Jewel Andoh (PhD)

Position: Research Scientist

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Professional field of Interest:

          • REDD+: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
          • Forest/Climate Policy and Economics
          • Forest Governance and Livelihoods
          • Environmental Sustainability
          • Regional and Rural Development
            Forest Landscape Restoration

Professional Background:

  • 2017 –2020: PhD in Regional Development (Forest/Climate Policy and Economics), Yeungnam University, South Korea
  • 2015 – 2016: MSc in Forest Resources and Ecological Restoration, Yeungnam University, South Korea
  • 2006 – 2010: BSc in Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Current Research Projects:

  • Gender equality and climate resilience of West African cocoa-dependent households in Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Liberia. Funded by Swedish Research Council. (2023-2025)
  • Documenting Impacts of Artisanal Mining and Land Clearing on Cocoa Cultivation in Ghana. Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). (2021-2023).
  • Assessment of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Community Resource Management Areas in the Northern Savannah Zone. Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reduction Project (GSLERP). Funded by Forestry Commission of Ghana. (2023-2024)

Past Research Projects:

  • New Generation of Forest Technology Development Research, Research Center for Advanced Forest Technology. Funded by Korea Forest Service [Project No. 2013069E10-1719-AA03], 2014 – 2019.
  • International Forestry Cooperation Research, focusing on REDD+ under the new climate Regime. Funded by Korea Forest Service [Project No. 2018112A00-1820-BB01], 2018-2020.
  • Creating Lands of opportunity: Transforming livelihoods through landscape restoration in the Sahel. Funded by IUCN-Ghana. 2022.
  • Economic Sustainability of CREMAs on the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project (GSLERP). Funded by UNDP. 2022.
  • Assessment of the Youth in Plantation Establishment as an Occupation Project of the Forest Plantation Development Fund: Concept, Implementation and Lessons. Funded by Forest Plantation Development Board. 2022-2023
  • Consultant to support safeguards data gathering for Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART)/The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard (TREES) in Ghana. Funded by Tropenbos Ghana 2022.
  • Enhancing Access to Benefits while Lowering Emissions (EnaBLE) Baseline and Monitoring Approach in Ghana. Funded by the World Bank. 2022-2023
  • Multi-stakeholder engagement for mangrove restoration and management in Ghana. Funded by CIFOR-ICRAF

Selected Publications:

  • Oduro, K. A., Obeng, E. A., Abukari, H., Guuroh, R. T., Andoh, J., Mensah, E. S., ... &Louman, B. (2024). Local communities’ adaptation strategies for reducing vulnerabilities to climate change in cocoa-forest dominated landscapes in Ghana. GeoJournal, 89(2), 61.

  • Damnyag, L., Tease, F., Bampoh, A. A., &Andoh, J. (2023). Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Support Land Use Decision-Making in Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana. Journal of Applied Life Sciences & Environment, 56(3).

  • Andoh, J., Oduro, K.A., Park, J., & Lee, Y. (2022). Towards REDD+ implementation: Deforestation and forest degradation drivers, REDD+ financing, and readiness activities in participant countries. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5:957550. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.957550

  • Andoh, J.,& Lee, Y. (2018). National REDD+ Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation: AReview and Comparison of Developing Countries. Sustainability, 10(12), 4781. DOI: 10.3390/su10124781.

  • Andoh, J., & Lee, Y. (2018). Forest transition through reforestation policy integration: A comparative study between Ghana and the Republic of Korea. Forest Policy and Economics, 90, 12-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.01.009.

  • Andoh, J., Chang, J.B., & Lee, Y. (2018). Analyzing the effect of socio-economic factors on deforestation using an Environmental Kuznets Curve model. Korean Journal of Agricultural Economics, 59, 169-189. DOI: 10.24997/KJAE.2018.59.3.169.

  • Kiyani, P., Andoh, J., Lee, Y., & Lee, D. K. (2017). Benefits and challenges of agroforestry adoption: a case of Musebeya sector, Nyamagabe District in southern province of Rwanda. Forest Science and Technology, 13(4), 174-180. DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2017.1392367.

  • Owusu-Sekyere, J.D., Andoh, J.,& Nyarko, K. (2011). Climate Change and Crop Production in the Mfantseman Area of Ghana. J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci., 1, 134-141

  • Obeng, E.A., Obiri, B.D., Oduro, K.A., Guuroh, R.T., Andoh, J., Acquah, S.B., Agyekum, C.K., Asamoah, A., 2022. Economic Sustainability of CREMAs on the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project. GSLERP GHA.2022.152.RFP. Technical report submitted to Friends of Rural Growth, Ghana.

  • Obeng, E.A., Obiri, B.D., Oduro, K.A., Guuroh, R.T., Acquah, S.B., Agyekum, C.K., Andoh, J., Asamoah, A., 2022. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Implemented Economic Opportunities for Rural Communities and Ecosystems. Technical Report Submitted to IUCN Ghana.

  • Acquah, S.B., Guuroh, R.T., Oduro, K.A., Obiri, B.D., Opuni-Frimpong, E., Andoh, J.,Obeng, E.A., Agyekum, C.K., Akpalu, S., 2023. Assessment of deforestation and forest degradation in Community Resource Management Areas in the Northern Savanna Zone.

  • Obeng, E.A., Oduro, K.A., Guuroh, R.T., Acquah, S.B., Andoh, J., Asamoah, A-G, 2022. Assessment of the youth in plantation establishment as an occupation project of the Forest Plantation Development Fund: Concept, Implementation and Lessons.

  • Obeng, E.A., Andoh, J., Oduro, K.A., Obiri, B.D., Duah-Gyamfi, A. Guuroh, R.T., AduGyamfi A., Aloysius, N., Clark, K., 2023. Impacts of Illegal Small-Scale Artisanal Gold Mining and Land Clearing Activities on Cocoa Cultivation: Farmers’ Perception on the Multiple Threats Facing the Cocoa Industry, and Rural Livelihoods. Technical Report. CSIR-FORIG, Kumasi, Ghana.

  • Obiri, B.D., Andoh, J., Guuroh, R.T., Adu-Gyamfi, A., Gakpetor, P.M., Oduro, K.A., Carsan, S., 2023. A Review of Stakeholder Engagement in Mangrove Management and Restoration in Ghana. Submitted to World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF).

Awards/Fellowships:

  • 2027-2020: International Student Scholarship Award, Yeungnam University, South Korea
  • 2015-2016: Korea Forest Promotion Institute Scholarship Award, South Korea. 

Affiliations:

  • Member, FORNESSA
  • Member, IUFRO
  • Member, CSIR Research Staff Association

 

About us

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It is located at Fumesua near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It started as a research unit within the Forestry Department in 1962. It was fully established as a research institute and named FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FPRI) under the then Ghana Academy of Sciences in 1964 and in 1968 placed under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Contact us

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Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, P. O. Box UP 63 KNUST
Kumasi, Ghana

Tel :+233-(0)3220-60123/60373
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