Ing. Dr. Patricia Amankwaa-Yeboah
Principal Research Scientist
Ing. Dr. Patricia Amankwaa-Yeboah is a Principal Research Scientist and Head of the Agricultural Engineering and Transport Division at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute. She holds a PhD and MSc in Soil and Water Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering, also from KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana. She completed her secondary education at the St Louis Senior High School in Kumasi, Ghana. She is a registered professional engineer with the Ghana Institution of Engineering.
Dr Amankwaa-Yeboah has played a pivotal role in refining the partial root-zone drying technology for tomato production, optimizing nutrient and water management for maize, and scaling alternate wetting and drying (AWD) technology for rice farming in Ghana. Her work, in collaboration with institutions such as Lancaster University and the International Water Management Institute, led to the development of an automated water monitoring device to enhance irrigation efficiency in rice paddies. She has also been instrumental in benchmarking crop water needs in Ghana, developing aeroponics and hydroponics for root and tuber crops, and investigating the role of phytohormones in plant responses to AWD irrigation in rice and furrow irrigation in tomato. Additionally, she manages the irrigation facility at CSIR-Crops Research Institute.
Dr. Amankwaa-Yeboah’s expertise has earned her prestigious fellowships, including an Australia Awards Africa scholarship for Water Harvesting and Small-Scale Irrigation and a Netherlands Fellowship for specialized agricultural training key among them being Market access for food security and agriculture in transition. Dr. Amankwaa-Yeboah has published over 80 peer-reviewed research papers in national and international journals and has extensive experience in project management and grant proposal writing. She is also a reviewer for several national and international scientific journals.
Beyond research, she is an entrepreneur and a strong advocate for women in STEM. She is a 2018 AWARD fellow and currently serves as the 2nd National Vice President of the Ghana Society for Agricultural Engineering.
Dr Amankwaa-Yeboah has played a pivotal role in refining the partial root-zone drying technology for tomato production, optimizing nutrient and water management for maize, and scaling alternate wetting and drying (AWD) technology for rice farming in Ghana. Her work, in collaboration with institutions such as Lancaster University and the International Water Management Institute, led to the development of an automated water monitoring device to enhance irrigation efficiency in rice paddies. She has also been instrumental in benchmarking crop water needs in Ghana, developing aeroponics and hydroponics for root and tuber crops, and investigating the role of phytohormones in plant responses to AWD irrigation in rice and furrow irrigation in tomato. Additionally, she manages the irrigation facility at CSIR-Crops Research Institute.
Dr. Amankwaa-Yeboah’s expertise has earned her prestigious fellowships, including an Australia Awards Africa scholarship for Water Harvesting and Small-Scale Irrigation and a Netherlands Fellowship for specialized agricultural training key among them being Market access for food security and agriculture in transition. Dr. Amankwaa-Yeboah has published over 80 peer-reviewed research papers in national and international journals and has extensive experience in project management and grant proposal writing. She is also a reviewer for several national and international scientific journals.
Beyond research, she is an entrepreneur and a strong advocate for women in STEM. She is a 2018 AWARD fellow and currently serves as the 2nd National Vice President of the Ghana Society for Agricultural Engineering.