Anthony Albert Adomako

Lecturer

Phone: +233 200 393 702Dr AA Adomako
Email: aa_adomako@yahoo.com
Department: Social Forestry
Office: Faculty of Forest Resources Technology
Office Hours: By appointment
Address: Department of Social Forestry,
Faculty of Forest Resources Technology,KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

Brief History
Dr. Adomako has been a lecturer with the Department of Social Forestry, Faculty of Forest Resources Technology since 2009. He holds Doctor of
Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Institutional and Natural Resource Management and Post-Graduate Diploma in Research Methods for Social Studies from the University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom. He also has a Master of Science (MSc.) Degree in Socio-Economic Information for Natural Resource Management from International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (I.T.C.), Enschede, The Netherlands.

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Major Responsibilities

Teaching, Research and Extension. Aside these, I tutor a number of students serving as their academic advisor and seeing to their welfare.

Teaching

Undergraduate Courses:

• SOF 357; Community Forestry Practices
• WPM 353; Business Management and Administration for Natural Resource Managers
• SOF 362; Forest-based Livelihoods Development
• SOF 358; Social Research in Forestry
• SOF 352; Indigenous knowledge in Resource Management
• SOF 253; Introduction to Agriculture

Graduate Courses: (Under development)

• Indigenous Knowledge and Conservation of Forest Resources
• Environmental Management Education

Research Interests

Dr Adomako has a dearth of knowledge and research expertise in the following areas

• Philosophy of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
• Data Collection Skills and Techniques
• Socio Economic Information Requirements for Decision Making in Management
• Research Proposal Writing, Progress Report Writing, Communication Skills and Human Relations Methods
• Research Methodology for Effective and Efficient Project Planning and Management
• Analysis of Conflict and Cooperation in Institutional Management
• Strategies to plan Equitable Institutional Authority (EqIA) Model to appreciate inputs of all stakeholders in Project Identification, Planning, Budgeting, Management, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development and Promotion, including Self-Help Promotion, Rural Modernization, Cooperative Management, Group Formation and Credit Mobilization
• Strategies of Change
• Land Evaluation / Land Use Planning
• Stakeholder Analysis

Current Research

Pragmatic approaches to manage Ghana’s Eco-Tourism sites: Issues of procedural and substantive dimensions of conflicts

Publications

• Adomako, A. A. (2004) ‘Challenges of Research Writing’ Research Paper, School of Social and International Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
• Adomako, A. A. (1998) District Assemblies and NGOs as Partners in Development at the Local Level, Accra: Gold-Type.
• Adomako, A. A. (1986) ‘Sunyani Catholic Diocese and Low Agricultural Productivity’, Diploma Dissertation in Social Development, Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada.

Conference Presentations and Workshop

Among the presentations are the following:

• Adomako, A. A. (2013) Pragmatic approaches to manage Ghana’s Eco-Tourism sites: Issues of procedural and substantive dimensions of conflicts, On-going Research Paper, Department of Social Forestry, FFRT, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
• ‘Understanding institutional conflicts over biodiversity conservation: A study of five cases in Southern Ghana’ (2004), PhD Thesis, School of Social and International Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
• Adomako, A. A. (1997) Involving Rural Women in Training Programmes to Promote the Adoption of Improved Post Harvest Technology ECASARD Seminar Presentation, Accra:
• Adomako, A. A. (1990) An overview of the rate and effects of deforestation in the tropics, constraints to tree planting and prescribed solutions, Paper presented at a National Seminar on Environmental Protection, 13th -15th June, 1990. Accra, Ghana.

Appointments/Employment Records & Positions Held

• Lecturer, Faculty of Forest Resources Technology, KNUST, Kumasi (2009 to date)
• Coordinator, Capacity Building and Management Programme and Head, Budget Unit, Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (MoESS) (2005 – 2009)
• Special Assistant to the Director-General and Head of Research and Planning Unit, Ghana Education Service (2004 – 2005)
• Deputy Coordinator, Implementation Coordinating Unit, GES Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) Secretariat, Accra, Ghana (1999 – 2001)
• Project Coordinator, Joint Sunyani Diocese-United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s People Participation Programme (FAO/PPP), Sunyani, Ghana (1984 – 1999)

Any others Responsibilities

• Ag. Head, Department of Social Forestry, Faculty of Forest Resources Technology, KNUST, Kumasi
• Team Leader, Industrial Attachment Assessment, Faculty of Forest Resources Technology, KNUST Kumasi
• Students’ Projects Coordinator, Faculty of Forest Resources Technology, KNUST Kumasi
• Group Formation Process for Catholic Women Association, Diocese of Sunyani, Sunyani, Ghana (1999)
• Four Year Sunyani Diocesan Development Policy, Diocese of Sunyani, Sunyani, Ghana (1998)
• Internal Evaluation Report for People’s Participation in Rural Development Through Promotion of Self-Help Organizations, Ghana (FAO/PPP, 1998)
• Community Based Group Formation Process for the Joint Diocesan-United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s People Participation Programme (FAO/PPP), Sunyani, Ghana (1995)
• Report on the Evaluation of the Grain Storage Programme, Sunyani Catholic Diocese, Sunyani, Ghana (1992)
• Three Year Diocesan Development Policy, Diocese of Sunyani, Sunyani, Ghana (1987)
• Ministry of Education, Science and Sports’ Representative: National Decentralization Committee (2004-2008)
• African Representative: European Union Commission on Biodiversity Conservation (2001 – 2004)
• University General Secretary: International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (I.T.C.), Enschede, The Netherlands (1995-1997)
• NGOs’  Representative, Ghana: 1992 International NGO Forum on Natural Resource Management organised by USAID, Washington, D.C. USA
• National Chairman: Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD), Accra, Ghana (1997-1999)
• National Chairman UNDP Africa 2000 Network (1992-1995) and (1997-1999)