JONAS OSEI-ADU (PhD)

• Led an international team of experts in reforming the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EIA) processes for agricultural investments in Sierra Leone leading to the passage of the Environmental Protection Agency (Agricultural and Agro-Based Industrial Activities) Regulations, 2024.
• Led the development of a revised extension strategy for mainstreaming Integrated Agriculture Research for Development (IAR4D) into the ProPAD project intervention areas Chad Republic.
• Provided leadership in the successful review of the certificate in agriculture programme and developed training materials for 4 colleges in Ghana.
• Twelve of my proposals developed under the Ghana Skills Development Fund were approved and funded.

• Managed and coordinated technology transfer, partnership and business development activities across 9 West African countries namely Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Benin and Chad under the World Bank funded Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP).
• Secured and managed over USD 2.9 million in donor-funded projects.
• Established 98 partnerships agreements for technology transfer across six countries (Benin, Ghana, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone).
• Led the establishment of over 50 innovation platforms in Ghana and the Gambia under the West Africa Productivity Programmed (WAAPP) and the Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chain Development (GIRAV) projects.
• Led the reform of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EIA) processes for agricultural investments in Sierra Leone leading to the passage of the Environmental Protection Agency (Agricultural and Agro-Based Industrial Activities) Regulations, 2024.

1.  Feb. – Nov, 2025: Consultant at CORAF, Dakar-Senegal working with national coordination units of the Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP) funded by the World Bank across 8 countries (Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Chad).

2.  Feb. - Sept., 2024: Consultant at CORAF (Dakar-Senegal) as the Development Manager responsible for managing and coordinating 9 national consultants for strategic planning, budget planning, implementation and performance management for partnership and business activities under the iREACH initiative across Ghana, Niger, Chad, Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Senegal and Sierra Leone.

3.  Feb, 2024 - Date; Consultant for the Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (GIRAV) responsible for the coordination and management of 18 local and extension facilitators for 9 regional innovation platforms across the Gambia.

4.  Feb. 2025 – Date: Project Coordinator for the CORAF AU-EU funded Informed Decision-Making for Agroforestry Systems in Africa (AfrorGrow) Project in charge of coordination, budgeting and strategic planning.

5.  Dec. 2022 - Feb. 2023; Consultant for mainstreaming the Integrated Agriculture Research for Development (IAR4D) approach within the extension strategy of the ProPAD intervention area in Chad Republic.

6.  July, 2020 - July, 2022: Team Leader for 4 international Consultants responsible for validating and improving the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EIA) processes towards ensuring sustained agricultural investments in Sierra Leone by the Law and Development Associate (LADA).

7.  Sep., 2022 - Date: Member of the CORAF Regional working group on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in charge of ensuring efficient use of resource, staff supervision, project monitoring and coordination.

8.  2015 - Sept. 2017: Leader of Management M&E for Ghana and Nigeria responsible for developing annual workplans and budget, supervision of activities and ensuring value for money under the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Funded Community Action in Improving Farmer Saved -Seed Yam (CAY-SEED).

1.  1st Feb., 2026 – Date: Head of Division for Socio Economics and Biometrics at CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CRI) responsible for strategic planning, staff supervision, financial management and performance.

2.  7th Oct., 2025 - Date: Chairman, CSIR-CRI Museum Establishment Committee in charge of budgeting and financial management, mobilisation of funds and implementation.

3.  24th Jan., 2024 - Date: Member and representative of Heads of Divisions for the CSIR-CRI Budget committee.

4.  Jan.,2023 - Apr., 2024: Head of Division, Socio Economics and Biometrics, CSIR-CRI responsible for strategic planning, staff supervision, financial management and performance.

5.  1st Jun, 2019 - Feb., 2024: Chairman, CSIR-CRI Senior and Junior Staff Promotions Committee responsible for assessing and recommending the promotion of over 100 staff within the 5-year period.

6.  21st Nov., 2019 – 14th Dec., 2019: Acting Head for the Resource and Crop Management/Socio Economics Division (RCM/SE).

7.  16th – 24th Sept., 2019: Acting Head of the Resource and Crop Management/Socio Economics Division (RCM/SE).

8.  29th Apr., – 10th May., 2019: Acting Head of the Resource and Crop Management/Socio Economics Division (RCM/SE).

9.  2019: External Assessor for the technical reports of 4 Senior staff members from CSIR-SARI as part of their promotion.

10.  2019 - Date: External Examiner for 1 PhD and 12 MPhil candidates from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana.

11.  2026 - Date: External Examiner for 1MPhil candidate from the University for Development Studies (UDS)

1.  Mar., 2019- Dec., 2022: Project Coordinator for the Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development (PAIRED) with funding from USAID responsible for managing over 10 senior Scientists and implementation across 10 communities within 5 districts.

2.  2014: Lead Economist: - Dissemination of New Agricultural Technologies in Africa (DONATA) End of Project Self-Assessment funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) responsible for managing 10 enumerators across the implementation districts.

3.  2013: Team Leader - Baseline for the Support for Agricultural Research for the Development of Strategic Crops (SARD_SC) in Africa, Maize component funded by African Development Bank (AfDB) through CORAF involving over 10 enumerators.

4.  2013: Team Leader - Formation of ten community Innovation Platforms (IP) for the Sustainable Agricultural Research for the Development of Strategic crops (SARD_SC) Maize component funded by African Development Bank (AfDB) through CORAF/WECARD.

5.  2013: Team Leader - AusAID Development Research Awards Scheme project on improved yam storage for food security and income baseline study.

1.  Aug. 2022 – Jul. 2023: Secured and managed the implementation of USD 61 741.20 from ECOWAS through CORAF including procurement, reporting and budget oversight for the training of 105 youth in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

2.  2020 - 2022: Coordinated the Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development (PAIRED) project worth USD 179, 990.14 from USAID through CORAF including budget development, implementation, procurement and reporting in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

3.  17th – 21st May, 2021: Secured and managed USD 34,372.00 from USAID through CORAF including procurement, reporting and budget oversight for the Regional Training on Participatory Climate Advisory Services (PCISA) in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

4.  April, 2019 -Jan., 2020: Secured and managed USD 50, 539.50 from DANIDA through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) including procurement, reporting and budget oversight for the development of a training programme for post-harvest management and product development in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

5.  Jan. 2018 – Aug., 2018: Secured and managed (coordination, procurement, reporting and budget oversight) USD 86,461.4 from DANIDA through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) for the development of the Innovative Agribusiness Incubation Programme (IAIP) in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

6.  2016: Secured and managed (coordination, procurement, reporting and budget oversight) USD 562, 594.00 from World Bank and DANIDA through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) for the establishment of CSIR- CRI Agricultural Productivity Technology Centre in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

7.  2014: Secured and managed (coordination, procurement, reporting and budget oversight) US$ 40, 000 from Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for the construction of a warehouse facility for the Amantin Innovation Platform (IP) in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

8.  2012: Part of the team that secured and managed (coordination, procurement, reporting and budget oversight) US $ 1,199,500 from Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

9.  2009: Part of the team that secured and managed (coordination, procurement, reporting and budget oversight) US$90,000 from the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) for the training of over 2,000 farmers in Southern Ghana in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

10.  April, 2019 – March, 2020: Managed (coordination, procurement, reporting and budget oversight) USD 16,336.00 from AfDB through AfricaRice for the management of innovation platforms under the Transformation of African Agriculture Technologies (TAAT) in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

11.  2016-2018: Managed (coordination, procurement, reporting and budget oversight) US$ 75 000 from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) as the Regional M&E Leader for Ghana and Nigeria under the Community Action in improving farmer saved seed project in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

12.  2013: Part of the team that managed (coordination, procurement, reporting and budget oversight) US$ 512, 022 from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the implementation of the Sustainable Agricultural Research for the Development of Strategic crops (SARD_SC) maize component in line with donor regulations, institutional policies, environmental and social safeguards.

• Managed implementation risk for partnership and business development activities of agriculture technology parks across multi-country (Senegal, Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Chad) under the iRAECH initiative.
• Developed a partnership risk mitigation strategy for the Community Action in Improving Farmer Saved Seed (CAY SEED) Project which was implemented in Ghana and Nigeria.
• Led the passage of the Environmental Protection Agency (Agricultural and Agro-Based Industrial Activities) Regulations, 2024 for Sierra Leone as the lead consultant for reforming the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EIA) processes for agricultural investments.
• Chairman for the CSIR-CRI Museum Committee to mitigate the risk of losing the Institute’s history through the establishment and management of a functional museum.
• CSIR-CRI budget committee member responsible for reducing financial risk through proper planning and budgetary allocations to projects and divisions.

• Facilitated cross boarder technology transfer for 9 countries (Senegal, Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Chad) by working closely with the Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP) implementation units under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
• Coordinated partnership and business development activities for agriculture technology parks managed by the National Agriculture Research Institutes (NARI) in Senegal, Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Chad.
• Led the establishment and management of innovation platforms in the Gambia working with the Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (GIRAV) under the Ministry of Agriculture.
• Represented CORAF at open day celebrations for Ghana, Mali and Sierra Leone in the company of Ministers of States.
• Facilitated the stakeholder engagement (Ministries, private sector, donor organisation, NGOs, etc) in Sierra Leone as part of the processes towards the reform of their Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EIA) processes for agricultural investments.
• Facilitated the session on partnership and business development at the 2025 Market of Agriculture Technologies (MITA) conference in Mali comprising Ministers of Agriculture or their representatives from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mali, Togo and Benin.
• Facilitated technology transfer from international research organisations (AfricaRice, ICIPE and World Vegetable Centre and CIFOR-ICRAF) to FSRP implementation countries.

• Secured partnership agreements between 98 organisations and various national agriculture research institutions across 6 countries (Benin, Ghana, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone) as part of the implementation of the agriculture technology parks.
• Initiated the youth in agribusiness programme leading to the establishment of 29 youth enterprises across 6 countries (Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Benin, Chad and Mali) as part of agriculture technology parks.
• Facilitated a partnership between the regional centre of specialisation for livestock in Niger and the FSRP implementation unit in Togo leading to the successful transfer of 150 goats from Niger to Togo.
• Secured a partnership agreement between the Les Jardins Pour Tous in Benin and FSRP implementation unit in Togo leading to the transfer of 4kg of tomato wilt resistant certified seeds from Benin to Togo.
• Facilitated a partnership agreement between the Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) of the Gambia, National Seed Secretariate (NSS) of the Gambia and the CSIR-Crops Research Institute for the mentoring of two institutions.
• Secured and managed projects from donor organisations such as; USAID, AfDB, World Bank, DANIDA, BMGF and ECOWAS.
• Worked with international research, sub-regional and regional organisations such as IITA, AfricaRice, ICIPE, CIFOR, IFPRI, FARA and CORAF.

• 2014, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer, Feed the Future projects at CSIR-CRI funded by USAID through CORAF
• 2014, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer, Support for Agricultural Research for the Development of Strategic Crops (SARD_SC) in Africa, Rice component funded by African Development Bank (AfDB) through CORAF
• 2014, Lead Economist and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer, Dissemination of New Agricultural Technologies in Africa (DONATA) project funded by African Development Bank (AfDB) through CORAF
• 2010, NCOs M&E Officer, West African Agricultural Productivity Programme by the World Bank (WB) and Government of Ghana (GOG)
• 2009, Data Manager, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) - Commercial Development for Farmer Based-Organisations (CDFO) PROJECT
• 2018, Team Member, End of project evaluation for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Funded Community Action in Improving Farmer Saved -Seed Yam (CAY-SEED) Project

Current Employer: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Crops Research Institute (CRI); Position: Principal Research Scientist (Associate Professor)

Years of working experience: 17

Date of Birth: 8th October, 1984.

Nationality: Ghanaian

Marital Status: Married with four daughters

Language Proficiency:

English – Excellent in speaking, reading and writing

French (B2) – Intermediate in speaking, reading and writing

Twi – Excellent in speaking

Gonja - Excellent in speaking

• Certificate in Monitoring, Evaluation Learning by CORAF
• Certificate in Impact Evaluation by CORAF
• Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Result Based Management and Report Writing by USAID through AfricaLEAD
• Certificate in Commercial Development of Farmer Based Organisation (CDFO) Training for Technical and Training Service Providers (TTSPs)

• Microsoft 360 (word, excel and power point)
• Statistical Package for the Social Scientist (SPSS)
• Nvivo
• STATA
• Kobotool box

• 2026: Citation for being the youngest to become a Principal Research Scientist at 39 within CSIR.
• 2022: Feature article in the CSIR Newsletter on bridging the gap between technology and end users.
• 2018: Co-Chair, International Food Security Conference, New York-USA.
• 2017: Director's Special Award.
• 2017: Bill and Melinda Gate funded Community Action for improving farmer saved seed (CAY seed) PhD Fellow.
• 2013: Best Research Scientist, RCM/Socio economics Division.
• 2009: Best worker for Socio-Economics Division.
• 2009: West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) MPhil Fellow

• African Journal of Science, Innovation and Development: Comparative assessment of technical efficiency of irrigated crop productions: a case study of a large-scale Kampe-Omi irrigation scheme, Nigeria. 1st October, 2019
• Ghana Journal of Science, Technology and Development: The Domestic and Imported Livestock Market Structure Dichotomy in Ghana. 21st September, 2022.
• Agriculture and Food Science Journal of Ghana: Fuelwood utilization and health effects among farming households in Ekiti State, Nigeria. 25th February, 2021.
• Ghana Journal of Agriculture Sciences: Economic Valuation of investments mushroom production in Nigeria. 15th December, 2020.
• Journal of Agriculture Extension and Rural Development: Adoption Determinants of Row Planting for Wheat Production in Munesa District of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. 18th January, 2019.
• Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research. Profitability and constraints to urban exotic vegetable production systems in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana: A recipe for job creation. 26th February, 2019.
• Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research: Urban Exotic Vegetable Production: A recipe for job creation and meeting sustainable development goals on zero poverty and zero hunger.18th December, 2018.

1.  Adabah, R.,Aidoo, R.,  Asante, O.B., Mensah, A., Etuah, S., Appiah, B.G., Osei-Adu, J. (2026). Perceptions, challenges and determinants of management strategy choices for combating fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) infestation in Ghana. Pest Management Science, Pp 1-12.

2.  Ohene-Mensah, G., Kwoseh, K.C., Kena, W.A., Osei-Adu, J., Adabah, R (2026). Assessment of farmer knowledge, practices and challenges of cabbage leaf spot disease management in Ashanti region of Ghana. Scientific African Vol (31), Pp 1-12.

3.  Osei-Adu, J., Aidoo, R., Fialor, S.C., Ennin, S.A., Osei,K., Asante, B.O., Danso-Abbeam, G. (2024). Impact of Positive Selection Technology on Seed Yam Productivity. Heliyon, Vol 10 (9), Pp 1-9.

4.  Osei-Adu J., Aidoo R., Fialor S.C., Ennin A. S., Osei K., and Asante O.B. (2022). Profitability of seed yam production techniques in Ghana and Nigeria. Cogent Economics and Finance, Vol 10, Pp 1-15.

5.  Osei-Adu J., Aidoo R., Fialor S.C., Ennin A. S., Osei K., and Asante O.B. (2020): The role of improved technology to enhance Total Factor Productivity (TFP): The case of quality seed yam production in Ghana and Nigeria, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2020.1831132

6.  Osei-Adu J., Offei B., Ekyem O.S., Afari-Sefa V. and Osei K.M. (2016). Structure of Cocoa Based Vegetable Seed System for Selected Locale in Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture Research. Vol 5, No 4: 107-112

7.  Osei-Adu J., Ennin A.S, Asante O.B, A., Anselme A., Mendy M.,Kergna A. (2015). Gender Issues in Crop-Small Ruminant Integration in West Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Extension 03(2): 137-147.

8.  Osei-Adu J., Acheampong P.P., Amengor E.N., Sagoe R. (2015). Input Supply Structure for Yam Production in Ghana. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. Vol 7, No (2): 72-78.

9.  Osei-Adu J., Ennin A.S, Danquah O.E., and Yeboah S. (2015). Economics of Improved Crop Production Technologies under the Crop Small Ruminant Project in Ghana. World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 11 (4): 239-243, 2015.

10.  Osei-Adu J. , Nimoh F., and Osei-Agyemang K. (2014) . Production Cost Optimization Structure for Cassava Farmers in Transition and Forest Agro-Ecological Zones of Ghana. Centre Point Journal (Science Edition). Vol 20, No. 1, pages76 - 83.

11.  Bright Owusu Asante, Jonas Osei-Adu, Kwasi Offei Bonsu, Micheal Kwabena Osei, Richard Adabah, Stephen John Ayeh, John Okyere, Cho Gyoungrae, Jeon Hakyung and Hong Soons (2020). Farmers' Perceptions and Preferences for Improved Varietal Traits in the Wenchi and Offinso North Municipalities of Ghana. The Journal of Korean Society of International Agriculture. Vol 32 (2), Pp 81-91.

12.  Patricia Pinamang Acheampong, Marian Dorcas Quain, David Appiah-Kubi, Jonas Osei-Adu, Stella Ama Ennin, Kingsley Osei (2020). Economic Analysis of Seed Yam Production in Aeroponics System. Implications on Employment and Food Security in Ghana. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development. Vol 2(56), Pp 125–132.

13.  Asante O.B., Ennin A.S, Osei-Adu J ., Asumadu H., Anselme A., Saho M & Hamidou N. (2018). Performance of integrated crop-small ruminant production systems in West Africa. Agroforestary Systems. Vol 92.

14.  Amengor E.N., Adu-Appaiah A., Frimpong B.N., Osei-Adu J. and Adofo K. (2017). Adoption potential of improved Sweetpotato Varieties in Ghana. Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana. Vol 10, Pp 843-851

15.  Amengor E.N., Adofo K., Frimpong B.N., Sagoe R., Osei-Adu J. AND Adu-Appiah A. (2017) Profitability Gap Analysis of Sweetpotato Production in Ghana: Evidence from Sweetpotato Farmers and Traders. Vol 21, Pp 1-8.

16.  Amponsah K.S., Berchie N.J., Manu-Aduening J., Danquah O.E., Osei Adu J., Agyeman A. and Bessah E. (2017). Performance of an improved manual cassava harvesting tool as influenced by planting position and cassava variety. African Journal of Agricultural Research. Vol. 12(5), pp. 309-319.

17.  Danquah O.E., Ennin A.S., Frimpong F., Oteng-Darko P., Yeboah S., Osei-Adu J. (2015). Adoption of good agricultural practices for sustainable maize and cowpea production: the role of enabling policy. World Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences. Vol. 2(1), pp. 017-021.

18.  Amengor E.N., Yeboah H., Fordjour E., Acheampong P.P., Osei Adu J., Frimpong N.B., Adofo K. and Sagoe R. (2015). Gender Analysis of Sweetpotato Production in Ghana. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 23 (10): 2572-2579.

19.  Antwi C., Twum-Bariman L., Osafo E.L.K., Attoh-Kotoku, V., Eninn S., Osei-Adu J ., (2014). Dry season Feed resources for small ruminants in the Atebubu-Amantin district. Ghanaian journal of Animal Science, Vol 8, No.1, 2014.

20.  Ansah K.O., Antwi C., Eninn S.A., Amoah S., Osei-Adu J ., Osafo E.L.K., Adu-Dapaah H., (2014). Monitoring of feed intake and growth performance of small ruminants in the Atebubu Amantin district. Ghanaian journal of Animal Science, Vol 8, No.1, 2014

21.  Achampong P.P, Owusu V., Gyiele N, Asante O.B, and Osei-Adu J (2012). Cassava Variety attributes preferences in Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Eastern Regions of Ghana. Ghana journal of science 45, pp21-29.

22.  Asante O.B, Otoo E., Wiredu N.A, Acheampong P.P., Osei-Adu J. and Frimpong B.N (2011). Willingness to adopt the vine multiplication technique in seed yam production in the forest savanna transition agro-ecological zone, Ghana. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics Vol. 3(16), pp. 710-719.

Dr. Emmanuel Njukwe

Director of Research and Innovations

CORAF,

7, Avenue Bourguiba - B.P.48

Dakar, RP Sénégal - CP 18523

Mob: (221) 774709321

Email: e.njukwe@coraf.org

Prof. Hans Adu-Dapaah

Former Director of CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CRI)

Vice President, CSIR College of Science and Technology

Kumasi-Ghana, Box 3784.

+ 233 2652554771

Email: hadapaah@yahoo.com

Prof. Robert Aidoo

Professor of Agriculture Economics

Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

Kumasi-Ghana

Tel: 233 244544929

Email: badubob@yahoo.co.uk