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PROFILE

Name: Kofi Agyarko Gender: Male Postal Address College of Agricultural Education, University of Education, Winneba, P. O. Box 40, Mampong/Ashanti, Ghana Phone No: 024-4040932 Email-address: agyarkokofi@yahoo.com EDUCATIONAL BACKROUND University Institutions Attended

• University of Cape Coast, Ghana
• Zhejiang Agricultural University, China

Masters Degrees

• Ph.D., Soil and Environmental Studies
• M.Sc., Agro-Environmental Protection/Chemistry
• BSc., General Agriculture
• Diploma, Education

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• IAALD - International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists
• Ghana Soil Science Association
• Horticultural Association of Ghana

CURRENT POSITION Snr. Lecturer, College of Agriculture Education, University of Education, Winneba, Mampong/Ashanti, Ghana.

COURSE MATERIALS

• Course Outlines
• Lessons
• Assignments

ARTICLES / JOURNALS

• Agyarko, K., Kwakye, P. K., Bonsu, M., Osei, B. A.

1. The influence of soil amended with neem leaves and poultry manure on nutrient dynamics.
2. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science.

• Agyarko, K., Akoto, E. O. and Awuah,

1. Analysis and views of solid waste in a community of Ghana A Case Study.
2. Journal of Applied Science and Technology.

SPEECHES / PRESENTATIONS

• Agyarko, K., Annor, S. Y. and Seidu, J. M. (2005)

1. SOLAR ENERGY IN AFRICA – Barriers to overcome to make Africa ripe for solar energy business.
2. 2005 Forum of Rural Energy Promotion in Developing Countries, September 16 – 17, 2005, Beijing, China. Pp. 87 – 93.

• Seidu, J. M., Agyarko, K. and Annor, S. Y. (2005)

1. Vegetable drying using locally constructed solar panels.
2. 2005 Forum of Rural Energy Promotion in Developing Countries, September 16 – 17, 2005, Beijing, China. Pp. 118 - 124.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Soil Fertility, Pesticide use and Environment

BOOK WRITTEN

• Agyarko, K., Djang-Fordjour, K. T. and Agbavitor, P. (2007) Maize storage in the Ejura Sekyere-Dumase District of Ashanti. Science & Technology for Wealth Creation and Sustainable Development in Ghana: Proceedings of Sunyani Polytechnic Lecture Series II, September 24-26, 2006.

• Agyarko, K., Kwakye, P. K., Bonsu, M., Osei, B. A. and Frimpong, K. A. (2006) The effect of organic soil amendments on root-knot :nematodes, soil nutrients and growth of carrot. Journal of Agronomy, 5 (4) 641 - 646.
• Agyarko, K., Kwakye, P. K., Bonsu, M., Osei, B. A., Asare Donkor, N. and Amanor, E. (2006) Breakdown of Azadirachtin A in a :tropical soil amended with neem leaves. Pedosphere, 16 (2) 230-236
• Agyarko, K. and John Sackey Asante (2005) Nematode Dynamics in a Soil amended with Neem leaves and Poultry Manure. Asian Journal :of Plant Sciences, 4 (4) 426 – 428
• Agyarko, K., P.K. Kwakye, M. Bonsu, B.A. Osei and J.S. Asante (2005) Effect of Neem and Organic Amendments on Nematode Populations :in a Coastal Savanna Tropical Soil. Phytoparasitica, 33 (4) 343-346
• Agyarko, K., Borketey-La, E. B. and Abaidoo, I. A. (1999) Pesticide Usage Among Farmers: A Case Study of Shama-Ahanta East District  :of Ghana. Ghana Educational Media and Technology Association Journal, 3, 63 – 70
• Agyarko, K. and Wang, K. ( 1998) Schoenemann Reaction and the Degradation of Three Organophosphorus Pesticides in Water. Journal of :Zhejiang Agricultural University, 24 (3), 333 – 338.
• Wang, K., Meng, F., Agyarko, K. and Yu, J. (1995) The Progress of Nonpoint Sources Pollution Monitoring – An Elemental Tracer System :for Determining Nonpoint Source Contamination in Fresh Water. Agro – Environment and Development, 12 (2) 18 – 21.