![Dr. Charley Yaw Okyere]()
DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Charles Yaw Okyere is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana, Legon. Charles Yaw Okyere holds a Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Dr. Agr.) degree from the University of Bonn, Germany. He had doctoral studies at the Department of Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
In September 2017, he was selected as part of ten fellows for the inaugural EIB-GDN Program in Applied Development Finance. In May 2013, he successfully completed 14.73x: The Challenges of Global Poverty, an online learning initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through edX.
Charles Yaw Okyere holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana and also worked with Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana as a Research Assistant from February 2012 to September 2012. Charles Yaw Okyere in 2007 graduated with second class upper division in Agriculture Technology (Agricultural Economics and Extension option) from the University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.
Climate change expertise and interests
Charles has experience working on climate-smart agriculture projects including the use of biochar and compost in Northern Ghana, and also the impacts of irrigated agriculture on welfare, intra-household health-related outcomes, and child health and nutrition outcomes in Southern Ghana.
Publications – (most recent)
Okyere, C. Y. and A. A. Ahene-Codjoe (2021). Irrigated Agriculture and Welfare: Panel Data Evidence from Southern Ghana. The European Journal of Development Research. Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00384-2
Okyere, C. Y. (2021). Demand for Environmental Quality: Averting Behaviors Impacts and Valuation in Southern Ghana. Water Policy, 23(2), pp.358–375. Available online at: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.196
Okyere, C. Y. and M. A. Usman (2021). The Impact of Irrigated Agriculture on Child Nutrition Outcomes in Southern Ghana. Water Resources and Economics, 33, 100174. Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2020.100174
Professional career interests
My research interest is to generate rigorous evidence for policy making through the application of behavioral, experimental and quasi-experimental economic techniques to agriculture, health, education, and welfare.
I participate at climapAfrica because
It is an ideal fellowship for post-doctoral studies on climate change research in Africa because of the quality of resources and mentors involved in it. It also provides the opportunity for collaborative research through strengthening the academic capacities of African researchers. I hope to acquire a great deal of knowledge from the prominent resource persons and also share my experiences with fellow postdocs from other African countries.
