UPPER EAST REGION FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH GROUP (UER-FSRG)
General introduction:
The Upper East Region farming Systems Research Group (UE-FSRG) was established in May 1993 and is based at the Manga Agricultural Research Station about 4 km South-East of the Bawku Municipal. The Team currently has a membership of Seven Research Scientists led by Dr. Francis Kusi (Ph.D. in Entomology) two Agronomists, Dr. Roger A. L. Kanton and Dr. Julius Yirzagla, a Post-harvest specialist, Dr. Issa Sugri and a Socio-economist, Dr. John Kanburi Bidzakin a Plant breeder Dr. Peter Asungre. The Team also has a Research Scientists pursuing Ph.D. programme in Plant Pathology, Mr. Salim Lamini.
The Team has oversight responsibility for the Co-ordination of Research, Extension, and Farmer Linkage Committees (RELC) activities in the Upper East Region. The Team also coordinates a number of projects jointly with colleagues at Nyankpala. such as the USAID Feed the Future Project. The Team also provides backstopping to technical staff of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the CARE International Climate Change Project; NORTHFIN Foundation onion bulb size improvement Project in the Bawku West District, Garu Presbyterian Agriculture Station; Bawku East Women Development Association (BEWDA) and Action-Aid Ghana are just some of the partner NGOs we work with towards the improvement in Food Security in the Upper East Region.
List of Senior Members and Senior Staff
Name | Qualification | Area of Specialization | Rank |
Francis Kusi | MSc
PhD |
Entomology
Entomology |
Senior Research Scientist |
R.A.L. Kanton | MSc.
PhD |
Agronomy | Chief Research Scientist |
E.Y. Ansoba | BSc | Agriculture | Prin. Tech. Officer |
Julius Yirzagla | MSc
PhD |
Agronomy | Research Scientist |
Issah Sugri | MPhil
PhD |
Post Harvest | Senior Research Scientist |
J.K. Bidzakin | BSc
MSc PhD |
Agric Economics
Agric Economics & Marketing |
Research Scientist |
N.K. Abass | HND | Accounting | Chief Accounting Assistant |
Peter A. Asungre | BSc
MSc PhD |
Agric
Agronomy |
Research Scientist |
Zakaria Mukhtaru | BSc. Agric
MSc |
Agriculture
Entomology |
Prin. Tech. Officer |
Abdulai Abubakari | HND
BSc Admin. |
Sec & Mgt.
Human Resource |
Chief Admin. Assist. |
Salim Lamini | BSc
MPhil |
Agric Technology
Plant Pathology |
Technologist |
Albert Alem | Dip. | Agriculture | Prin. Technical Officer |
J. N. Azure | Certificate | Gen. Agriculture | Assistant Farm Manager |
Musah Alhassan | Certificate | Gen. Agriculture | Assistant Farm Manager |