JACQUELINE ONUMAH

Jacqueline Onumah is a Senior Lecturer in the Ecological Agriculture Department at the Bolgatanga Technical University in Ghana. Her area of specialization is Communication for Innovation Studies. She has conducted extensive research into Agricultural Communication and Innovation, Environmental Education, Gender-related issues in development, Agricultural Technology transfer and Assessment, Interdisciplinary research, Sustainable Agriculture, Discourse analysis.

She has also held various positions in the Ecological Agriculture Department such as Academic board representative (2016/2017), Academic counselor (2013/2014), Chairperson for Practical Tour Committee (2012/2013), and Chairperson for Welfare Committee (2015/2016).

She was also a member of the committee that drafted the B.Tech Ecological Agriculture curriculum.

1. Boamah, P. O., Huang, Y., Hua, M., Onumah, J., Sam-Amoah, L. K., Boamah, P. O., … & Zhang, Q. (2016). Sorption of copper onto low molecular weight chitosan derivative from aqueous solution. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 100(129), 154-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.01.014
2. Boamah, P. O., Huang, Y., Hua, M., Zhang, Q., Wu, J., Onumah, J., … & Boamah, P. O. (2015). Sorption of heavy metal ions onto carboxylate chitosan derivatives—a mini-review. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 116, 113-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.01.012
3. Boamah, P. O., Huang, Y., Hua, M., Zhang, Q., Liu, Y., Onumah, J., … & Song, Y. (2015). Removal of cadmium from aqueous solution using low molecular weight chitosan derivative. Carbohydrate polymers, 122, 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.03.034
4. Onumah, J., Leeuwis, C., Boamah, P. O., & Salifu, T. (2013). Operation and frames of illegal gold mining in Ghana. International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research, 2(3), 307-312.
5. Boamah, P. O., Sam-Amoah, L. K., & Onumah, J. (2011). Effect of salinity level of irrigation water on the yield of tomato. ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science 6(8), 49-53.

Book

1. Onumah, J. (2012). Understanding Plantain Production: Redefining the role of ‘galamsey’ in Development. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Germany,100 pp

Jacqueline’s research interest is in the area of:

• Processes of innovation adoption and innovation platforms for change
• Discourse and framing of social processes for development
• Gender-related issues in agriculture
• Environmental education for sustainable agriculture
• Agricultural technology assessment and impact studies
• Agricultural Extension Systems and innovative approaches
• Synthesis and application of low molecular weight chitosan and its derivatives
• Interdisciplinary research