![Dr Elias Danyi Kuusaana]()
DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies
Elias Danyi Kuusaana is a Senior Lecturer in Land Management and Land Tenure at the SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) – Ghana. He is currently the Head - Department of Land and Geo-information Management (DLGM) and Coordinator of Academic Programmes at the West African Centre for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT). He holds a PhD in Agricultural Science from the University of Bonn, Germany (2016), MSc. in Land Management and Land Tenure from the Technical University of Munich, Germany (2011) and BSc. in Land Economy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2007). He has over the years built his competencies around land tenure research and has particularly published on land tenure and gender disparity, climate-induced land dispute resolutions touching on customary tenure systems with family land resources, and urban food systems. He has over 40 peer-reviewed research publications in top-tier journals. He is a professional member of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (Valuation and Estate Surveying Division) and the Network of Land Governance Researchers of Africa (NELGRA). During his scholarship, Dr Kuusaana’s research is concerned with understanding the nexus between climate change and environmental induced conflicts and focusing on farmer-herder conflicts in the semi-arid region of Ghana.
Climate change expertise and interests
- Climate-induced resource conflicts
- Farmer-herder conflicts in resource-poor regions
- Ranching as an option for mitigating farmer-herder conflicts
Publications – (most recent)
Kuusaana, E.D; Ahmed, A; Campion, B.B & Dongzagla, A (2021). Characterization and typology of urban wetlands in Kumasi: Implications for the management of urban commons in secondary cities of Ghana. Urban Governance, 1(1): 38-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2021.09.002
Ahmed, A & Kuusaana, E.D (2021). Cattle ranching and farmer-herder conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: exploring the conditions for successes and failures in northern Ghana. African Security, 14(2): 132-155 https://doi.org/10-1080/19392206.2021.1955496
Kuusaana, E.D; Kosoe, E.A; Niminga-Beka R.Y & Ahmed, A (2021). Spatial justice and inner-city development in Secondary cities of Ghana: Implications for New Urban Agenda in the Global South. Urban Forum, 32(3)373-391. Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x
Professional career interests
- Sustainable management of farmer-herder conflicts
- Innovative approaches to improve herder resource access and use
- Alternative approaches for peacebuilding and conflict resolution
I participate at climapAfrica because
This scholarship offers all forms of knowledge co-creation, skills enhancement, and ideas generation in both vertical and horizontal forms. This platform offers a rare opportunity for early career researchers in Africa to pursue critical research agendas around climate change and its critical linkages with other sectors of society.
