Ernest Ekow Abano is an Associate Professor of Food and Postharvest Engineering with rich experience in Food Product Development and Postharvest storage technologies for improved nutrition and health. He has PhD in Food Science and Engineering from Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, funded by Jiangsu Presidential Scholarship. Prof Abano had his Master's education from the University of Cambridge in Engineering for Sustainable Development under the Cambridge-MIT Institute, Cambridge, England. He is a fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. He has his BSc in Agricultural Engineering (First Class Honours) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He has worked with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture on several projects for farmers on Food and postharvest technology, including serving as Team Leader for the National Best Farmer Selection Exercise. He is currently the Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the School of Agriculture, UCC. He has served as the food processing coach for the Graduate Enterprise Development Initiative (GEDI) set up by the Ghana Government. As an expert task force member under the BET-Ghana project, Prof Abano has conducted a Baseline Survey in the Food and the Consumer goods industry to inform policy. He has several research articles in SCOPUS and Web of Science and a reviewer for top Journals in Food processing and Engineering including LWT Food Science and Technology, Journal of Food Engineering, Food Process Engineering, and Food Processing and Preservation.
Prof. Ernest Ekow Abano
Associate Professor - ( Senior Member ) Department of Agricultural and Mechanical EngineeringHead of Department
Department of Agricultural EngineeringHead of Department
Department of Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering-
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2024
Visit
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Presented paper on Participatory Action Research to Developing Acceptable Provitamin A Fortified Gari
8th annual conference “Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa organized Sankt Augustin, Germany.
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Attendeee
6th German-African Economic Forum North Rhine-Westphalia Dortmund, Germany.
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Facilitator
Contemporary Issues in Fisheries Management. Fisheries Leadership Short course for Practitioners funded by USAID/Fisheries Recovery Activity Ghana.
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Presenter
International and Regional Fisheries Institutional Frameworks and Bodies. Workshop on Destabilising Impacts of Distant Water Fishing Vessels (DWFV) in the Gulf of Guinea Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Guest Speaker
“Promoting Research Excellence for Impact on Marine Conservation in Africa”, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries Online Seminar Series University of British Columbia, Canada.
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Co-Facilitator
“Grants Proposal Writing Workshop” University for Development Studies.
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Presenter
“Performance of the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience”, Country Round Table Workshop Association of African Universities (AAU), Online.
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Facilitator
“Regional Political Parties Dialogue on Fisheries: Protecting Our Fish, Securing Our Future, Live Engagement on JoyNews TV Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast.
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Presenter
Professorial Inaugural Lecture on the topic “Our Oceans: Securing Our Common Future through Transformative Research” Medical School Auditorium, University of Cape Coast.
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Presenter
Africa’s Plastic Revolution: Advancing Global Solutions for Healthy Oceans, T.D. Walter Bean Professorship Public Lecture University of Waterloo, Canada.
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Presenter
Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy. National Consultative Workshop for the Formulation of a National Blue Economy Strategy for Angola Luanda, Angola.
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Panelist
Regional Steering Committee Workshop for the World Bank West African Coastal Resilience Investment Projects (WACA ReSiP and ReiP2) Banjul, Gambia.
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Facilitator
Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change. Short-term Training Course funded by USAID Ghana.
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Co-Discussant
“Expanding the Impact of Blue Economy in Africa” (with Professor Rashid Sumaila) World Bank Headquarters, Washington.
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Facilitator
Workshop on “Winning Research and Development Grants in a Competitive World” Bolgatanga Technical University, Ghana.
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Facilitator
Workshop on “Proposal and Grants writing” University of Ghana, Ghana.
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Speaker
Study Tour on Sustainable Fisheries Management & Leadership University of Rhode Island, United States.
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Presenter
Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Ghana Case Study. Bootcamp on moving fisheries from Vulnerability to Viability Puri, Delhi, India.
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Guest Speaker
Workshop Presentation on “Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy in Africa Hohai University, China.
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Participant
6th ACE Impact Regional Workshop of the World Bank and the Association of African Universities Accra (Online).
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Panelist
Seaweed (Sargassum) Invasion on the Ghanaian Coasts, Implications for the National Economy and Management Live TV Broadcast, GTV.
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Guest Speaker
“West African Fisheries”, Workshop by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda.
Deploying Cold Chain Systems for Post-Harvest Loss Reduction
Abuja.
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Research Support Grant
University of Cape Coast-DRIC
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Research Support Grant
University of Cape Coast-DRIC
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Best Evolving Researcher (1st Runner Up)
University of Cape Coast
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Jiangsu University Presidential Scholarship
Jiangsu University
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DFID Scholarship
Cambridge University
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Member
ASABE
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Member
Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineering
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Principal Investigator
Baseline survey in the consumer goods and food processing industry in Ghana
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Team Leader for Baseline survey, Interdisciplinary Worshop and member of Business Plan Competition for Students
BET-Ghana Project Building Expertise and Training for Growth in the consumer good and Food processing industry
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Principal Investigator
Application of AflaSafe GH02 and hybrid gas-solar dryer to control aflatoxin contamination in maize in Ghana.
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Team Leader
National Best Farmer Selection Exercise
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Principal Investigator
Beta-Carotene fortified Gari: Effect of Processing variables on nutritional and sensory quality.
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Member
Systematic review and meta-analysis of food security interventions in Ghana,
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Food Coach
Ghana Government Graduate Enterprise Development Initiative (GEDI)
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Team member
Promoting the incorporation of soybean cake into poultry feed in Ghana.
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Team member, Contract for services to deliver a short course on Marine Litter under the OCPP
Cefas/UKAID
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Panel Chair, Reviewed Environmental Impact Statement of PECAN Energies for Offshore Exploration of Oil & Gas
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana, Secondi/Takoradi
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Team member, Contract for development of a short course on Marine Litter for the West Africa Region
Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID
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Team member, Contract services to conduct data collection surveys on abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in Ghana
Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID
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Lead Consultant, Contract for the Development of Fishery Courses Syllabi for Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (DoFAS), University of Liberia
IDA-V3100
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Panel Chair, Evaluation of Applications for recruitment of Environmental, Social Safeguards Officers for Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)
World Bank funded West Africa Coastal Areas Management Programme
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Lead Consultant, Consultancy to review and align national fisheries and aquaculture polices and laws with the PFRS, regional instruments and global best practices for 15 AU Member States
African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)
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Lead Consultant, Mechanisms to Facilitate the Domestication of Global Instruments and Initiatives (2022)
African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)
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Lead Consultant, Identification of Issues for SIDS, Development of Draft Strategic Positions for SIDS
African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)
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Team member, Environmental Systems Analysis of the Avu Lagoon Protected area
Calgary Zoo Foundation
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Trainer, Conduct Marine Spatial Planning Workshop in Ghana
University of Liverpool
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Team member, Pre-feasibility study for nature-based intervention for Anlo Beach community in Ghana
Valued at US$32,365.00
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Team member, Marine Plastic Pollution Study in Liberia
Conservation International
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Team member, Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate - WACA -VAR Workshop
World Bank
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Consultant, Support Development of Multi-sector Resilience Investment Programme for the West Africa Coastal Area Management Program
World Bank
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Consultant, Issues and Opportunities in the Ghanaian Fishery Sector: Addressing the context, prospects and challenges
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), United Kingdom
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Consultant, Estimations on renewable energy investments in Ghana
Highland Star Group (HSG) of Companies, Geneva, Switzerland
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Team Member, Regional Mapping of Experts and Institutions in Coastal management
World Bank
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Lead Consultant, Review of the Fisheries Act 2002 (act 625) and the Development of Draft Regulations for the conduct of Fisheries Impact Assessments
Ghana Industrial Trawlers Association (GITA) and GOGIG funded by DFID/UK
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Team member, Environmental baseline survey of water bodies in the Great Consolidated Diamond Ghana Limited (GCDGL) mining concession
AERC Ltd.
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Team member, Scoping Study on the Dredging of the Whin Estuary in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis
UCC Consultancy Unit/Consolidated Energy Ltd.
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Team member, Social Ecology of Anlo Beach Wetland of Ghana
Friends of the Nation/IUCN/French Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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Principal Investigator, Biodiversity Assessment of Urban Wetlands in the Western Region, Ghana with focus on Essei and Butuah Lagoons and the Whin River Estuary
USAID through Friends of the Nation