Background

Emelia Guo (PhD) is a lecturer with the Faculty of Agriculture Food and Consumer Sciences in the Agribusiness department. I have over eighteen years of research experience and also as a lecturer in the University for Development Studies (UDS). I spent Eighteen years in The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Consultancy Services. (IIRACS). I hold an MPhil in agricultural administration and a PhD in Endogenous development studies. As part of my research I co-authored a chapter in the United Nations Human Development Plan (UNHDP) hand book, I was in charge of third trimester coordination for six years in IIRACS and four years as a welfare committee chair member whilst in IIRACS. Relevant research include: End-line Evaluation of Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP). Facilitated training workshops for women groups and was the staff in charge of gender issues in IIRACS. I am a member of Young Africa Women Congress (YWAC), Ghana Association of Agricultural Economics (GAAE) and Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (WiSTEM) UDS Branch.

Email address: gemelia@uds.edu.gh