JOSEPH AWETORI YARO

JOSEPH AWETORI YARO

University of Ghana

H-index: 27

Africa-Ghana

About JOSEPH AWETORI YARO

JOSEPH AWETORI YARO, With an exceptional h-index of 27 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Ghana, specializes in the field of Agrarian Change, Rural development, Climate change, Environment, Food security and Livelihoods.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Returns from the South: Effects of return migration of Ghanaian migrants from China on livelihoods and wealth inequalities in Ghana

Shea butter livelihoods and challenges faced by women in the Kassena Nankana districts, Ghana

Changing land and labour relations on cocoa farms in Sefwi, Ghana: Continuity and change

Exploring the Lived Experiences of Ghanaian Migrants along the Ghana-China Migration Corridor

The Dynamics of South–South Migration in Africa

Traditional and Western knowledge systems used by smallholders: Harnessing synergies for improved household food security in rural Ghana

Knowledge, attitudes, and perception as predictors of COVID-19 safety practices of ride-hailing operators in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

When agricultural commercialization fails:‘Re-visiting’value-chain agriculture and its ruins in northern Ghana

JOSEPH AWETORI YARO Information

University

Position

Professor Geography

Citations(all)

2671

Citations(since 2020)

1536

Cited By

1802

hIndex(all)

27

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

39

i10Index(since 2020)

32

Email

University Profile Page

University of Ghana

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JOSEPH AWETORI YARO Skills & Research Interests

Agrarian Change

Rural development

Climate change

Environment

Food security and Livelihoods

Top articles of JOSEPH AWETORI YARO

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Returns from the South: Effects of return migration of Ghanaian migrants from China on livelihoods and wealth inequalities in Ghana

International Migration

Leander Kandilige

Joseph Awetori Yaro

2024/2

Shea butter livelihoods and challenges faced by women in the Kassena Nankana districts, Ghana

Rosemary Achentisa Ayelazuno

Joseph Awetori Yaro

2024/1/13

Changing land and labour relations on cocoa farms in Sefwi, Ghana: Continuity and change

World Development Perspectives

Joseph Awetori Yaro

Joseph Kofi Teye

Steve Wiggins

2024/6/1

Exploring the Lived Experiences of Ghanaian Migrants along the Ghana-China Migration Corridor

Leander Kandilige

Joseph Awetori Yaro

Joseph Mensah

2024/4/1

The Dynamics of South–South Migration in Africa

Joseph Awetori Yaro

Mary Boatemaa Setrana

2023/12/28

Traditional and Western knowledge systems used by smallholders: Harnessing synergies for improved household food security in rural Ghana

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography

Michael Pervarah

Joseph A Yaro

Emmanuel K Derbile

2023/10/20

Knowledge, attitudes, and perception as predictors of COVID-19 safety practices of ride-hailing operators in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Ernest Agyemang

Joseph Awetori Yaro

2023/3/3

When agricultural commercialization fails:‘Re-visiting’value-chain agriculture and its ruins in northern Ghana

Globalizations

Azindow Yakubu Iddrisu

Stefan Ouma

Joseph Awetori Yaro

2022/10/21

Chinese migration to Ghana: Challenging the orthodoxy on characterizing migrants and reasons for migration

Ghana Journal of Geography

Joseph Kofi Teye

Leander Kandilige

Mary Setrana

Joseph Yaro

2022/8/12

Prosperity in Rural Africa? Insights into Wealth, Assets, and Poverty from Longitudinal Studies in Tanzania, edited by Dan Brockington and Christine Noe

Dan Brockington

Christine Noe

2021

APRA working paper 80: long-term change, commercialisation of cocoa farming, and agroecosystems and forest rehabilitation in Ghana.

Kojo Amanor

Joseph Yaro

Joseph Teye

2022/5/2

The Struggle to Intensify Cocoa Production in Ghana: Making a Living from the Forest in Western North

Joseph A Yaro

Joseph Kofi Teye

Steve Wiggins

2022

Long-term patterns of change in the commercialization of cocoa in Ghana: Forest frontiers and technological transformation

APRA Working Paper

Kojo Amanor

Joseph Yaro

Joseph Teye

2021/11

Land and labour relations on cocoa farms in Sefwi, Ghana: Continuity and change

APRA Working Paper

Joseph A Yaro

Joseph K Teye

Steve Wiggins

2021/11

The drivers of medium-scale farms and the emerging synergies and contradictions among socially differentiated farmers in northern Ghana

Brighton: Future Agric. Consortium

Joseph Yaro

Ibrahim Wahab

Gloria Afful-Mensah

Michael Ben Awenam

2021/10

The rise of medium-scale farms in the northern Savannah of Ghana: Farmland invasion or an inclusive commercialised agricultural revolution?

APRA Working Paper

Joseph Yaro

Ibrahim Wahab

Gloria Afful-Mensah

Michael Ben Awenam

2021/9

Changing Labour Relations in Commercial Agrarian Landscapes in Ghana

Labour Questions in the Global South

Joseph Kofi Teye

Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey

Joseph Awetori Yaro

2021

Long-term change and agricultural commercialisation in Ghanaian cocoa

APRA Working Paper

Kojo S Amanor

Joseph A Yaro

Joseph K Teye

2020/4

See List of Professors in JOSEPH AWETORI YARO University(University of Ghana)

Co-Authors

H-index: 32
Dzodzi Tsikata

Dzodzi Tsikata

University of Ghana

H-index: 27
Samuel Agyei-Mensah

Samuel Agyei-Mensah

University of Ghana

H-index: 26
EBENEZER OWUSU-SEKYERE

EBENEZER OWUSU-SEKYERE

University for Development Studies

H-index: 22
Nana Akua Anyidoho

Nana Akua Anyidoho

University of Ghana

H-index: 14
Legend L.E. Asuelime

Legend L.E. Asuelime

University of Johannesburg

H-index: 8
Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo

Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo

University of Ghana

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