Daniel Oppong-Sekyere

Prof. Daniel Oppong-Sekyere (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Crop Sciences (Plant Breeding/Agronomy) with the Department of Ecological Agriculture, Bolgatanga Technical University, Ghana. Before his assumption of duty as a Lecturer, Daniel worked as an Assistant Agricultural Officer/District Development Officer with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA). Daniel has extensive knowledge in the field of Agricultural Sciences: Agronomy/Plant Breeding/Extension education, research and rural development. He has carried out various research/extension training programmes and education on good agronomic and general crop production practices, participatory farmer breeding/selection, crop storage and marketing, food security and rural development, agribusiness and youth enterprise development activities for Farmer-Based Organizations (FBOs) as well as group formation, among others, in several communities in the Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Upper East and Ashanti Regions of Ghana.

Daniel has carried out research works on drought and disease tolerance of crops, climate change, food security and rural development activities and programmes for several rural farmers and households in the drought-prone Upper East and Northern Regions of Ghana as part of institutional service to community. He has attended many international conferences, workshops and courses in the field of agriculture and its related disciplines.

Prof. Oppong-Sekyere had been an Associate Consultant for ‘Nathan Associates’ under the MADE programme in Ghana, on market assessment of onion and other vegetables in the Upper East Region. He had also been a project Coordinator for the GSOP Mango Project at Brong Ahafo, funded by the World Bank and the Government of Ghana/Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in the Pru District of Ghana.

Daniel is currently undertaking studies in drought and foliar disease resistance in groundnuts in the Northern Regions of Ghana.

Daniel hails from Bekwai in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He is married to Joyce and have been blessed with two children, Adom and Nhyira.

Book Chapters

1. Oppong-Sekyere, D., R. Akromah, E. Y. Nyamah, A. D. Ninfaa, M. M. Braimah, M. M. Akpalu, A-R. S. Salifu (2020). Production Challenges and Postharvest Practices of Groundnut in Northern Ghana: the Participatory Rural Appraisal Approach. New Perspectives in Agriculture and Crop Science Vol. 2. Chapter 2. Print ISBN: 978-93-89816-42-6, eBook ISBN: 978-93-89816-43-3
2. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Nyamah, E. Y., Brenya, E and Yeboah, Y. (2020). Morphological Characterization of Okra (Abelmoschus sp. L.) Germplasm in Ghana Research and Development in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2. Chapter 12. Print ISBN Number: 978-93-89816-22-8 E ISBN Number: 978-93-89816-23-5

3. Joseph Kinansua Laary, Daniel Oppong-Sekyere, Mercy Marilyn Akpalu, Augustus Dery Ninfaa and Gabriel Atubila Asumboya (2018). Climate Resilience Agronomic Practices in Vegetable Production (MODULE 1) (SDF & Department of Ecological Agriculture, Bolgatanga Technical University), October, 2018.

Monograph Publications

4. Daniel Oppong-Sekyere (2011) Assessing Genetic Diversity in Ghanaian Okra (Abelmoschus sp. (L.) Moench): Morphological Characterization of Okra in Ghana Publisher:  LAP-LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG. (Germany). ISBN: 978-3-8465-5366-4; November, 2011. 116 pages. E-mail: info@lap-publishing.com. Website: www.lap-publishing.com; Tel; +49 681 3720 310. Telefax; +49 681 3720 3109.

5. Daniel Oppong-Sekyere (2012) Feed Particle Size Versus Growth Performance Of Broiler Chickens: Maize as a Major Ingredient in Most Complete Feeds. Publisher:  LAP-LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN: 978-3-659-17930-3; July, 2012. 43 pages. E-mail: info@lap-publishing.com Website: www.lap-publishing.com; Tel; +49 681 3720 310. Telefax; +49 681 3720 3109.

Journal Papers

6. Oppong-Sekyere, D. (2019). Genetic Analysis of Late Leaf Spot (Phaeoisariopsis personata) Disease Resistance in Groundnuts, Journal of Horticulture and Plant Research (JHPR) (Under Review).
7. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Ozias-Akins, P, Laary, J. K and Gimode, D. (2019). Heritability Studies of Drought Tolerance in Groundnut; Using the North Carolina Design II Fashion and Variance Component Method. Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science (JPBCS), Vol. 11(9), pp. 234-253.
8. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Chu, Y., Ozias-Akins, P and Gimode, D. (2019). Phylogenetic Assessment of Selected Ghanaian Groundnuts, in Reference to U.S. Mini-Core based on Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) and Axiom Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Array Protocols. Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development (JABSD). Vol. 11(3), pp. 27-38.
9. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Yintii, B. B and Akolgo, L.A. (2019). Assessment of Selected Landrace and Improved Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Genotypes under Stressed and Non-stressed Conditions. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, JEAI, August, 2019. 40(1): 1-25, 2019.
10. Laary, J. K., Ofori, K., Kusi, F and Oppong-Sekyere, D. (2019). Evaluation of Eggplant (Solanum sp.) Genotypes for Proline Accumulation in Drought Conditions of Ghana. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 26(5), Pp. 1-11.
11. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Laary, J. K and Asumboya, G. (2018). Assessing Farmers’ Knowledge, Perceptions, Varietal Preferences and Constraints to Groundnut Production, the PRA Approach, International Journal of Research (IJR). Vol. 5. Issue 21, pp. 310-338.
12. Oppong-Sekyere D., Akromah, R., Kena, A.W., Larweh, V., Ozias-Akins, P. (2018). Screening and Selection of Drought-Tolerant Groundnut Varieties Based on Yield Performance. International Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 5(3): 463-473.
13. Ninfaa, A.D., Oppong-Sekyere, D., Salifu, A-R.S., Yintii, B.B and Manamzor, F.L. (2016). An Assessment of the Performance of Some Vegetable Markets and End Users in the Upper East Region of Ghana. International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review. Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev.2016, 4(11):87-98.
14. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Ozias-Akins, P and Kena, A.W. (2018). Screening and Selection of Groundnuts (Arachis Hypogaea L.), for Earliness. The International Journal of Science & Technoledge; 20(6) pp. 20-33.
15. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Asumboya, G and Yintii, B. (2018). Sorghum Production Practices: A Case Study of Four Communities in Navrongo, Ghana. J. Basic. Appl. Sci. Res., 8(7)1-15, 2018.
16. Oppong-Sekyere, D., Akromah, R., Nyamah, E. Y., Brenya, E and Yeboah, Y. (2011). Characterization of Okra (Abelmoschus Spp L.) Germplasm Based on Morphological Characters in Ghana, Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science (JPBCS); Vol. 3(13). pp. 367-378, November, 2011. Available online http://www.academicjournals.org/jpbcs, ISSN 2006-9758 © 2011 Academic Journals
17. Oppong-Sekyere, D., R. Akromah, E.Y. Nyamah, E. Brenya and Yeboah, S (2012). Evaluation of Some Okra (Abelmoschus Sp L.) Germplasm in Ghana, African Journal of Plant Science (AJPS); Vol. 6(5), pp. 166-178, 6 March, 2012. Available online http://www.academicjournals.org/ajps, ISSN 2006-9758 © 2011 Academic Journals
18. Oppong-Sekyere, D., A. Donkoh and Addo, A. (2012). Effect of Feed Particle Size on Growth Performance of Broiler Chickens in Ghana, International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences (IJPAES); Vol. 2(3). pp. 241-247, July-Sept., 2012. Available online http://www.ijpaes.com ISSN 2231-4490.