NORTHERN REGION FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH GROUP
The Northern Region Farming Systems Research Group (NR-FSRG) is tasked with analyzing the farming systems of the Northern Region with the view to generating appropriate innovations that could bring about improvement in the livelihoods of the people. The group has at Damongo, Yendi and Salaga. The work focuses on characterizing and describing the farming systems of the region, identifying and prioritizing constraints to increase sustainable agricultural production and generating suitable interventions to address the prioritized problems of the farmers through adaptive on-farm as well as on-station research. Besides, the team also has oversight responsibility of coordinating Research, Extension and Farmer Linkage Committee (RELC) activities in the NR.
List of Senior Members and Senior Staff
Name | Qualification | Area of specialization | Designation |
Askia M. Mohammed | BSc
MPhil PhD |
Chemistry
Soil Science Soil Science |
Research Scientist |
Michael Mawunya | BSc
MPhil |
Agriculture
Weed Science |
Research Scientist |
Jerry Asalma Nboyine | MSc
PhD |
Entomology | Research Scientist |
Samuel Oppong A. | MSc
PhD |
Crop Breeding | Research Scientist |
Sulemana D. Alhassan | BSc. | Agriculture Technology | Chief Technical Officer |
Rakiatu Abdulai | HND | Statistics | Chief Technical Officer |
Haruna Abdulai | BSc
MPhil |
Agriculture
Agronomy |
Principal Technical Officer |
I. Misbaw | Certificate | Agriculture | Senior Technical Officer |
E.O. Krofa | BSc. | Agriculture Tech. | Chief Technical Officer |
Iddrisu Sumani | Dip. | General Agriculture | Chief Technical Officer |
Haruna Bashiru | BSc.
MSc |
Agric. Economics
Agric. Economics |
Principal Technical Officer |
K. Foster Yambout | BSc. | Agric. Tech. | Principal Technical Officer |
Price M. Etwire | BSc.
MSc. |
Agric. Technology
Agric. Economics |
Principal Technical Officer |
Elsie Sarkodee – Addo | BSc
MSc |
Agriculture
Agronomy |
Principal Technical Officer |
Alhassan Sayibu | BSc. | Agriculture | Principal Technical Officer |
Jalilatu Ayuba | BSc.
MSc |
Agric. Technology
Agric. Technology |
Principal Technical Officer |
Abdul –Rahaman A. B. Iddrisu | BSc. | Agric. Technology | Principal Technical Officer |
Abdu l –Salam M. Baba | BSc. | Agric. Technology | Principal Technical Officer |
Freda Ansah A. | BSc. | Agric. Technology | Principal Technical Officer |
Daniel E. Halolo | BSc. | Agric. Technology | Principal Technical Officer |
Douglas B. Alhassan | Dip. | General Agric | Chief Technical Officer |
Desmond A. Sunday | BSc
MSc. |
Bio – Mathematics
Statistics |
Principal Technical Officer |