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Innovation Conference-Ghana 2016 INNOVATION CONFERENCE-GHANA 2016 PROCEEDINGS THEME: Development Innovation – Putting The Pieces Together 27TH-28TH SEPTEMBER 2016 LA PALM ROYAL BEACH HOTEL, ACCRA-GHANA EDITORS: PAUL BOADU WILHEMINA QUAYE JUSTINA ONUMAH GEORGE OWUSU ESSEGBEY ACCRA, JANUARY 2017 Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................ v INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... vii PART 1: DEFINING INNOVATION PRACTICE IN AFRICA-PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTALS ......................................................................................... 1 MECHANISMS FOR STRENGTHENING EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY AND PRACTICE: EXPERIENCES FROM THE DRUSSA POLICY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME Rose Omari .......................................................................................................................... 1 LOCAL INNOVATION SUPPORT MODEL FOR MAINSTREAMING FARMER INNOVATIONS IN GHANA Franklin K. Avornyo1, Joseph Nchor2 and Zimi Alhassan3 ........................................ 14 MORE PIECES WITHIN THE PIECES: RETHINKING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION IN BURKINA FASO Dr Eveline M. F. W. Compaoré Sawadogo ................................................................... 28 TRANS-BOUNDARY ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICAL DIRECTION TO INNOVATIONS IN RESEARCH: THE CASE OF AU’S PROGRAMME ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND PHARMACOPOEIA Natewinde Sawadogo ...................................................................................................... 40 IMPLEMENTATION OF GHANA’S NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (NDCS) TO THE UNITED NATION FRAMEWORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE – THE ROLE OF EBAFOSA GHANA John Kwame Boateng (PhD)1, Richard Munang (PhD)2, Daniel Benefor (PhD)3, Florence Agyei4, Kwame Ofori5 and Kwaku Boateng6 ............................................... 53 PART 2: THE NEXUS OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ... 71 INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS: WHAT MORE FOR PROJECT-BASED PARTNERSHIPS? C. Osei-Amponsahab*, Laurens Klerkxa, Annemarie Van Paassena, Barbara Van Mierloa And George Essegbeyb ...................................................................................... 71 INNOVATION AND INCLUSIVITY IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE Hannah Nyamekye1 and George Essegbey2 ................................................................. 86 CHALLENGES AND OPTIONS OF INNOVATION RESEARCH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT IN GHANA Anderson Kwasi Ahwireng and Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw ................................. 103 ii ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE IMPACT FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THROUGH MULTISTAKEHOLDERS INNOVATION PLATFORMS: LESSONS FROM GHANA AND RWANDA T. Augustin Kouévi1 & A. Oluwole Fatunbi ............................................................... 123 THE NEXUS OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP – A CASE STUDY OF THE ALPHA MUSHROOM CLUSTER ................................................................ 132 Albert Koomson & Rev. Derek Sarpong ............................................................... 132 PART 3: STIMULATING INNOVATION IN THE KEY SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY .............................................................................................................. 143 ENHANCING SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN RICE PRODUCTION THROUGH INCREASED LOWLAND PRODUCTIVITY: THE “SAWAH” TECHNOLOGY OPTION Buri M. M1., Issaka R. N1., Adjei. E. O1. and Wakatsuki, T.2 .................................... 143 THE ROLE OF POLICY AND MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES (MNES) IN GHANA’S AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: A CASE OF THE RICE INDUSTRY *1Justina A. Onumah; 1Afua B. Sarpong-Anane; 1Mavis Akuffobea; 1Portia A. Williams and George O. Essegbey ............................................................................... 184 PART 4: ENHANCING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR THROUGH PRODUCT INNOVATION ................................................................................. 201 _Toc479158036 PRESERVATION OF MEAT AND FISH USING SOLAR-SCREENED DRYING TECHNIQUE Sheila Aikins-Wilson, Siegfried Affedzie-Obresi, Nikki Asuming-Bediako, J Lee Duncan and Edmund Sottie .......................................................................................... 217 WESTERN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN OF GHANA’S TRADITIONAL MEDICINE Maame Adwoa B. Animpong* and William Owusu Oduro ...... 224_Toc479158041 MECHANIZED PALM KERNEL SHELL SEPARATOR FOR SMALL SCALE KERNEL OIL CHAIN Amoah, J. Y.1*, Aggey, M2. deGraft, A3. Abdulai I4 .................................................. 234 PALM OIL CONTAMINATION ASSOCIATED WITH ITS PROCESSING AND MARKETING: SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS G. K. Yawson*, F. K. M. Swanzy, J. S. Ossom, F. Dwumfour and S. K. Dery .... 250 HYDROLYSIS AND FERMENTATION OF GHANAIAN GREEN SEAWEEDS FOR BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION Iddrisu Abdul-Mumeen1, Marcel T. Ale2, Anders Thygesen2 Anne S. Meyer2 and Moses Y. Mensah3 ........................................................................................................... 261 iii SCALING UP GAS CABINET DRYING OF MANGOES IN THE YILO KROBO DISTRICT OF THE EASTERN REGION IN GHANA: NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF MANGO FARMERS Charles Tortoe*, Jonathan Ampah, Paa Toah Akonor, Evenly Serwah Buckman and Stephen Nketia ........................................................................................................ 282 MANAGING MOISTURE IN CEREALS AND GRAIN TO REDUCE POST HARVEST LOSSES Frank Eric ANANG1, Paul DATE2 and William LANIER3 ...................................... 293 PERFORMANCE OF INNOVATION AMONG FIRMS IN GHANA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Portia Adade Williams*, Mavis Akuffobea, Justina A. Onumah and Roland Asare ........................................................................................................................................... 302 iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to express our sincere thanks to all the authors and participants, our media partners, and all the people who contributed to and worked on the proceedings. Further, we wish to express our profound gratitude to the government and people of Ghana for hosting the first ever Innovation Conference. In the same vein, we wish to extend our appreciation to our partners, Globelics, AfricaLics, CAAST-NET Plus, International Foundation for Sciences (IFS), MNEmerger, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) COTVET, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, CABI, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and La Palm Royal Beach Resort for providing sponsorship packages for this conference. Finally, we are grateful to our organizing and administration team for putting the conference and this proceeding together. The members of the Local Organising Committee for the Conference are: Dr Godfred Frempong Deputy Director, CSIR-STEPRI Mrs Justina A. Onumah Research Scientist, CSIR-STEPRI Mr Masahudu Fuseini Research Scientist, CSIR-STEPRI Dr Rose Omari Senior Research Scientist, CSIR-STEPRI Mr Paul Boadu Research Scientist, CSIR-STEPRI Mrs. Melody Boateng UNESCO Ghana We also are sincerely grateful to the following organisations who contributed financially or in kind to ensure a very successful conference. We are most grateful. v FOREWORD The development challenges facing Africa are daunting and yet surmountable. From food and nutrition insecurity, through shelter and unemployment to environmental degradation, the key to addressing the challenges, is Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). In this regard, it is critical to create a climate for innovation that enhances productivity in all sectors of the economy with significant impact on society. Such an innovation climate will nurture Research and Development (R&D) to become the game changers in national development. Nevertheless, creating and sustaining an innovation climate calls for strong partnerships among all stakeholders especially between government, industry and research institutions. This underpins the exciting prospect of building “Champions of Innovation Network” to rejuvenate the ecosystem of innovation. An economy that is fully geared to new knowledge, technology and innovation, offers enormous potential in promoting economic growth, creating jobs and finding solutions to major developmental challenges. Such a system transforms the productive sectors of the economy, emphasising value addition of raw materials through industrialisation resulting from increased innovation and knowledge generation. As we make efforts to generate knowledge and stimulate innovation in the country, there is need to create platforms to inform, educate and critique what have been done. We are delighted to publish the proceedings of the first Innovation Conference Ghana 2016, which counts as a platform for innovation discourse. It was the first innovation conference of its kind with very good participation from researchers in a wide range of disciplines. The conference was aimed at creating a network of innovation practitioners, including scholars in order to drive innovation research in Ghana and West Africa as a whole to facilitate socio-economic development and improve livelihoods. The organizers of this conference and their sponsors would definitely take pride in hosting participants from diverse expertise and across the globe. A greater pride comes with the publication of the proceedings. The knowledge that was produced out of the conference is now permanently documented. We hope to continue the collaboration in the future. Dr. Victor
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