 153-154.

  14. Adu‐Acheampong, R., B. Padi and J.E. Sarfo, 2004. The life cycle of the cocoa stem borer Eulophonotus myrmeleon in Ghana. Trop. Sci., 44: 28-30.
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