M.Sc. Peron A. Collins-Sowah

Project: Knowledge and incentives to implement Climate-Smart Agriculture: A field experiment study in Ghana

The overall research objective of is to use the case study of Northern Ghana to analyze empirically (1) the collective process of knowledge generation among local farmers, agricultural extension services and national research organizations and (2) the process of adoption of innovative CSA technologies.

Education

10/2013 – 03/2017	MSc. International Masters in Environmental Sciences (IMES), Universität zu Köln
04/2010 – 03/2012	MSc. Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ARTS), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn
08/2004 – 06/2008	BSc. Agriculture (Agribusiness), University of Ghana, Legon

Work Experience

06/2016 – 11/2016	Research Assistant United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn – Germany
10/2015 – 03/2016	Research Intern International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Innovation and Technology Center (IITC), Bonn – Germany
11/2014 – 04/2015	Research Intern UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU - EHS), Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services Section (EVES), Bonn – Germany
06/2008 – 08/2009	Research and Teaching Assistant Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana, Legon

Research Interests

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development