Nana Afranaa Kwapong
Address
| Nana Afranaa Kwapong Humboldt University of Berlin Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture Department of Agricultural Economics Division of Cooperative Sciences Luisenstrasse 53 D-10099 Berlin, Germany |
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| Phone: | +49-30-2093-6545 |
| Fax: | +49-30-2093-6501 |
| Email: | kwaponna (at) agrar.hu-berlin.de |
Position within the Division of Cooperative Sciences
Ph.D. Student and Junior Research Fellow in the Joint Research Project "Making Rural Services Work for the Poor"
Research Interest
- Development Studies, Rural Development, Poverty Reduction, African Studies
- Institutional Economics, Cooperative Studies, Policy Analysis
- Qualitative Research Methods
Academic Career
| Since 09/2008 | Research fellow within the research project “Making
Rural Services Work for the Poor – The Role of Rural Institutions and
their Governance for Agriculture-Led Development“. |
| 09/2008 - 12/2008 | Visiting scholar at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, Indiana University, USA (Prof. Dr. Elinor Ostrom). |
Academic Background
| 2006 - 2008 | M.Sc. Integrated Natural Resource Management, Humboldt
University of Berlin Thesis: Rural Services and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda |
| 2002 - 2006 | B.Sc. Agricultural Science, Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology, Ghana |
Field Research and Work Experience
| 07/2007 – 09/2007 | Project Researcher EED Dialogue and Support Service-South Caucasus Project: Farmers organizations in the development of Agriculture in the South Caucasus: Case of Armenia |
| 07/2006 – 10/2006 | Intern (IAESTE) Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture |
| 06/2005 – 09/2005 | Farm Assistant (Intern) Farmbee Ghana Ltd. (Asiakwah – Ghana) |
| 06/2004 – 09/2004 | Assistant Credit and Loans Officer (Intern) Atwima Kwanmoma Rural Bank (Kumasi-Ghana) |
| 06/2004 – 09/2004 | Laboratory Assistant (Intern) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi - Ghana) |
Presentations
- “Rural Services and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, October 08, 2008.
Memberships
- International Association of Agricultural Students (IAAS)
- International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE)
- Ghana Association of Agricultural Students (GAAS)
