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Wilhelmina Quaye (Msc)
PhD Researcher |
Background:
Wilhelmina Quaye obtained an MPhil Degree in Agricultural Economics from University of Ghana in 2002. Currently pursuing a PHD in Social Science at Wageningen University CTC group. I am interested in social aspects of technology development and socioeconomic research.
Research:
Enhancing Food Sovereignty for better future nutrition in Ghana - A case study of local cowpea food network
This PHD study forms part of an interdisciplinary research program called Tailoring Food Sciences to Endogenous Patterns of Local Food Supply for Future Nutrition (TELFUN), consisting of plant breeders, food technologists, nutritionists and social scientists from Benin/Ghana, Ecuador and India with funding from Interdisciplinary Research and Education Fund (INREF). As part of the collaborative research programme, this social science project investigates how best the local cowpea network can be strengthened to enhance food sovereignty for future nutrition. The PHD is a sandwich programme with local field work in Ghana. Thus in Ghana, selected school feeding programs will be used as a test case for enhancing food sovereignty through strengthening community based production and consumption patterns in local cowpea network.
Two other PhD projects that are part of the overarching TELFUN research programme are carried out by Alexandra Martinez and Shweta Singh.
Publications:
Quaye, W., G Frempong, J. Jongerden and G. Ruivenkamp (2009) Exploring Possibilities to Enhance Food Sovereignty within the Cowpea Production-Consumption Network in Northern Ghana. Journal of Human Ecology. 28(2):83-92
Quaye W. (2007) Food Sovereignty: A precondition to achieve Millennium Development Goal of combating poverty and hunger in Ghana. Tailoring Biotechnologies 3(2), pp.69-78.
Plahar W.A. Kpodo K.A., Yawson R.M. and Quaye W. (2005). Food Safety Action Plan for Maize. FAO/World Bank Co-operative Programme Consultancy Report. Accra
Quaye, W., and Johnson-Kanda, I., (2004) Bambara Marketing Margins Analysis. DFID/CPHP/FRI Bambara Project Report Food Research Institute.
Quaye, W., and Johnson-Kanda, I., (2003) A Socio-Economic Survey of Bambara Processors in Four Selected Communities in the Northern Region of Ghana. A Technical Report Submitted to Food Research Institute.
C. A. Nti. W. Quaye and O. Sekyi-Dawson: Evaluation of determinants for effective adoption of an improved fish-processing technology in Ghana (2002) Ghana journal of Agricultural Science, Vol. 35.
Contact:
Wilhelmina Quaye
CTC-WUR Bode 164
Hollandseweg 1
6706 KN Wageningen |
OR:
Food Research Institute
P.O. Box M20
Accra-Ghana
Wilhelmina.quaye@wur.nl |