Contact Dr John Bidzakin
Background
John Kanburi BIDZAKIN is an agricultural economist with special interest in Socio-economic Evaluation of Agriculture Technologies, Project Evaluations, Agricultural marketing and Agribusiness Development. John has carried out socio-economic evaluations and bio-economic modelling of African land use systems. He has analysed commodity value chains to identify upgrading opportunities in maize, sorghum, soyabeans, peanuts, finger millet, cowpea and fonio in Ghana and Kenya. John has a PhD. and MSc. in Agricultural Economics and a BSc. in Agriculture Technology. John works for Cranfield University as a research fellow and his current research focus is on the economics and social analyses of African land use systems for east and west Africa. He previously worked as a Research Scientist for Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), Ghana for 10 years. He has led and supported the development of several agricultural development and research projects including AGRA funded Quality Rice Development Project, Ghana, USDA funded web-base marketing project, Ghana, USDA funded Cowpea Value Chain Development Project, Ghana. He has served as principal investigator and coordinator for some these projects and has published some of his research work.
Current activities
I am currently working with the Environment and Agrifood Theme within the School of Water, Energy and Environment at Cranfield University. I am working with colleagues in the research team and with farmers and other value chain actors in Africa (East and West) to identify how new technologies and practices are affecting existing farming practices in terms of yield, labour, land, and capital requirements. The team is also developing bio-economic models aimed at predicting the short to long term impact of these technologies and practices on farm households and production systems in the participating African countries. We are also engaging with stakeholders in the crop value chains to determine the sustainability of the new technologies and practices in light of any alterations they may impose on land, labour, and capital inputs and resources.
Clients
GIZ Ghana
Oxfam Ghana
Institut du Sahel Burkina
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
International Potato Center (CIP) Ghana
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Sugri I, Akansake D, Abukari IA, Low JW, Abidin PE, .... (2024). Production innovations to enhance sweetpotato as a food security crop in northern Ghana. Crop Science
- Bidzakin JK, Graves A, Awunyo-Vitor D, Yeboah O, Yahaya I, .... (2023). Utilization of Organic Fertilizer in Ghana: Implications for Crop Performance and Commercialization. Advances in Agriculture, 2023
- Bidzakin JK, Yeboah O, Sugri I, Graves A & Awunyo-Vitor D. (2022). Economics of Bulk Storage Techniques: Maize and Cowpea Storage in Ghana. Advances in Agriculture, 2022
- Sugri I, Abubakari M, Owusu RK & Bidzakin JK. (2021). Postharvest losses and mitigating technologies: evidence from Upper East Region of Ghana. Sustainable Futures, 3
- Bidzakin JK, Fialor SC, Awunyo-Vitor D & Yahaya I. (2020). Contract farming and rice production efficiency in Ghana. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 10(3)
- Amoako OA, Adjebeng-Danquah J, Bidzakin JK, Abdulai H, Kassim BY, .... (2020). Response of improved cowpea varieties to spacing in the guinea Savannah ecology of Ghana. Journal of the Ghana Science Association, 19(1)
- Kanburi Bidzakin J, Fialor SC, Awunyo-Vitor D & Yahaya I. (2019). Impact of contract farming on rice farm performance: Endogenous switching regression. Cogent Economics & Finance, 7(1)
- Bidzakin JK, Fialor SC, Awunyo-Vitor D & Yahaya I. (2018). Impact of Irrigation Ecology on Rice Production Efficiency in Ghana. Advances in Agriculture, 2018
- Kanton RAL, Buah SSJ, Larbi A, Mohammed AM, Bidzakin JK, .... (2017). Soil Amendments and Rotation Effects on Soybean and Maize Growths and Soil Chemical Changes in Northern Ghana. International Journal of Agronomy, 2017
- Kanton RAL, Prasad PVV, Mohammed AM, Bidzakin JK, Ansoba EY, .... (2016). Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Effects on the Growth and Yield of Maize in a Dry Agro-Ecology in Northern Ghana. Journal of Crop Improvement, 30(1)
- Kanton RAL, Prasad PVV, Ansoba EY, Alhassan AL, Bidzakin JK, .... Maize-Legumes Rotation Effects on Growth and Yield of Maize in a Semi-Arid Agro-Ecology in Northern Ghana. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science
- Bidzakin J, Fialor S & Yahaya I. Production Efficiency of Smallholder Rice Farms under Contract Farming Scheme in Ghana. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 25(1)
- Kanton R, Asungre P, Ansoba E, Inusah B, Bidzakin J, .... Evaluation of Pearl millet Varieties for Adaptation to the Semi-Arid Agro-Ecology of Northern Ghana. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International, 3(1)
- Bidzakin J, Yeboah O-A, Sugri I, Naanwaab C, Nutsugah S, .... Status of Postharvest Operations in Upper East Region of Ghana: The Case of Maize Producers. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 8(2)
- Bidzakin J, Fialor S & Asuming-Brempong D. Performance of Micro and Small Scale Agribusinesses in Northern Region of Ghana: Non-financial Analysis. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 4(1)
- Martey E, Wiredu AN, Etwire PM, Fosu M, Buah SSJ, .... Fertilizer Adoption and Use Intensity Among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana: A Case Study of the AGRA Soil Health Project. Sustainable Agriculture Research, 3(1)