OWSD PhD Fellowship
OWSD Early Career
2023
Boakye Abena
About the project
Her research project will investigate foodscapes and explore the food and nutrition potential of indigenous under-exploited crops (soul crops) in order to develp a nutrient composition database for such crops, and explore value-addition involving updating recipes of traditional foods in the malnourished Saboba district of Northern Ghana. Ghana has 3.6 million food-insecure and malnourished citizens; over 700000 more are expected in 2023. The brunt of the crisis is in Northern Ghana. The research will serve as a reference in guiding national and regional policy for community-specific nutrition and food security interventions.
Field of Specialization
Position
Senior Lecturer
About the institution
March 2018
Abena Boakye > Other Awards
Seminar series to encourage more females into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
August 2013
Abena Boakye > Other Awards
PhD Studies on, "Strengthening Root and Tuber Value Chains in Ghana Project"
Full Member
Dr. Abena Boakye
Membership since:
2019
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Ghana Science Association
2. International Society for Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
Convention of Biomedical Research Ghana
Degrees:
2017
Doctorate
Agricultural Sciences
2013
Master
Agricultural Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
1. Boakye, A.A., Gudjonsdottir, M., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Oduro, I., Ellis, W. O. and Chronakis, I. (2018). Water-starch interactions of red and white cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium). Starch/ Starke. DOI: 10.1002/star.201800128
2. Boakye, A.A., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Oduro, I., Ellis, W. O., Gudjonsdottir, M. and Chronakis, I. (2018). Utilising cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) for food and nutrition security: A review. Food Science and Nutrition. 00:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.602
3. Boakye, A.A., Gudjonsdottir, M., Skytte, J. L., Chronakis, I., Wireko-Manu, F.D., and Oduro, I. (2017). Characteristics of red and white varieties of Xanthosoma sagittifolium roots during cooking, using physicochemical analysis, uniaxial compression, multispectral imaging and low field NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Food Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s13197-017-2704-7
4. Guðjónsdóttir, M., Boakye, A.A., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Chronakis, I., and Oduro, I. (2016). Characterization of red and white cocoyam roots, flours and starches during heating by low field NMR In: Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on the Applications of Magnetic Resonance in Food Science, Publisher: IM Publications, pp.49-53 DOI: 10.1255/mrfs.10
5. Boakye, A.A., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Agbenorhevi, J.K., and Oduro, I. (2015). Antioxidant activity, total phenols and phytochemical constituents of four underutilised tropical fruits. International Food Research Journal, 22(1): 262-268
6. Boakye, A.A., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Agbenorhevi, J.K. and Oduro, I. (2014). Dietary fibre, ascorbic acid and proximate composition of tropical underutilised fruits. African Journal of Food Science, 8 (6): 305-310