An Ethics Committee for the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) has been inaugurated at a brief ceremony in its Multi-purpose Auditorium. The mandate of the thirteen-member Committee is to ensure that research produced by academicians in UESD meet the accepted standards.  It has as members: Prof. Anthony Amoah-Dean of the School of Sustainable...Read More

Abstract The global goal of achieving gender equality and sustainable development cannot be fully achieved without paying great attention to the extent of women’s involvement in development projects. This is essentially because women are a corporate part of our communities, many times even outnumbering men. This study explored the participation levels of women in community...Read More

Abstract The susceptibility of mango production to climate change requires the need for the adoption of innovation. However, there is a scarcity of information on the factors driving the uptake of agricultural innovation among plantation farmers in Ghana. This study, guided by the protection motivation and innovation diffusion theories, fills the existing gap by examining...Read More

PRESENTER: DR. RAHMAT QUAIGRANE DUKER                    DEPARTMENT:      Department of Biological, Physical and Mathematical Sciences DESIGNATION:      Lecturer           ABSTRACT Previous reports have long established that exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), even at moderate levels, is acutely toxic to aquatic life and humans. These persistent organic...Read More

PRESENTER:           Michael K. Okyere Asante                   DEPARTMENT:       Department of General Studies, UESD DESIGNATION:      Lecturer   ABSTRACT   During the early years following Ghana’s political independence from British rule, calls were made for university education to have “an African character”. As a field steeped in Eurocentric narratives, how did...Read More

By: Dr. Daniella D. Sedegah, Senior Lecturer, SSD. School of Sustainable Development. Abstract Water use in urban agriculture has mainly covered waste water reuse in several countries. In Ghana and other countries, the studies have largely covered health perceptions and concerns of use of waste water for urban agriculture. Many urban studies on water use...Read More

The Chief Executive officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mr. Worlanyo K. Siabi has expressed the Agency’s readiness to form a long-term relationship with the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), in the areas of ground water accessibility, production and sustainability.  He said this when he and the Director in charge...Read More

The last five days of the UESD HOPE Roadshow was a conference dedicated to students of the University. The resource persons were; the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Eric Nyarko-Sampson, the Registrar, Mrs Mary Abena Agyepong and the Dean of the School of Sustainable Development, SSD, Prof. Anthony Amoah. The Chairman was the Dean of the School of...Read More

The third session of the UESD HOPE Roadshow workshop for Junior staff members was in two parts. The first part was facilitated by the Secretary to the College of Basic Applied Sciences at the University of Ghana, Mr. Emmanuel Baidoo, and the second, by the Senior Assistant Registrar in charge of Academic Planning and Quality...Read More

A five-member Audit Committee for the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) has been inaugurated at a brief ceremony at the institution’s Council Chamber. It was witnessed by the Vice-Chancellor of UESD, Prof. Eric Nyarko-Sampson and some Management members of the University. The inauguration is in line with the Internal Audit Agency Act 2003...Read More