Dr. Keteku Agbesi Kwadzo
Surname: Keteku
Other Names: Agbesi Kwadzo
Qualification: Ph.D. Agriculture Science (Agronomy)
Current Grade: Research Scientist
Area of Specialization: Agronomy/Farming systems/Fertilizer technology/ Soil
fertility/Innovation development
Research Experience: Sustainable intensification agricultural systems focused on nutrient
integration and conservative agriculture. Agronomy of field crops
through to post-harvest, cropping systems, bio-inoculants, and fertilizer
technology.
Tel: 0559731525/0508733820
Email: keteku.agbesi@yahoo.com / k.agbesi@cropsresearch.org
Nationality: Ghanaian
Station: Legumes and Oilseeds Division, Fumesua.
Brief Bio: Dr. Keteku Agbesi Kwadzo obtained his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in
Agriculture (agronomy) from the Naresuan University, Thailand. He
also attended the Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, India
and obtained an MSc. degree in Agronomy. His Bachelor’s degree honours
(B.Sc. Hons) was in Agriculture Technology from the University for
Development Studies, Ghana.
He joined the CSIR-Crops Research Institute as a research scientist in
2021. He has varied research interests from crop improvement and post-
harvest through to soil improvement. He has researched on
organochemical fertilizers and developed a granular organochemical
fertilizer with hormone mixed formulas. He has worked on sustainable
farming and cropping systems- the inclusion of Jatropha fuel blends into
farming systems. He also worked on post-harvest storage pest control
technologies for rice and Bambara groundnut. He has conducted both on-
station and on-farm research activities in Ghana, India and Thailand.
His current research interest is in sustainable intensification agriculture,
focused on crop improvement through integrated nutrient management
and biofortification strategies. He is interested in crop-soil-water
dynamics and their relationship to climatic variabilities. He has interest
in agronomic techniques that promotes crop tolerance to drought and also
in legumes and oilseeds cropping systems. He continues to study
physiological responses of plants to drought. He has keen interest in the
development of extension packages for on-farm best nutrient, soil
moisture, weeds and insect pest management practices. Dr. Keteku has
over ten (10) scientific refereed articles, and two (2) conference papers to
his credit. He also review for several international journals and
supervises few post-graduate students in Ghana.
