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Ing Prof Joseph Akowuah

Head of Department

Joseph is a member of the CCG Ghana team. He was until recently the Director of the Brew-Hammond Energy Centre. He is now Head of the Department for Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering at KNUST.

His research focuses on post-harvest engineering, stored grain protection, techno-economic analysis, and design and development of low-capacity drying systems utilising renewable energy sources for grain handling and processing to mitigate post-harvest loss and food waste in Sub-Saharan Africa.

He has over 15 years of experience in teaching, research, and extension work and is involved in various collaborative research and extension works with local and international experts.