VINCENT R. AMANOR-BOADU - Agricultural Economics

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VINCENT R. AMANOR-BOADU

306 Waters Hall Department of Agricultural Economics

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

Tel.: (785) 532-3520 Fax: (785) 532-6925

Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

PhD: April 1992. Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University

of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Specialization: Agribusiness Economics

M.Sc.: March 1987. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ife (now

Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria. Specialization: Production

Economics

B.Sc. (Hons): July 1985. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan,

Nigeria. Major: Production Economics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Human action and performance

• Sustainable performance strategies for business and industry

• Strategic alliances, supply chains and organizational governance

• Entrepreneurship education and practice

• Entrepreneurial and economic approach to economic development

RECENT AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2019 Certificate of Appreciation, Ghana Institute for Management and Public Administration

2015 Certificate of Appreciation, International Food and Agribusiness Management

Association, Conference Chair and Student Case Competition Manager.

2014 10th Year as Instructor of the International Extrusion Program, developed in collaboration

with Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University.

2014 International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Outstanding Contribution

for Organizing the Global Student Case Study Competition at the 24rd World Congress,

Cape Town, South Africa, June 15-17, 2014.

2013 International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Outstanding Contribution

as Co-Chair of Student Case Study Competition at the 23rd World Congress and

Symposium.

2013 Certificate of Appreciation, Kansas Farmers Union.

2011 Certificate of Appreciation, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,

“Road to War Mission” Training

2009 Best Paper Award recipient, 2009 IAMA Symposium, Budapest, Hungary (with Piercarlo

Marletta and Arlo Biere).

2009 Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Support for 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley,

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KS Government 101 Training

2009 International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Recognition for Managing

Editor

2008 Distinguished Service Award, Kansas Wheat Commission and Kansas Association of

Wheat Growers

2007 Award of Appreciation for Service to Kansas Inc., Kansas State Governor Kathleen

Sebelius

2007 Certificate of Appreciation, Division of Continuing Education, Kansas State University

2007 Big-12 Faculty Fellow, Kansas State University

2007 Gamma Sigma Delta Early Career Award, Kansas State University

2006 Outstanding service (Division Reviewer), Academy of Management Entrepreneurship

Division

2006 Best Paper award recipient (Journal of Chain and Network Science) (with S. Andrew

Starbird)

2004 Distinguished Professional Contribution Award, Southern Agricultural Economics

Association

2004 Certificate of Recognition, USDA Rural Development

2003 Outstanding Extension Project Certificate of Recognition, Western Agricultural

Economics Association

2003 Kansas State University Research and Extension Team Award

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY OUTREACH PROGRAMS

2013 Lead faculty, AABS Faculty Development, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2013 Curriculum Developer and Faculty, African Agribusiness Consortium Food

and Agribusiness Executive Management Program, Accra, Ghana.

2005- Instructor, Kansas Agricultural and Rural Leadership, responsible for Change

Management module.

2004-2009 Faculty, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, responsible for Strategic

Marketing class for MBA program.

2003-2004 Instructor, Colorado Cooperative Council Board Certification Program,

responsible for strategic thinking and strategy execution modules.

2002-2013 Faculty, Management Analysis and Strategic Thinking, an award-winning

education program offered by the Department of Agricultural Economics,

Kansas State University, for farm managers seeking to deal with the changes

confronting the agriculture and food industry. I am responsible for the

strategic thinking and value-added modules.

2001 Faculty, Canadian Society of Association Executives, responsible for a

program on entrepreneurship in not-for-profit organizations.

1993-2000 Faculty, Canadian Agri-Food Executive Education, responsible for teaching

strategy and strategic alliances and international trade, Office of Open

Learning, University of Guelph.

1998-2000 Faculty, Canadian Total Excellence in Agricultural Management (CTEAM),

responsible for teaching strategy and strategic alliances, George Morris Centre.

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1995-2002 Instructor, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Programme, responsible for the

Change Management module.

2000-2001 Instructor, Seminars on Entrepreneurship and Information Technology, Office

of Open Learning, University of Guelph.

1999 Instructor, Workshop on Networking for Success: Strategic Alliances in the

New Agriculture, Centre for the Study of Cooperatives, University of

Saskatchewan.

Special Graduate Faculty, Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of

Guelph (Responsible for Teaching and Graduate Student Research Supervision)

Summer 1998: Strategic Management and Marketing, graduate level course designed to

increase students’ understanding and exposure to the literature on strategic

management and focus on the functional area of marketing

Winter 1997: Business policy and strategy, MBA course in the Department of Agricultural

Economics and Business, University of Guelph

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2/2015-

Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University. My

responsibilities include teaching, research and extension.

1/2010-

2/2015

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University. My responsibilities include teaching, research and extension.

10/2004 -

12/2009

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University. My responsibilities include teaching, research and extension.

05/2002 -

10/2004

Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University. Charged with developing a value-added research agriculture and

outreach program.

04/2001 -

2002

Managing Director, AgriFood Innovations, Guelph, ON, a management and

technology consulting firm focused on enhancing innovative solutions in agri-

food companies.

04/2000 –

04/2002

Chief Strategy Officer, VentureLabour, Inc., a full business development

initiative based in Guelph, Ontario and working with entrepreneurs of start-up

companies and plateaued companies. My responsibilities included developing

research-based strategies and execution protocols for the company and its clients.

05/1994-

03/2000

Director of Research, George Morris Centre (www.georgemorris.org), Guelph,

Ontario, Canada.

05/1992-

05/1994

Research Leader, George Morris Centre (www.georgemorris.org), University of

Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. My duties included writing proposals,

coordinating and conducting research undertaken by the Centre as well as

presenting research results to the public and industry. I also led the curriculum

development team for the Centre’s Agri-Food Executive Development Program.

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GRANTS

➢ USDA Agricultural Innovation Centers Grant ($1 million) in collaboration with

Kansas Department of Commerce (December 2003)

➢ National Science Foundation PFI Grant ($536,000) in collaboration with Brad

Kramer, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Kansas State University (November

2004)

➢ Kansas Soybean Commission ($15,000) in collaboration with Peter Pfromm,

Department of Chemical Engineering (February 2006)

➢ Kansas Soybean Commission ($15,000) in collaboration Michael Woolverton,

Department of Agricultural Economics (February 2006)

➢ Kansas Wheat Commission ($24,921) (July 2007)

➢ Koch Industries ($100,000) in collaboration with Peter Pfromm and Ron

Madl.(May, 2007)

➢ CSREES National Needs Fellowship Grant ($156,000), in collaboration with Karen

Schmidt (Animal Science) and Delores Chambers (Human Nutrition) (January

2008)

➢ Kansas Soybean Commission ($51,908), in collaboration with Sajid Alavi (Grain

Science) (January 2008).

➢ Center for Engagement and Community Development ($16,000) (May 2008)

➢ National Science Foundation IGERT ($3.2 million) with Peter Pfromm and others

(April 2010)

➢ USAID Pulse CRSP: Pulse Value Chain Initiative-Zambia ($589,000) with Allen

Featherstone and Tim Dalton (September 2010)

➢ USDA Ghana METSS: Sustaining Economic Growth through Effective

Management and Collaboration ($1.5 million) with Kara Ross and Yacob Zereyesus

(February 2012)

➢ USAID Legume Innovation Laboratory: Bean Value Chain Research Network

($1.09 million) with Allen Featherstone and Kara Ross (September 2013)

➢ USAID/USDA PASA Ghana METSS: Sustaining Economic Growth ($1.0 million)

with Kara Ross and Yacob Zereyesus (May 2014)

➢ USAID/USDA PASA Ghana METSS: Sustaining Economic Growth II ($1.88

million) with Kara Ross and Yacob Zereyesus (October 2014)

➢ USAID/USDA PASA Ghana METSS: Sustaining Economic Growth III ($1.60

million) with Kara Ross and Yacob Zereyesus (October 2016)

➢ USAID/USDA PASA Ghana METSS: Sustaining Economic Growth III ($860,000)

with Kara Ross and Yacob Zereyesus (October 2017)

➢ USAID Legume Innovation Laboratory: Bean Value Chain Research Network

($600,000) with Allen Featherstone and Kara Ross (September 2016)

➢ USAID Legume Innovation Scholar: PhD Capacity Building Support ($180,000)

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➢ USAID/BHEARD Capacity Development for Department of Agribusiness and

Natural Resource Economics (DANRE), Makerere University, Uganda, with Allen

Featherstone ($1.8 million) (2017)

➢ USAID/USDA PASA Ghana METSS: Sustaining Economic Growth Extension

($2.5 million) with USDA, University of Cape Coast and METSS Ghana (March

2018)

➢ USAID/USDA PASA Ghana METSS: Sustaining Economic Growth Extension

($1.5 million) with USDA, University of Cape Coast and METSS Ghana (May

2019)

➢ USAID/Power Africa: Ghana Industrial Electricity Unmet Demand Study

($110,000) (October-November, 2019)

➢ USAID/USDA PASA Ghana METSS: Sustaining Economic Growth Extension

($1.4 million) with USDA, University of Cape Coast and METSS Ghana (July

2020)

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES

Dec 2018 Reappointment Review Committee for Dr. Nina Lilja, chaired by Martin

Drapper

Jan 2017- Adjunct Professor of Agribusiness Economics and Management, University of

Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

2015-16 Chair, Africa Section, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2015- Member, Search Committee, Interim Vice-Present, Research, Kansas State

University (Chair: Dr. Beth Montelone)

2015- Co-Chair, All University Campaign.

2014 IGP Institute Advisory Council, Kansas State University

2014-17 Advisory Council Member, North Central Risk Management Education Center

2014 Member, Search Committee, Global Food Faculty in the Department

Agricultural Economics

2014 Member, Search Committee, Department Head for Agricultural Economics

(Chair: John Crespi)

2013 Chair, Search Committee, Economic Development Faculty in the Department

Agricultural Economics

2012/13 Task Force Member, K-State Faculty Compensation Task Force, Kansas State

University

2011 Director, Animal Health Supply Chain Program, Department of Agricultural

Economics, Kansas State University

2011 Member, Search Committee, ACCC Director Position, Department of

Agricultural Economics (Chair: Allen Featherstone)

2010/11 Member, Search Committee, Agribusiness Position, Department of

Agricultural Economics (Chair: Allen Featherstone)

2010 Member, Search Committee, Assoc. Dean for Academic and Research

Programs, K-State Olathe (Chair: Ruth Dyer)

2010-11 Chair, Agribusiness Economics and Management Section, Agricultural and

Applied Economics Association

2009-17 Managing Editor, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review.

2009 - Member, Department of Music Advisory Council, Kansas State University.

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2009 - Member, K-State Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship Leadership

Team

2009- Member, K-State Olathe Innovation Campus Faculty Advisory Council

2008/09 Member, Search Committee, Department Head for Agricultural Economics

(Chair: David Barton)

2008 Member, Search Committee, Director, Center for Advancement in

Entrepreneurship (Chairs: Ruth Dyer & Fred Cholick)

2008 Member, Search Committee, Interim Director for Office of International

Programs (Chair: Al Cochran)

2007 Member, Kansas State University Entrepreneurship Curriculum Task Force

(Chairs: Fred Cholick & Ruth Dyer)

2007 Member, Head of Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University Search

Committee (Chair: Gerald Kluitenberg)

2006-2008 Chair of Academic Advisory Board, Center for Engagement and Community

Development, Kansas State University

2006-2009 Member, Academic Advisory Board, Center for Engagement and Community

Development, Kansas State University.

2006 - 2007 Member, Academic and Policy Resource Team, Kansas Inc. Strategic Planning

Steering Committee (Chair: Governor Kathleen Sebelius)

2004 -2006 Director, The Innovation Center, a follow-up to the Ag Innovation Center, a

requirement of USDA under the Ag Innovation Center grant.

2006 Member, College of Agriculture Task Force on Community Economic

Development

2006 Member, Head of Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University Search Committee (Chair: Jeff Williams)

2002 - Member, International Advisory and Editorial Board, Journal on Chain and

Network Science

2000 – 2003 Inaugural Member, Academy of Management Scholarship Fund Committee

1999 - 2000 Member, Steering Committee, Guelph Technology Commercialization Centre.

1998 - 2001 Member, Editorial Board, Supply Chain Management: An International

Journal

1995 - 2004 Curriculum Advisor and Instructor, Advanced Agricultural Leadership

Program

1996 – 1997 Board Member, Ontario Chamber of Commerce

1995 - 1997 Chair, Agriculture Committee of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

1995 - 1996 Member of the Soil and Water Conservation Society 1996 Annual Meeting

Program Committee

1993 - 1998 Member of the Agricultural Committee of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

REVIEWER

• Academy of Management Journal

• Journal of Chain and Network Science

• Food Policy

• Agricultural Economics

• Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

• Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

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• International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

• PLOS One

• Heliyon

• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

• National Science Foundation Engineering NFEWS Expert Panel

• USDA Grant Expert Panel

EXTERNAL EXAMINER

• School of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

• Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph,

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

MEMBERSHIP OF CORPORATE BOARDS

➢ Director, Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance (December 2013 - )

o Farmers Alliance is a 131-year old mutual insurance company headquartered in

McPherson, KS, which combines the best of rural American culture with advanced

technology to provide excellent protection and risk management products and services to

its policyholders through independent agents.

➢ Director, International Association of Food and Agribusiness Management (June 2013-2016)

o IFAMA is the only professional organization representing practitioners and academics in

agribusiness management and economics arena.

➢ Advisor, K-State Olathe Academic Advisory Council (July 2009 - )

o K-State Olathe is Kansas State University’s newest campus, located in the Kansas City

Metropolitan region, focusing on innovation in animal health and food safety.

➢ Director, Kansas Agricultural and Rural Leadership (KARL) (April 2007- )

o KARL is the primary continuing education program for young agricultural and rural men

and women interested in moving into leadership position (www.oznet.ksu.edu/karl).

➢ Director, Farms.com LLC. (April 2006 – )

o Farms.com Ltd. is a leading provider of innovative information products and services to

the global agriculture and food industry. The company owns, among others, the following

organizations: AgCareers.com, Farms Media and PigChamp.

➢ Director, Air Quality Solutions, Inc. (May 2001 – April 2007)

o Air Quality Solutions’ mission is to enhance the effectiveness of indoor air quality

management through the application of plants and benign microbes that Nature routinely

uses to cleanse itself. Worked on building the company from a concept to positive cash

flow (www.naturaire.com) and sold it.

➢ Advisor, Heritage Foods, USA (2004 – 2012)

o Heritage Foods USA sources and markets unique food products produced from

threatened species by small farmers and ranchers with the view to nursing these species

back to life through commercial support (www.heritagefoodsusa.com).

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➢ Director, Agricultural Leadership Trust (ALT) (June 2001 – Jan. 2004) (www.aalp.org)

o ALT is the trustee of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, which provides a

two-year leadership development program for rural and agricultural industry

stakeholders. It is a partnership of the agri-food industry, Foundation for Rural Living,

the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ontario Rural Council, the

Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the University of Guelph.

o Chaired the Incorporation and Transformation Committee to create The Centre for Rural

Leadership to assume the assets and responsibilities of the ALT.

➢ Director, eHarvest.com (October 1998 - March 2000)

o Eharvest.com is an e-commerce company focusing on agriculture and agri-food products

headquartered in London, Ontario. The Board oversaw the raising of US$50 million in

venture capital and merger with Farms.com (www.farms.com) in March 2000.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

• Academy of Management

• American Economic Association

• Association of African Agricultural Economists

• Southern Agricultural Economics Association

• System Dynamics Society

• Western Association of Agricultural Economics

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed

1. Tsibo, F., X. Tia, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “An Everyday Item or A Centerpiece of Festive

Meals? Un-tying the Demand for Domestic and Imported Chicken Meat in Ghana,” Food

Policy, In Review. December 2020.

2. Phetheet, J., MC Hill, R.W. Barron, M.W. Rossi, V. Amanor-Boadu, H. Wu, and I. Kisekka.

“Consequences of Climate Change on Food-Energy-Water Systems in Arid Regions without

Agricultural Adaptation, Analyzed Using FEWCalc and DSSAT,” Resources, Conservation

and Recycling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105309.

3. Amanor-Boadu, V. “A Tale of Three Strategies: A Simulation of the Meat Processing

industry’s Response to COVID-19,” System Dynamics Society Journal, In review, July 2020.

4. Phetheeta, J., M.C. Hill, R.W. Barron, Gray, B.J., H. Wu, V. Amanor-Boadu, W. Hager, I.

Kisekka, B. Golden, and M. Rossi. “Relating Agriculture, Energy, and Water Decisions to

Farm Incomes Using 50-Year Projections from FEWCalc and DSSAT,” Agricultural

Systems. In review. June 2020.

5. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K. Ross. “COVID-19 incidence trends between April and June

2020: A global analysis,” medRxiv, version 1, PPRID: PPR184349.

6. Chitete, M., L. Mapemba, H. Phiri, J.D. Zanga and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Analysis of

Structure, Conduct and Performance of Beans Marketing in Malawi: A case study of

Lilongwe Bean Traders,” Agribusiness: An International Journal. In Review. January 2020.

7. Kenamu, E., L.D Mapemba, H. Phiri, V. Amanor-Boadu and K. Ross. “Heterogeneity in

frequency of common beans consumption in Malawi: the case of red kidney variety in

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Lilongwe City,” PLOS ONE. Second Review, January 2020.

8. Regier, G., Y.A. Zereyesus, T.J. Dalton, and V. Amanor‐Boadu. (2018). Do Adult

Equivalence Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? A Northern Ghana Case Study and

Simulation. Journal of International Development. DOI: https://doi-org.er.lib.k-

state.edu/10.1002/jid.3394.

9. Ross, K. Y. A. Zereyesus, E. Gutierrez and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Examining the

Dependence of Children’s Nutritional Status in Northern Ghana” Journal of Health

Economics, In Review.

10. Amanor-Boadu, V., K. Ross and Y. Zereyesus. “Enhancing The Middle Class As A

Development Resource In Africa: Insights from Northern Ghana,” Journal of African Studies

and Development, 9(3, 2017): 15-22, Available at

http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/JASD/edition/April,_2017, DOI:

10.5897/JASD2016.0428.

11. Zereyesus, Y.A., W.T. Embaye, F. Tsiboe and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Implications of non-

farm work to vulnerability to food poverty – recent evidence from northern Ghana” World

Development. 90 (2017). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.world.dev.2016.10.015.

12. Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “The Determinants Of

Household-Level Well-Being in Northern Ghana,” Development Studies Research, 2016,

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21665095.2016.1229128.

13. Zereyesus, Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross, and A. Shanoyan. “Does Women’s

Empowerment in Agriculture Matter for Children’s Health? Evidence from Northern Ghana”

Social Indicators Research, (128):1-16, DOI 10.1007/s11205-016-1328-z.

14. Ross, K.L., Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “The Health Effects of

Women Empowerment: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana,” International Food and

Agribusiness Management Review, 18(2015): 127-143.

15. Amanor-Boadu, V., P.H. Pfromm and R. Nelson. “Economic Feasibility of Algal

Biodiesel under Alternative Public Policies,” Special Issue: Renewable Energy, Sustainable

Development and Decarbonization, Renewable Energy, 67(2014): 136-142.

16. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Diversification Decisions in Agriculture: The Case of Agritourism in

Kansas,” International Food and Agribusiness Review, 16(2013): 57-74.

17. Michalsky, R., P. Pfromm, B. Parman and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Solar Thermochemical

Production Of Ammonia From Water, Air And Sunlight: Thermodynamic And Economic

Analyses,” Energy, 42(2012): 251-260

18. Parman, B., V. Amanor-Boadu, P. Pfromm, and R. Michalsky. “Third Generation

Biofuels and the Food v. Fuel Debate: A Systems Perspective,” The International Journal of

Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 7(2011): 287-300.

19. Yoo, J., S. Alavi, P. Vadlani and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Thermo-Mechanical Extrusion

Pretreatment for Conversion of Soybean Hulls to Fermentable Sugars,” Bioresource

Technology, 102(2011): 7583-7590.

20. Pfromm, P.H., V. Amanor-Boadu, R. Nelson. “Sustainability of Algae Derived Biodiesel:

A Mass Balance Approach,” Bioresource Technology, 102 (2011, 2): 1185-1193.

21. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Reviewing, Reviewers and the Scientific Enterprise,” International

Food and Agribusiness Review, 13(2010): 75-86.

22. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Effects of HIV/AIDS on Changing Cropping Patterns: A Case Study of

Zambia,” African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5(2010: 15): 1925-1931.

23. Pfromm, P.H., V. Amanor-Boadu, R. Nelson, P. Vadlani and R. Madl. “Bio-butanol vs.

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Bio-Ethanol: A Technical and Economic Assessment for Corn and Switchgrass Fermented

by Yeast or Clostrodium acetobutylicum, Biomass and Bioenergy 34(2010): 515-524.

24. Amanor-Boadu, V. “In Search of a Theory of Shopping Value: The Case of Rural

Consumers,” Review of Agricultural Economics, 31(3, 2009): 589-603.

25. Amanor-Boadu, V. P. Marletta and A. Biere. “Entrepreneurial Supply Chains and

Strategic Collaboration: The Case of Bagòss Cheese in Bagolino, Italy,” International Food

and Agribusiness Management Review, 12(3, 2009): 49-68.

26. Starbird, S.A. and V. Amanor-Boadu. "Contract Selectivity, Food Safety, and

Traceability," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article

2. Available at: http://www.bepress.com/jafio/vol5/iss1/art2 (2007).

27. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Putting Entrepreneurship into Agricultural Economics: Research and

Teaching Perspectives – Discussion.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics,

38(2006): 441-444.

28. Starbird, S.A. and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Do Inspection and Traceability Provide Incentives

for Food Safety?” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 31(1, 2006): pp. 14-26.

29. Amanor-Boadu, V. and M.A. Boland. “Dan Dillon, CEO of Welch Foods,” International

Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 8(2005): 115-124.

30. Amanor-Boadu, V. and S.A. Starbird. “In Search of Anonymity in Supply Chains,”

Journal of Chain and Network Science, 5(2005): 5-16. {Best Paper, 2005}

31. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Post-Market Surveillance Model for Potential Human Health Effects of

Novel Foods,” Food Policy, 29/6 (2004): 609-620.

32. Boland, M.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, and D. Barton. “Land O’Lakes,” International Food

and Agribusiness Management Review 7, 2(2004): 26-38

33. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Post-Market Surveillance of Novel Foods: Ensuring Food Safety

Assurance in a Changing Marketplace,” AgBiotech Net, 6 (2004):N1-N6.

34. Martin, L., V. Amanor-Boadu and F. Stirling. Countervail and Anti-dumping Actions: An

Evaluation of Canada’s Experience with the US, The American Review of Canadian Studies,

Vol. 28, No. 3(1998): 315-334

35. Goldsmith, P.D., V. Amanor-Boadu, P.J. Johnson. “Environmental Management Systems

(EMS) and Agriculture: Where Do We Stand?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics

79 (1997): SI 1700-1700.

36. Turvey, C.G. and V. Amanor-Boadu. "Safety Net Policies for Agriculture," Highlights of

Agriculture in Ontario, 13(1990): 20-27.

37. Turvey, C.G. and V. Amanor-Boadu. "Evaluating Premiums for a Farm Income Insurance

Policy," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 37(1989): 233-247.

Invited Papers and Book Reviews

1. Amanor-Boadu, V. Systemic Innovations Supporting Agri-Food System Sustainability in a

Resource-Constrained Future, Keynote Paper Presented at the 154th EAAE Seminar 2016,

Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Beauvais, France, June 30 – July 1, 2016.

2. Amanor-Boadu, V. Book Review: “Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (Editor): The Gene Revolution:

GM Crops and Unequal Development,” Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2007, pp. 248. $150.00

(Hard Cover)” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 2009: 551-553.

3. Jones, R., A. Goheen, K. Dhuyvetter, T. Kastens and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Using

Distance Education in Extension Programming,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied

Economics, 39(2007): 265-274.

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4. Gray, A., M. Boehlje, V. Amanor-Boadu and J. Fulton. “Agricultural Innovation and

New Ventures: Assessing the Commercial Potential,” American Journal of Agricultural

Economics, 86(5, 2004): 1322-1329.

Abstracts

1. Hill, M. C.; Barron, R. W. Pfromm, P.; Amanor-Boadu, V.; Wu, H.; Bloodgood, J.;

Gray, B. J. Making Agriculture Sustainable Using Local Renewable Energy, American

Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, abstract #H11F-02. Publication Date: December

2018.

2. Amanor-Boadu, V. Sensemaking, Entrepreneurship and Agricultural Value-Added

Businesses, Selected Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association

Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 29-August 1, 2007.

3. Amanor-Boadu, V. and Y. Zereyesus. Producers as Investors in Agricultural Research:

Searching for Alternative Funding Strategies in Land-Grant Universities, Selected Paper

presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Portland,

OR, July 29-August 1, 2007.

4. Ross, K. and V. Amanor-Boadu. System Dynamic Approach to Assessing New Product

Introduction: The Case of Functional Foods in the United States, American Agricultural

Economics Association Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA., July 2006.

5. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K. Ross. The Health Value of Functional Foods: The Case of

CLA-Enhanced Dairy Products, Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual

Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 2006.

6. Ross, K. and V. Amanor-Boadu. The Economics of Introducing Functional Foods to

Market: The Case of CLA-Enhanced Cheese, Western Agricultural Economics Association

Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 2006.

7. Starbird, S.A. and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Contract Selectivity and Food Safety: The Effect

of Traceability” (April 2006). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=902442.

Books and Book Chapters

1. Zereyesus, Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross and C.A. Guvele. Feed the Future

GHANA 2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report. Manhattan, KS, March 2018.

2. Starbird, S.A. and V. Amanor-Boadu. Managing Food Supply Chains for Safety and

Quality, in Ravishanakar, R. and J.A. Bai (eds.), Trends in Food Safety and Protection, CRC

Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2017, pp. 205-238.

3. Amanor-Boadu, V., F.K. Nti and K. Ross. Structure of Ghana's Chicken Industry in 2015,

Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 2016.

ISBN: 978-0-9898866-2-8.

4. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K. Ross. Producer Perspectives on Poultry Feed and Feed

Ingredients in Ghana, Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9898866-3-5.

5. Zereyesus, Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross and C.A. Guvele. Feed the Future GHANA

2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report. Manhattan, KS, USA, July, 2016.

6. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K. Ross. Producer Perspectives on Poultry Feed and Feed

Ingredients in Ghana, Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9898866-3-5.

7. Zereyesus, Y., K. Ross, V. Amanor-Boadu and T. Dalton. Baseline Feed the Future

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Indicators for Ghana, 2012, Manhattan, KS: Kansas State University Press, 2014.

8. Amanor-Boadu, V., M.A. Boland, and D. Barton. “Welch Foods.” In Cases in Strategic

Management, Seventh edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, February 2006, pp.c-35-c49.

9. Amanor-Boadu, V. and S. A. Starbird. “Minimizing the Value of Anonymity in Supply

Chains,” in Hide or Confide? The Dilemma of Transparency, G.J. Hofstede, H. Schepers, L.

Spaans and J. Trienekens, Doetinchem (eds.), NL: Reed Business Information, 2004, pp. 35-

40.

10. Amanor-Boadu, V. and S.A. Starbird. “The Value of Anonymity in Supply Chain

Relationships,” in Dynamics in Chains and Networks¸ H.J. Bremmers, S.W.F. Omta, J.H.

Trienekens and E.F.M. Wubben (eds.), Wageningen Academic Publishers, Holland, 2004,

pp. 238-244.

11. Boland, M.A., D. Barton, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Land O’Lakes: Issues in Portfolio

Management.” in Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, edited by A. Thompson and

T. Strickland, McGraw-Hill Publishing, 14th edition, 2004.

12. Amanor-Boadu, V., M.A. Boland, and D. Barton. “Ocean Spray Cranberries in 2003,” in

Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace, edited by A. Thompson and T. Strickland, McGraw-

Hill Publishing, 14th edition, 2004, pp. C134-C149.

13. Amanor-Boadu, J. Trienekens and S. Williams. “Ameliorating Power Structures in

Supply Chains Using Information and Communication Technology Tools,” in Chain

Management in Agribusiness and the Food System, J.H. Trienekens and S.W.F. Omta (eds.)

Wageningen: Wageningen University Press, Holland, 2002, pp. 908-918.

14. Amanor-Boadu, Vincent. Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Canada’s Agri-Food

Sector Competitiveness [Book. Bibliographies] Guelph, ON: George Morris Centre, 1996.

15. Amanor-Boadu, Vincent. Economic Analysis of Naturemark’s Newleaf Potato [Book.

Bibliographies] Guelph, ON: George Morris Centre, 1995.

16. Von Massow, Mike. Amanor-Boadu, Vincent. Review of Issues In Canadian Tax

Competitiveness [Book. Bibliographies] Guelph, ON: Agri-Food Competitiveness Council,

1992.

Proceedings

1. Pfromm, P.H., V. Amanor-Boadu, R. Nelson. “Mass Balance Approach to Economics and

Technological Sustainability: Diesel from Algae,” Mississippi State Biofuels Conference,

August 12-13, 2010, Jackson, MS.

2. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Opportunities for African Small Farmers in Ethical Foods Markets: An

Entrepreneurial Perspective,” African Association of Agricultural Economists, Selected

paper for presentation at the 2nd African Association of Agricultural Economists Annual

Meeting, Accra, Ghana, August 20-22, 2007.

3. Starbird, S.A. and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Traceability, Inspection, and Food Safety,”

Selected Paper, American Agricultural Economics Association, 2004.

4. Starbird, S.A. and V. Amanor-Boadu. “The Value of Anonymity: What Are They

Hiding?” American Agricultural Economics Association Meetings, Montreal, July 2003.

5. Amanor-Boadu, V. and S.A. Starbird. “Food Safety Policies and Organizational Strategy:

Why Some Firms Choose Anonymity over Recognition,” Academy of Management

Meetings, Seattle, August 1-6, 2003.

6. Amanor-Boadu, V. G. Dyer and Y. Amanor-Boadu. Challenging Cognitive Barriers to

Rural Revitalization in an Internet Economy, International Agri-Marketing Association,

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Sydney, Australia, June 25-28, 2001 (http://agecon.tamu.edu/iama/Symposium2001/

Papers/Area%20III/ Amanor-Boadu_Vincent.PDF)

7. Amanor-Boadu, V. Business Models in the New Economy: Comparative Analysis of

Performance Metrics, Academy of Management Conference, August 6, 2000, Toronto,

Canada.

8. Amanor-Boadu, V. Cognitive Barriers to Supply Chains in Canada’s Agri-Food Industries,

in J. Trienikens and P. Zuubier (eds.) Chain Management in Agribusiness and the Food

System, Wageningen: Wageninigen University Press, Holland, 2000, pp. 87-95.

9. Amanor-Boadu, V. Trade, Competitiveness and Consumer Sovereignty, in Emerging Issues

in Public Policy Highlights of the 1999 National Public Policy Education Conference, Farm

Foundation, 1999: pp. 5-6. (http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-

bin/pdf_view.pl?paperid=10754&ftype=.pdf).

10. Amanor-Boadu, V. and J. Alexiou. Human Resource Requirements in Developing Agri-

Food Competence in the New Global Economy, in Forging Alliances in Global Markets,

International Management Development Association, 1996, pp. 106-112.

11. Martin, L. and V. Amanor-Boadu. Trade and Regulatory Policies in the New Reality:

Changing the Mix? Proceedings, Food and Agricultural Marketing Consortium Conference,

Alexandria, VA., January 10-12, 1996.

Selected Papers

1. Hill, M.C., J. Phetheet, M. Rossi, V. Amanor-Boadu, and R.R. Barron. Climate Change

and Food-Energy-Water Systems in Arid Regions: Dynamics and Economics Simulated

Using FEWCalc and DSSAT, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Virtual), 2020.

2. Kenamu, E., L.D Mapemba, H. Phiri, V. Amanor-Boadu and K. Ross. “Heterogeneity

in frequency of common beans consumption in Malawi: the case of red kidney variety in

Lilongwe City,” Presentation at the Sixth International Conference, African Association of

Agricultural Economists (AAAE). September 23-26, 2019, Abuja, Nigeria 295840.

3. Amanor-Boadu, V. Entrepreneurial Research: Transforming Academic Research,

Enhancing Relevance of Researchers. Presentation to Faculty and Students, Ghana Institute

of Management and Public Administration. July 12, 2019.

4. Hill, M. C, R.W. Barron, V. Amanor-Boadu, P. Pfromm, H. Wu, J. Bloodgood, and

B.J. Gray. Intelligent Science for Involving Stakeholders in Making Agriculture

Sustainable using Local Renewable Energy. AGU Fall Meeting, 2019.

5. Hill, M. C, V. Amanor-Boadu, H. Wu, R.W. Barron, P. Pfromm, , A.E. Brookfield.

Using Chords, DATAX, and Agent Based Modeling To Create Sustainable

Agriculture With Renewable Energy, GSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2019.

6. Hill, M. C, R.W. Barron, P. Pfromm, Amanor-Boadu, V., H. Wu, J. Bloodgood, and B.J.

Gray. Making Agriculture Sustainable Using Local Renewable Energy, American

Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, abstract #H11F-02. Publication Date: December

2018.

7. Zereyesus, Y.A., R. Armah, K. Ross, and F. Nti, and V. Amanor-Boadu Efficiency

Implications of the Use of Improved Variety Seeds in Resource Poor Households” selected

paper for presentations at the SAEA Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, FL, Feb 2-6, 2018.

8. Ross, K., Y.A. Zereyesus, E. Gutierrez, and V. Amanor-Boadu. Improved Seed Use in

Northern Ghana. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Southern Agricultural

Economics Association (SAEA) Annual Meeting. Jacksonville, Florida. February 2 – 6,

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2018.

9. Jun, M., Ross, K., Zereyesus Y., and V. Amanor-Boadu. Determinants for Alleviating

Household Hunger of Maize Farmers: Evidence from Northern Ghana. Selected Paper for

Presentations at the 2018 WAEA Annual Meeting in Anchorage, AK, June 24-26, 2018.

10. Mzyece, A., A. Shanoyan, Y. Zereyesus and V. Amanor-Boadu. Economies of Scope in

Crop Diversification: The Case of Zambia. Selected Paper for Presentation at the

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) conference in Washington DC,

August 2018.

11. Amanor-Boadu, V. and R. Armah. Towards 2050: Projecting Legume Consumption and

Production under Alternative Socio-Economic and Resource Conditions. Selected

presentation at Legume Innovation Laboratory Global Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina

Faso, August 12-18, 2017.

12. Kotchofa, P. A., K. Ross, V. Amanor-Boadu and Y.A. Zereyesus. “Expenditure And

Price Elasticities of Demand for Cowpea in Northern Ghana.” selected paper for

presentation at the AAEA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, July 29-August 1, 2017.

13. Y.A. Zereyesus, K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Poverty Analysis in Northern Ghana:

A Comparison of Subjective and Objective Approaches.” Selected paper for presentation

at the SAEA Annual Meeting in Mobile, AL, Feb 4-7, 2017.

14. Gutierrez, E.G., Y.A. Zereyesus, K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “An Assessment of

Resilience in Northern Ghana.” Selected paper for presentation at the SAEA Annual

Meeting in Mobile, AL, Feb 4-7, 2017. 15. Gutierrez, E.G., Y.A. Zereyesus, K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Decomposing

Gender Inequality in Agricultural Productivity in Bangladesh” selected paper for

presentation at the MVEA 53rd Annual Meeting in Saint Louis, MO, Oct 27-29, 2016.

16. Gutierrez, E.G., K. Ross, Y.A. Zereyesus and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Linking Women’s

Health Status and Children’s Health and Nutrition” Selected paper for presentations at the

MVEA 53rd Annual Meeting in Saint Louis, MO, Oct 27-29, 2016.

17. Zereyesus, Y. A., W. T. Embaye, F. Tsiboe and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Participation in Non-

Farm Work and Vulnerability to Food Poverty of Households in Northern Ghana” selected

paper for presentations at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, July 31-August 2,

2016.

18. Zereyesus, Y. A., F. Tsiboe and V. Amanor-Boadu, K. Ross and A. Shanoyan.

“Experimental Evidence of Nutrition Interventions in Northern Ghana” selected poster for

presentations at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, July 31-August 2, 2016

19. Ross, K., Y.A. Zereyesus, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Consumer Preferences for Grain

Legumes: A Cross-Country Study,” Selected Paper for Presentations at the 2016 CAES and

WAEA joint Annual Meeting in British Colombia, Canada, June 21-24, 2016.

20. Gutierrez, E., K.L. Ross, Y.A. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan and V. Amanor-Boadu.

“Unleashing Women's Productive Potential to Drive Economic Growth and Rural

Development in Northern Ghana.” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the 25th Annual

World Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness Association Minneapolis-Saint

Paul, USA, June 14-18, 2015.

21. Hancock, A., A. Shanoyan, Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross and V. Amanor-Boadu. “The Effect

of Storage and Infrastructure on Post-Harvest Loss in Northern Ghana.” Selected paper

prepared for presentation at the 25th Annual World Symposium of the International Food and

Agribusiness Association Minneapolis-Saint Paul, USA, June 14-18, 2015.

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22. Mzyece, A., A. Shanoyan, Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu.

“Transaction Costs and Market Participation: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana.”

Selected paper prepared for presentation at the 25th Annual World Symposium of the

International Food and Agribusiness Association Minneapolis-Saint Paul, USA, June 14-18,

2015.

23. Nti, F., Y.A. Zereyesus, K. L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Efficiency of Grain Farms in

Northern Ghana: A Nonparametric and Double Bootstrap Approach.” Selected paper prepared

for presentation at the 25th Annual World Symposium of the International Food and

Agribusiness Association Minneapolis-Saint Paul, USA, June 14-18, 2015.

24. Salin-Maradeix, M, Y.A. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu.

“Fertilizer Use and Agricultural Productivity in Northern Ghana: The Effect of Transaction

Costs in Accessing Input Markets.” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the 25th Annual

World Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness Association Minneapolis-Saint

Paul, USA, June 14-18, 2015.

25. Ross, K.L., V. Amanor-Boadu, and L. Mapemba. Understanding Consumer Choice for

Grain Legumes: Recent Evidence from Malawi. Paper prepared for presentation at the 90th

Annual Conference, Western Economics Association International, Honolulu, Hawaii, June

28-July 2, 2015.

26. Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. Children First:

Understanding Children’s Well-being in Northern Ghana. Selected paper prepared for

presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting,

Minneapolis, MN, July 27-29, 2014.

27. Parman, B., A. Featherstone and V. Amanor-Boadu. A Comparison of Parametric and

Nonparametric Estimation Methods for Cost Frontiers and Economic Measures. Selected

paper prepared for presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual

Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 27-29, 2014.

28. Parman, B., A. Featherstone and V. Amanor-Boadu. Economies of Scope and Scale for

Multi Product Kansas Farms. Selected paper prepared for the Southern Agricultural

Economics Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, Feb. 1-4, 2014.

29. Amanor-Boadu, V. and F. Kyekyeku Nti. “The Economic Development-Energy Needs

System: A Simulation of Alternative Futures for Ghana,” Selected paper prepared for

presentation at the Annual World Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness

Association, Cape Town, South Africa, June 16-17, 2014.

30. Ross, K.L., A. Shanoyan, Y.A. Zereyesus, and V. Amanor-Boadu. Longitudinal Analysis

of Child Malnutrition trends in Ghana Selected paper prepared for presentation at the

American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 27-

29, 2014.

31. Regier, G., Y.A. Zereyesus, T.J. Dalton, and V. Amanor-Boadu. Do Adult Equivalence

Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? Evidence from Ghana. Selected paper prepared for

presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting,

Minneapolis, MN, July 27-29, 2014.

32. Zereyesus, Y.A., K.L. Ross, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. Effect of women’s

empowerment on children well-being in Northern Ghana Selected poster prepared for

presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting,

Minneapolis, MN, July 27-29, 2014.

33. Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. An Empirical Analysis

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of Household Well-being in Northern Ghana Selected poster prepared for presentation at the

American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 27-

29, 2014.

34. Parman, B., A. Featherstone and V. Amanor-Boadu. A Data Envelopment Analysis

Approach to Multi-product and Product-specific Economies of Scale,” Western Agricultural

Economics Association 2014 Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, June 22-24, 2014.

35. Zereyesus, Y.A., K.L. Ross, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Examining The

Relationship between Women’s Empowerment and Children Well-Being: The Case Of

Northern Ghana” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the Annual World Symposium

of the International Food and Agribusiness Association, Cape Town, South Africa, June 16-

17, 2014.

36. Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Determinants of

Children’s Well-Being in Northern Ghana” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the

Annual World Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness Association, Cape

Town, South Africa, June 16-17, 2014.

37. Ross, K.L., Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. The Health Effects of

Women Empowerment: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana Selected paper prepared for

presentation at the Annual World Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness

Association, Cape Town, South Africa, June 16-17, 2014.

38. Shanoyan, A., K.L. Ross, Zereyesus, Y.A., and V. Amanor-Boadu. An Apple a Day:

Factors Affecting Fruits and Vegetables Expenditures and Consumption in Northern Ghana

Selected paper prepared for presentation at the Annual World Symposium of the

International Food and Agribusiness Association, Cape Town, South Africa, June 16-17,

2014.

39. Ross, K.L., A. Shanoyan, V. Amanor-Boadu and Y.A. Zereyesus. From Subsistence to

Commercial Production: Factors Affecting Smallholder Bean and Cowpea Producers Market

Participation in Zambia Selected paper prepared for presentation at the Annual World

Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness Association, Cape Town, South

Africa, June 16-17, 2014.

40. Amanor-Boadu, V., K. Ross and G. Tembo. “Factors Influencing Smallholder Bean and

Cowpea Producers’ Market Participation in Zambia,” AAEA and CAES Joint Annual

Meeting, Washington, DC, August 4-5, 2013.

41. Amanor-Boadu, V. “The Value of Sustainability in Agribusiness and Agri-Food Firms,”

Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics

Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, July 24-July 26, 2011.

42. Whorton, C. and V. Amanor-Boadu. Consumers’ Perception of Sustainably Produced

Food: The Case of Local and Organic Production Technologies. Presented at the Southern

Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, TX, February 5-8,

2011.

43. Ross, K. and V. Amanor-Boadu. They Say That They Are Healthy, But Are They? Health

Perceptions in the U.S., Presented at the 1st Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar “The Economics of

Food, Food Choice and Health, Freising, Germany, September 15-17, 2010.

44. Amanor-Boadu, V. and R. Ross. “Continuing the Tradition: Employing Tested and

Emerging Economic Tools in Framing Sustainability Challenges for a Global Economy,”

Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics

Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, July 25-July 27, 2010.

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45. Ross, R., K. Ross and V. Amanor-Boadu. “On the Distribution of Net Benefits from

Sustainability Initiatives in Agri-Food Supply Chains,” Selected Paper prepared for

presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting,

Denver, CO, July 25-July 27, 2010.

46. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Reviews, Reviewing and the Advancement of Scholarship,”

International Agribusiness Management Association Congress, Boston, MA, June 19-22,

2010.

47. Pfromm, P., V. Amanor-Boadu, R. Nelson, P. Vadlani, and R. Madl. “Bio-Butanol Vs.

Bio-Ethanol: A Technical and Economic Assessment,” Sustainable Fuel from Renewable

Resources, AIChe 2009 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 8-13, 2009.

48. Pfromm, P., R. Nelson and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Bioenergy and Sustainability: An

Engineer's Unit Operations/Mass Balance Approach,” AIChe 2009 Annual Meeting,

Nashville, TN, November 8-13, 2009.

49. Amanor-Boadu, V. “When Participant Interests Clash: Assessing Discovery of Innovative

Solutions to Sustainability as Entrepreneurial Activities,” AAEA & ACCI Joint Annual

Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, July 26-28, 2009.

50. Amanor-Boadu, V., P. Marletta and A. Biere. “Entrepreneurial Supply Chains and

Strategic Collaboration,” Best Paper Finalist, International Agribusiness Management

Association Congress, Budapest, Hungary, June 20-23, 2009.

51. Amanor-Boadu, V., Y.A. Zereyesus and K. Ross. “HIV/AIDS, Climate Change and

Agricultural Crop Mix Strategy: The Case of Zambia,” African Issues Symposium, K-State

Alumni Center, Manhattan KS, March 30-April 1, 2009.

52. Amanor-Boadu, V., Y.A. Zereyesus and K. Ross. “Distribution of Local Government

Revenue Sources and Citizen Well-Being,” Southern Agricultural Economics Association,

Atlanta, GA, January 31-Febraury 3, 2009.

53. Amanor-Boadu, V. and Y.A. Zereyesus. “How Much Did Speculation Contribute to Recent

Food Price Inflation?” Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Atlanta, GA, January

31-Febraury 3, 2009.

54. Starbird, A.S., V. Amanor-Boadu and T. Roberts. “Traceability, Moral Hazard, and Food

Safety,” XIIth European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Congress, Ghent,

Belgium, August 26-29, 2008.

55. Amanor-Boadu, V. “On the Development of an Ethical Demand Theory” American

Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting Orlando, FL. July 27-29, 2008

56. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Maslow’s Fifth: Self-Actualization and the Ethical Consumer in a

Changing Marketplace” WERA-72 Annual Meeting, Santa Clara, CA: June 17-18, 2008.

57. Starbird, A.S., V. Amanor-Boadu and T. Roberts. “Traceability, Moral Hazard, and Food

Safety,” WERA-72, Santa Clara, CA: June 17-18, 2008.

58. Amanor-Boadu, V. and C. Schnitz. “Consumers and the Evolution of New Markets: The

Case of the Ethical Foods,” Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Dallas, TX,

February 2-6, 2008, 2008.

59. Amanor-Boadu, V. and M. Burns. “Return on Investments for Community Infrastructure

Projects? A Foundation for Rural Development Strategy,” Southern Agricultural Economics

Association, Dallas, TX, February 2-6, 2008, 2008.

60. Amanor-Boadu, V. and C.M.R. Metla. “Research Faculty, Entrepreneurship and

Commercialization: The Case of Kansas State University,” Southern Agricultural Economics

Association, Dallas, TX, February 2-6, 2008, 2008.

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61. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Sensemaking, Entrepreneurship and Agricultural Value-Added

Businesses,” American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR,

July 29 to Aug. 1 2007.

62. Amanor-Boadu, V. and Y. Zereyesus. “Producers as Investors in Agricultural Research:

Searching for Alternative Funding Strategies in Land-grant Universities,” American

Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 29 to Aug. 1 2007.

63. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K. Ross. “The Health Value of Functional Foods: The Case of

CLA-Enhanced Dairy Products” Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual

Conference, Long Beach, CA, July 23-26, 2006

64. Ross, K. and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Economics of Functional Foods: The Case of CLA-

Enhanced Cheese,” American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Conference, Long

Beach, July 23-26, 2006.

65. Ross, K. and V. Amanor-Boadu. “System Dynamic Approach to Assessing New Product

Introduction: The Case of Functional Foods in the United States,” American Agricultural

Economics Association 2006 Annual Meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA.

66. Amanor-Boadu, V. Mowat, D. Boland, M. “Health Value in Food Safety Surveillance

Initiatives.” [Electronic. Conference Publication] Selected paper, Southern Agricultural

Economics Association, 2003.

Reports, Essays and Other Publications

1. Amanor-Boadu, V. Thinking Different to See Different. FEWtures Newsletter, January 2020.

2. Amanor-Boadu, V. Opportunities for U.S. Soybeans, Available at

https://www.wishh.org/vincent-amanor-boadu-economist-on-opportunities-for-u-s-

soybeans/2/. Oct. 11, 2019.

3. Amanor-Boadu, V. and A. Shanoyan. Enhancing Armenian Agri-Food Sector Performance:

A Kansas-Armenia Strategic Partnership Initiative. A Concept Note for Facilitation of

Discussion at the Kansas National Guard Kansas-Armenia Strategic Partnership Program,

December 2019.

4. Amanor-Boadu, V. System Dynamics as a Solution in Sparse Data Situations. Discussion

Paper for Foreign Agricultural Service/USDA Re-Estimation of International Trade

Elasticities, November 2019.

5. Amanor-Boadu, V. and R. Armah. Unmet Electricity Demand in Ghana's Industrial Sector.

Power Africa Transactions and Reform Program (PATRP), USAID/Power Africa, November

2019

6. Tarawali, S., V. Amanor Boadu, I. Baltenweck, N. de Haan, and I. Kohler-Rollefson.

Innovation for Sustainable Livestock: Livelihoods and Economic Growth. Discussion paper

for the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) Conference, Kansas State University,

Manhattan, KS. September 9-13, 2019.

7. V. Amanor-Boadu. Seizing the Opportunity: Innovation-Powered Sustainable Livestock

System. Presentation at the Pre-Meeting Workshop for the 2019 Multi-Stakeholder Partnership

Meeting, Kansas State University, March 5, 2019.

8. Zereyesus, Y. A., K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. Statistical Summary of Gross Margin

Estimates for Northern Ghana for the 2015 and 2016 Cropping Seasons. Manhattan, KS:

Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 2018.

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9. Zereyesus Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu and K. Ross. Income Dynamics, Expenditure Shares, and

Food Demand in Northern Ghana between 2012 and 2015. Department of Agricultural

Economics, Kansas State University, 2018.

10. Amanor-Boadu, V. Suppressed Demand and Willingness to Pay for Electricity by Non-

Residential and Industrial Customers, November 2017.

11. Amanor-Boadu, V. and F. Nti. Residential Electricity and Other Energy Consumption in

Ghana, October 2017.

12. Amanor-Boadu, V. The Newcomers and the New Ag Innovation Revolution, August 2017,

https://www.thefinderonline.com/editorial/item/9532-the-newcomers-and-the-new-ag-

innovation-revolution. Reprinted in Business and Finance News and the Daily Graphic

(Ghanaian newspapers on August 28, 2017).

13. Amanor-Boadu, V. The Demise of TPP is Opportunity for the RCEP, November 2016.

www.agmanager.info.

14. Zereyesus, Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross and C.A. Guvele. Feed the Future GHANA

2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report. Manhattan, KS, USA, July, 2016.

15. Guvele, C., Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, E.G. Gutierrez, A. Mzyece, and V. Amanor-Boadu.

2016. Feed the Future Indicators for Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana 2015 District Baseline

Estimates. Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University.

16. Guvele, C., Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, E.G. Gutierrez, A. Mzyece, and V. Amanor-Boadu.

2016. Feed the Future Indicators for Northern Region, Ghana 2015 District Baseline Estimates.

Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University.

17. Guvele, C., Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, E.G. Gutierrez, A. Mzyece, and V. Amanor-Boadu.

2016. Feed the Future Indicators for Upper East Region, Ghana 2015 District Baseline

Estimates. Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University.

18. Guvele, C., Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, E.G. Gutierrez, A. Mzyece, and V. Amanor-Boadu.

2016. Feed the Future Indicators for Upper West Region, Ghana 2015 District Baseline

Estimates. Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University.

19. Amanor-Boadu, V., K. Ross, Y. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, F. Kyekyeku, E. Gutierrez, and A.

Mzyece, Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support Services (USAID-METSS) Research

Portfolio: 2014-2015. October 2015. www.agmanager.info.

20. Amanor-Boadu, V. A Note on Concept Notes, April 2015. www.agmanager.info.

21. Amanor-Boadu, V. Future Consumers “Keep it Coming”: Conversations of Possibility with

the Canola Council of Canada, Keynote paper presented at the Saddle Up Conference, Canola

Council of Canada, Feb. 27, 2014, San Antonio, TX., www.agmanager.info.

22. Amanor-Boadu, V., Y. Zereyesus and J. Asiedu-Darteh. A District Level Analysis of the

Prevalence of Poverty in Northern Ghana, USAID|Ghana, Monitoring, Evaluation and

Technical Support Service (METSS), METSS-Ghana Research and Issue Paper Series No. 01-

2013, October 2013, www.agmanager.info.

23. Amanor-Boadu, V. African Agribusiness Management Program: Syllabus and Curriculum –

Transforming Agribusiness in Africa . . . One Manager at a Time. Developed for the African

Agribusiness Consortium, Gordon Innovation Business School, Johannesburg, South Africa,

Oct. 2013.

24. Zereyesus, Y. and V. Amanor-Boadu. Expenditure Patterns in Northern Ghana (2012).

USAID|Ghana, Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support Service (METSS), METSS-

Ghana Research and Issue Paper Series No. 02-2013, October 2013,www.agmanager.info.

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25. Amanor-Boadu, V., K. Ross, G. Tembo and M. Mwiinga. Understanding the Pulse Value

Chain in Zambia from Producers’ Perspectives, Report to the Management Office, Pulse

CRSP. Nov. 2012.

26. Amanor-Boadu, V. Rice Price Trends in Ghana (2007-2011), USAID|Ghana, Monitoring,

Evaluation and Technical Support Service (METSS), www.agmanager.info, June 2012.

27. Amanor-Boadu, V. Equestrian Tourism and Recreation in the Flint Hills: A Feasibility

Assessment and Strategic Business Plan, Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Cottonwood Falls, KS.

28. Amanor-Boadu, V. Maize Price Trends in Ghana (2007-2011), USAID|Ghana, Monitoring,

Evaluation and Technical Support Service (METSS), www.agmanager.info, April 2012.

29. Ross, K and V. Amanor-Boadu. Winning over the Skeptics: The Story of Kelly Scientific

Resources and SAFC Biosciences, March 2012.

30. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K. Ross. Industry Situation Report – Animal Feed Manufacturing,

www.agemanager.info, July 2011.

31. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K.R. Stoneman. Educational and Professional Development Needs

in the Animal Health Corridor, December 2010.

32. Yoo J., S. Alavi, P. Vadlani, V. Amanor-Boadu. Thermo-mechanical Extrusion Processing as

a Pretreatment for Efficient Ethanol Production from Soybean Hulls. Report to the Soybean

Commission (and 1st place poster at the Center for Sustainable Energy Research Competition,

May 5, 2010).

33. Amanor-Boadu, V. Practical Strategies for Business Development in Conflict and Post-

Conflict Environments, www.agmanager.info, August 2009.

34. Amanor-Boadu, V. Arresting a Recession: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,

www.agmanager.info, April 2009.

35. Amanor-Boadu, V. A Perfect Storm in the Making of an Economic Crisis,

www.agmanager.info, November, 2008.

36. Amanor-Boadu, V. In Defense of Speculation, www.agemanager.info, October 2008.

37. Amanor-Boadu, V. Positioning for Good Growth: A Strategic Plan for Atchison County

Economic Development Board, 2008.

38. Amanor-Boadu, V. On the Economics of Bio-Butanol, September 2007.

39. Amanor-Boadu, V. On the Importance of Systems Thinking and System Dynamics,

www.agmanager.info, July 2007.

40. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K. Ross. Defining a Sustained Competitive Future for Kansas Wine:

Exploring the Agritourism Alliance, Kansas Department of Commerce/USDA, September

2006.

41. Amanor-Boadu, V. Special Focus Areas and Professional Development Programming for K-

State Extension Agents: A Survey, www.agmanager.info, December 2006.

42. Amanor-Boadu, V. Beyond Bio-Energy: Crafting a Competitive Future for Agriculture,

www.agmanager.info, November 2006.

43. Amanor-Boadu, V. Entrepreneurship and Transition in Agriculture, www.agmanager.info,

August 2005.

44. Amanor-Boadu, V. and S. Flaming. Performance of US Agri-Food Trade Ten Years after

NAFTA, www.agmanager.info, August 2004.

45. Amanor-Boadu, V. A Value Chain Framework for Assessing the Feasibility of Agricultural

Value-Added Businesses, Kansas Ag Innovation Center Publication, www.agmanager.info

and www.ag-innovation.org, June 2004.

46. Amanor-Boadu, V. Requests for Proposal as Value-Extracting Tools, www.agmanager.info

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and www.ag-innovation.org, April 2004.

47. Amanor-Boadu, V. Strategic Thinking for Agricultural Value-Added Businesses,

www.agmanager.info and www.ag-innovation.org, March 2004.

48. Amanor-Boadu, V. Value Proposition Definition for Agricultural Value-Added Businesses,

www.agmanager.info and www.ag-innovation.org, March 2004.

49. Amanor-Boadu, V. Developing a Business that Makes a Difference, www.agmanager.info

and www.ag-innovation.org, February 2004.

50. Amanor-Boadu, V. Preparing for Agricultural Value-Adding Business Initiatives: First

Things First, www.agmanager.info and www.ag-innovation.org, May 2003.

51. Amanor-Boadu, V. Assessing the Feasibility of Business Propositions, www.agmanager.info

and www.ag-innovation.org, May 2003.

52. Amanor-Boadu, V. Strategic Business Planning for Agricultural Value-Adding Initiatives,

www.agmanager.info and www.ag-innovation.org, May 2003.

53. Amanor-Boadu, V. Options for Financing Agricultural Value-Adding Business,

www.agmanager.info and www.ag-innovation.org, May 2003.

54. Amanor-Boadu, V. Evaluating Agricultural Value-Adding Opportunities for Equity

Participation, www.agmanager.info and www.ag-innovation.org, May 2003.

55. Amanor-Boadu, V. Enhancing Competitiveness with Value-Adding Business Initiatives:

Economics and Strategy Issues, Prepared for Risk & Profit Seminar, August 2003.

56. Amanor-Boadu, V. Contemplating Value-Adding Initiatives: Groundwork for Success,

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, www.agmrc.org. January 2003.

57. Amanor-Boadu, V. and Y. Amanor-Boadu. A Global Survey of the State of Post-Market

Surveillance of Potential Human Late Health Effects of Genetically Modified Foods, Ottawa,

Canada: Biotechnology Surveillance Project, Health Canada, 2002.

58. Amanor-Boadu, V. Success in Agriculture Hinges on Embracing the Inevitable, Ontario

Farmer, March 6, 2001.

59. Amanor-Boadu, V. Trade Liberalization and the WTO Negotiations after Seattle, Guelph:

George Morris Centre, March 2000.

60. Amanor-Boadu, V. and L. J. Martin. Quality Management in a Changing Organizational

Environment: Looking for New Conversation Tools, Guelph: George Morris Centre, March

2000. (www.georgemorris.org/documents/TQM.pdf)

61. Amanor-Boadu, V. and L. Martin. “Agri-business Would Bloom Under WTO Trade Deal,”

Financial Post, October 28, 1999, p. C7.

62. Amanor-Boadu, V. “Collaborating for Success,” Ontario Hog Producer, July 1999.

63. Amanor-Boadu, V, L. Martin, J. Hobbs and Z. Kruja. Net Benefits of Increased Agricultural

Trade Liberalization to the Canadian Economy, Guelph: George Morris Centre, April 1999.

64. Amanor-Boadu, V. Strategic Alliances in Canada’s Agri-Food Industries, Guelph: George

Morris Centre, April 1999.

65. Hobbs, J.E., Z. Kruja and V. Amanor-Boadu. The Ontario Tobacco Industry and the Next

Round of WTO Trade Negotiations, February 1999.

66. Amanor-Boadu, V, G. Dyer and P. Graham. Positioning For Success: Electronic Data

Interchange and Communication in Ontario Agri-Food Industries, November 1998.

67. Amanor-Boadu, V. Costs and Benefits of a Swine Alliance Program for the Purpose of

Producing “Target Hogs” A Research Paper Produced for Ontario Swine Improvement,

Guelph: George Morris Centre, September 1998.

68. Amanor-Boadu, V., M. Freeman and J. Alexiou. How Much Is It Worth? Ontario’s Milk

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Recording System, Guelph: Ontario DHI Inc. and the George Morris Centre, Fall 1997.

69. Amanor-Boadu, V. Food Biotechnology Registration in Canada: The Case of rBST, Guelph:

George Morris Centre, Fall 1997.

70. Martin, L.J., V. Amanor-Boadu, G. Dyer, D. Proulx, J. Christensen-Hughes and J. Bouma.

Human Resource Study of the Canadian Red Meat Processing Industry, Ottawa: HRDC, Fall,

1997.

71. Amanor-Boadu, V. Creating Canada’s Agri-Food Kieretsu, Special Report, George Morris

Centre, May 1997. (http://georgemorris.org/documents/Kieretsu.htm)

72. Amanor-Boadu, V. Sustained Competitive Advantage From Improved Workplace

Relationships, Guelph: George Morris Centre, May 1997.

73. Amanor-Boadu, V. Review of the Veterinary Industry and Its Implication on Patented

Veterinary Drugs, for Patented Medicines Prices Review Board, Ottawa, November 1995.

74. Amanor-Boadu, V., M. Freeman and L. Martin. The Potential Impacts of Patenting

Biotechnology on the Animal and Agri-Food Sector, Ottawa: Industry Canada, May 1995.

(http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ip00172e.html)

75. Amanor-Boadu, V. and L. Martin. Competitiveness Skills and Capacities and Their Relative

Importance in Agri-Food Sector Firms, Guelph: George Morris Centre/B.C. Department of

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, September 1994.

76. Amanor-Boadu, V., L.J. Martin and L. Ruud. Continental Barley Marketing and the Right to

Self-Determination, Guelph: George Morris Centre, September 1994.

77. Amanor-Boadu, Vincent and Larry Martin. Exporting Supply Managed Products under the

Uruguay Round of GATT, Ottawa: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Market and Industry

Services Branch, August 1994

78. Roy, D., V. Amanor-Boadu and L.J. Martin. Information Requirements for Assessing the

Performance of the Canadian Food Processing Industries and Agri-Food Policy, Ottawa:

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Policy Branch, April 1994.

79. Amanor-Boadu, V. and L.J. Martin. Efficacy of Government Direct Investment, Guelph:

Agri-Food Competitiveness Council, February 1994.

80. Amanor-Boadu, V. and L.J. Martin. Canada's Social Programs, Tax System and the

Competitiveness of the Agri-Food Sector, Guelph: Agri-Food Competitiveness Council, Jan.

1994.

81. Martin, L.J. and V. Amanor-Boadu. After the GATT Accord: What is in it and what are its

Implications? Guelph: George Morris Centre Occasional Report, January 1994.

82. Amanor-Boadu, V., W. Deen, L.J. Martin and R. Paguagua. Effect of Canada's Pesticide

Registration System on Canada's Economy: An Overview, Guelph: George Morris Centre,

1993.

83. Martin, L.J, R. Westgren, L. Schrader, L. Cousineau, N. le Roch, R. Paguagua and V.

Amanor-Boadu. Alternative Business Linkages: The Case of the Poultry Industry, Ottawa:

Agriculture Canada, May 1993.

84. Amanor-Boadu, V., C. Coronel, L. Cousineau and L. Martin. Defining a More Competitive

Future for the Ontario Vegetable Processing Industry, Guelph: George Morris Centre, March

1993.

85. Amanor-Boadu, V. and L. Martin. Enhancing the Competitiveness of Canadian Agri-Food

Industries Through Strategic Alliances, Guelph: George Morris Centre, November 1992.

86. Meilke, K.D. and V. Amanor-Boadu. Conceptual and Empirical Issues in Measuring Net

Benefits Across the Agri-Food Processing Sector, Ottawa: Agricultural Stabilization Board,

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Agriculture Canada, June 1992.

87. Turvey, C.G. and V. Amanor-Boadu. The Effect of Alternative Probability Distributions on

Premium for a Farm Income Insurance Policy, Working Paper #WP89/11, May 1989,

Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph, 1989.

Recent Seminars, Workshops, Presentations and Extension Meetings

1. Amanor-Boadu, V. KARL Reunion – Under New Management, Presentation to Kansas Agricultural and Rural Leadership Program Alumni and Directors, December 9, 2020.

2. Amanor-Boadu, V. Adapting to Change, Presentation to Kansas Agricultural and Rural Leadership Program Alumni and Directors, June 2, 2020.

3. Amanor-Boadu, V. and A. Featherstone. Enterprise Risk Management: Dealing with the Post-Covid World. A Presentation to MAB Alumni, September 22, 2020.

4. Amanor-Boadu, V. Opportunities for U.S. Soybeans, Available at https://www.wishh.org/vincent-amanor-boadu-economist-on-opportunities-for-u-s-soybeans/2/. Oct. 11, 2019.

5. Amanor-Boadu, V. Entrepreneurial Scholars and Grantsmanship. A Workshop of Opportunity Scoping and Grant Writing for Young Scholars. A Presentation to Graduate Students of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University. October 2, 2020.

6. Amanor-Boadu, V. Entrepreneurial Research: Transforming Academic Research, Enhancing Relevance of Researchers. Presentation to Faculty and Students, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. July 12, 2019.

7. Amanor-Boadu, V. Structure of Ghana's Chicken Industry in 2015. Numerous presentations,

Accra, Ghana, October 2016.

8. Amanor-Boadu, V. Building Effective Value Chains for Supply Chain Management

Excellence. A 2-Day Training for the Grain and Legume Association and Women in

Agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa in Lilongwe, Malawi, April 29-30, 2016.

9. Amanor-Boadu, V. Discussing Progress: Overview of the 2015 PBS, Presentation at the 2016

Implementing Partner Meeting, Alisa Hotel, Accra, March 15-16, 2016.

10. Amanor-Boadu, V. Strategic Issues in Market Development and Customer Value: An

Entrepreneurial Perspective, Presentation to Feeding Pakistan Aquaculture Trade Team,

Manhattan, KS, February 2016.

11. Amanor-Boadu, V. Embracing the Customer of the Future: Charting a Path for Directors to

Lead, Keynote Presentation at Director Advancement Program, Farm Credit Bank of Texas,

January 2016 and March 2016. www.agmanager.info.

12. Amanor-Boadu, V. Smallholder Farmers’ Performance from a Resource-Based View of the

Firm Perspective, Presentation at the USAID|Ghana, October, 6, 2015.

13. Amanor-Boadu, V. The 2015 PBS: What to Expect and When, Presentation at the

USAID|Ghana, July, 6, 2015

14. Amanor-Boadu, V. Rethinking Poverty, Presentation at the PBS Ghana Roll Out Conference,

Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana, March 17, 2014.

15. Amanor-Boadu, V. Extrusion Business and Economics, Presentation at the International

Extrusion Short Course, IGP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August 9, 2015.

16. Amanor-Boadu, V. Rethinking Poverty, Presentation at the PBS Ghana Roll Out Conference,

Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana, March 17, 2014.

17. Amanor-Boadu, V. Extrusion Business and Economics, Presentation at the International

Extrusion Short Course, IGP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August 8, 2014.

18. Amanor-Boadu, V. Rethinking Poverty, Presentation at the PBS Ghana Roll Out Conference,

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Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana, March 17, 2014.

19. Amanor-Boadu, V. Leveraging the PBS Data for Research, Presentation at four different

universities in Ghana in support of the PBS Ghana Roll Out (University of Cape Coast, Cape

Coast, March 19, 2014; KN University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, March 20, 2014;

University of Development, Nyankapla, March 24, 2014; University of Development, Wa,

March 26, 2014; University of Ghana, Accra, March 28, 2014).

20. Amanor-Boadu, V. Results of the Population-Based Survey 2012, Presentation in four

regional capitals to Ghana Government and Regional and District Government employees in

the Ministries of Food and Agriculture, Health and Economic Development – Sunyani, Brong

Ahafo (March 21, 2014); Tamale, Northern Region (March 24, 2014); Bolgatanga, Upper East

Region (March 25, 2014); and Wa, Upper West Region (March 26, 2014).

21. Amanor-Boadu, V. Future Consumers “Keep it Coming”: Conversations of Possibility with

the Canola Council of Canada, Presentation at the Canola Council of Canada’s Annual

Conference, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 8, 2014.

22. Amanor-Boadu, V. Rethinking Competitiveness in the era of Big Data, Presentation to the

Canadian Genome Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Feb. 28, 2013.

23. Amanor-Boadu, V. Building a Competitive Agribusiness Organization in the 21st Century,

Presentation at the Mosaic Company’s Annual Farmer’s School, Orlando, FL, Jan. 18, 2013

24. Amanor-Boadu, V. Repositioning for Sustained Competitive Advantage, Presentation at the

First Animal Health Supply Chain Conference on the Competitiveness of the Animal Health

Industry, Olathe, KS, Nov. 7, 2012.

25. Amanor-Boadu, V. A Team Approach to Sustained Competitiveness in a Changing Global

Marketplace, Presentation to Meriel Pharmaceutical Global Animal Health Group, Marrakesh,

Morocco, Oct. 16, 2012.

26. Amanor-Boadu, V. Agents’ Risks and Principals’ Dilemma: On the Question of Risk

Management in the Public Sector, Presentation at the Advanced Risk Management Program,

Dodowa, Ghana, September 24-27, 2012.

27. Amanor-Boadu, V. Business Development Opportunities in the Kazakhstan Livestock

Industry, International Grain Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, September

17, 2012

28. Amanor-Boadu, V. Skills to Create and Sustain Competitiveness Customers, Education

workshop for Kansas Farm Management Association Economists, Lenexa, KS, Augst31-

September 1, 2012.

29. Amanor-Boadu, V. The Business of Extrusion, Presentation at the 7th Annual Extrusion Short

Course, International Grain Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August 9,

2012.

30. Ross, K. and V. Amanor-Boadu. Is Perception Reality: Assessing the Differences in

Perceived and Actual Health Status, Presentation at the 22nd Annual International Food and

Agribusiness Management Association, Forum and Symposium, Shanghai, China, June 6-12,

2012.

31. Amanor-Boadu, V. On opportunities and challenges for ag and cooperatives over the next 50

years, Presentation to Danville Cooperative, Danville, KS, May 5, 2012.

32. Amanor-Boadu, V. Strategic Alliances and Agribusiness Firm Competitiveness, Workshop

for Agribusiness Industry Managers, Lusaka, Zambia, April 23, 2012.

33. Amanor-Boadu, V. Economic Outlook, 2012, Presentation at Ag Profitability, Beloit, KS,

February 2, 2012.

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34. Amanor-Boadu, V., K. Ross, G. Tembo, A. Featherstone, M. Mwiinga. Pulse Value Chain

Initiative-Zambia: Some Preliminary Results and Observations, Presentation at the Pulse

CRSP Global Research Meeting, Kigali, Rwanda, Feb. 6-12, 2012.

35. Amanor-Boadu, V. Social and Economic Value Considerations in the Production of Food,

Bioenergy, and Bio-products, Presentation to students in CHE 670, Kansas State University,

Department of Chemical Engineering, January 9, 2012.

36. Amanor-Boadu, V. Progress, Passion, Pride: Repositioning Farm Businesses in the 21st

Century, Presentation to the Tri-State Grain Growers Convention 2011, Spokane, WA,

November 17, 2011.

37. Amanor-Boadu, V. Riding the Wave: Managing Agribusinesses in the 21st Century.

Presentation to the Kansas Economic Development Association Conference, Dodge City, KS,

October 25, 2011.

38. Amanor-Boadu, V. Creating a 21st Century Agribusiness Firm, Presentation to the Board and

Customer Meeting, Farm Credit East, Boltons Landing, NY August 24, 2011.

39. Amanor-Boadu, V. Economic Outlook and Business Strategies, Risk and Profit Conference

Presentation, Department of Agricultural Economics, Manhattan, KS, Aug. 18, 2011.

40. Amanor-Boadu, V. Agritourism Venturing: Conversations of Possibility in Kansas, Risk and

Profit Conference Presentation, Department of Agricultural Economics, Manhattan, KS, Aug.

18, 2011.

41. Amanor-Boadu, V. The Business Dimensions of Extrusion Technology, 7th Annual Extrusion

Short Course, Kansas State University, August 12, 2011.

42. Amanor-Boadu, V. U.S. Agri-Food Competitiveness in a Global Marketplace. Presentation

at the AgriNXT Conference, Wichita, Dec. 9, 2010

43. Amanor-Boadu, V. Economic Considerations for Current and Next-generation Bio-Fuel

Facilities, IGERT Seminar Presentation, Nov. 18, 2010

44. Amanor-Boadu, V. Addressing Leadership Challenges in Small Organizations, Kansas Farm

Bureau President Leadership Conference, K-State Student Union, Nov. 18, 2010

45. Amanor-Boadu, V. Research as a Transformation Tool: PVCI-Zambia Case Study,

International Research and Development Programs Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, Nov. 8, 2010

46. Amanor-Boadu, V. Enterprise Development: A Primer, Kansas National Guard ADT III,

Oct. 27, 2010

47. Amanor-Boadu, V. Enhancing Impact, Increasing Influence: A Strategic Direction for the

National Wheat Foundation, NAWG and NWF Board, Minneapolis, Oct. 25, 2010

48. Amanor-Boadu, V. U.S. Agriculture Competitiveness in a Changing Global Marketplace,

Cowley County Economic Development Conference, Arkansas City, KS, Oct. 21, 2010

49. Amanor-Boadu, V. Politics, Policies, Profits: Competitive Strategy under Global Uncertainty,

Presentation to Black Hills Energy Customer Appreciation Conference, Oct. 13, 2010,

Wichita, KS.

50. Amanor-Boadu, V. Strategic Outlook: Agri-Food Industry Trajectories. Presentation to the

Wichita Economic Outlook 2010, Oct. 7, 2010.

51. Amanor-Boadu, V. Critical Issues in International Trade Agreements for Small African

Countries, Seminar Presentation to Graduate Students and Agribusiness Faculty, Department

of Agricultural Economics, University of Zambia, Sept. 30, 2010.

52. Amanor-Boadu, V. Energizing Rural Kansas: A Strategic Approach. Presentation, Kansas

RC&D Annual Conference, Hiawatha, KS, September 21, 2010.

53. Amanor-Boadu, V. Leveraging Entrepreneurship in Economic Development, International

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Officers Visit, Kansas State University, Sept. 23, 2010.

54. Amanor-Boadu, V. Politics, Policy and Profits: Competitive Strategy under Global

Uncertainty, Risk and Profit Presentation, Department of Agricultural Economics, Manhattan,

KS, Aug. 19, 2010.

55. Amanor-Boadu, V. Protecting Rural America from Wall Street, Iowa Bankers Association,

Ames, IA, Mar. 23, 2010.

56. Amanor-Boadu, V. and K. Ross. Sustainability, Power and Governance in Agri-Food Supply

Chains, Seminar at Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX, Mar. 5, 2010.

57. Amanor-Boadu, V. Macroeconomic Trends and Microeconomic Decision-Making. Ag

Profitability Seminar, Smith Center, Feb. 22, 2010

58. Amanor-Boadu, V. Macroeconomic Trends and Microeconomic Decision-Making. Ag

Profitability Seminar, Salina, Feb. 18, 2010

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CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISEES

# Name Program Status Role

1 Chris Ambrose MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

2 Kevin Harper MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

3 Megan Baldwin MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

4 Brandon Garrett MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

5 Amber Hanna MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

6 Tim Hammerich MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

7 Jesi Kreller MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

8 Amber Strozier MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

9 Kevin Harper MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

10 Jorge Miranda MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

11 Kristy Marjason MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

12 Liz Moore MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

13 Rita Ramirez MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

14 Megan McWherther MAB In Progress Major Supervisor

15 Blake Hansen MAB In Progress Co-Major

16 Joshua St. Peters MAB In Progress Committee Member

17 Geovano Ceratti MAB In Progress Committee Member

18 Jorge Calderon MAB In Progress Committee Member

19 Fernando Rodriguez MAB In Progress Committee Member

20 Richard Grabiel MAB In Progress Committee Member

21 Britney Rosburg MAB In Progress Committee Member

22 Emily Warriner MAB In Progress Committee Member

23 Megan Espinda MAB In Progress Committee Member

24 Seth Harrison MAB In Progress Committee Member

25 Elizabeth Gutierrez PhD In Progress Major Supervisor

26 Mengistu Kassie PhD In Progress Major Supervisor

27 Catherine Obiribea Ofori-Bah PhD In Progress Major Supervisor

28 Kelley Williams PhD (FSHS) In Progress Committee Member

29 John Gamble PhD (Animal

Science)

In Progress Outside Chair

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COMPLETED GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISEES

# # Name Program Completion

Year Role

1. 1. Erich Olson MAB 2005 Committee Member

2. 2. Essien Ita MAB 2005 Committee Member

3. 3. Tyson Chick MAB 2005 Committee Member

4. 4. Joel Phelps MAB 2008 Committee member

5. 5. Miguel Marcano MAB 2008 Committee member

6. 6. Doug Regehr MAB 2009 Committee member

7. 7. Kevin Heikes MAB 2010 Committee Member

8. 8. Dustin Ploeger MAB 2010 Committee Member

9. 9. David Mog MAB 2011 Committee Member

10. 10. Nate Smith MAB 2011 Committee Member

11. 11. Emily Bass MAB 2011 Committee Member

12. 12. Mauro Bergerman MAB 2012 Committee Member

13. 13. Sarah Bernard MAB 2012 Committee Member

14. 14. Nanci Daesch MAB 2013 Committee Member

15. 15. Sosthenes Mwansa MAB 2013 Committee Member

16. 16. Emily Bass MAB 2013 Committee Member

17. 17. Joseph Lance Mosier MAB 2014 Committee Member

18. 18. Andrew Montgomery MAB 2015 Committee Member

19. 19. Jamie Stuart Cooke MAB 2015 Committee Member

20. 20. Claudia Montoya MAB 2015 Committee Member

21. 21. Shauna Luna MAB 2016 Committee Member

22. 22. Sarah Lukach MAB 2017 Committee Member

23. 23. Frances Bretz MAB 2017 Committee Member

24. 24. Britney Rosburg MAB 2017 Committee Member

25. 25. Fabian Farr MAB 2017 Committee Member

26. 26. Sita Pendurthi MAB 2017 Committee Member

27. 27. Sukhin Chawla MAB 2018 Committee Member

28. 28. Tyler Rouse MAB 2018 Committee Member

29. 29. Erin Clem MAB 2018 Committee Member

30. 30. Kingsley Mbike MAB 2020 Committee Member

31. 31. Lenai Mull MAB 2020 Committee Member

32. 1. David Mace MAB 2004 Major Supervisor

33. 2. Sandra Alton MAB 2006 Major Supervisor

34. 3. Zach Gaines MAB 2006 Major Supervisor

35. 4. Emmanuel Foko MAB 2008 Major Supervisor

36. 5. Marsha Boswell MAB 2008 Major Supervisor

37. 6. Shadel Nyack Compton MAB 2008 Major Supervisor

38. 7. Clair Doan MAB 2009 Major Supervisor

39. 8. Rebecca Bradwell MAB 2009 Major Supervisor

40. 9. Piercarlo Marletta MAB 2009 Major Supervisor

41. 10. Meng Tee MAB 2009 Major Supervisor

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42. 11. Nikolas Haas MAB 2011 Major Supervisor

43. 12. Abby Amick MAB 2011 Major Supervisor

44. 13. Cori Wittman MAB 2011 Major Supervisor

45. 14. Ayuba Adedibu MAB 2012 Major Supervisor

46. 15. Kaitlin (Anderson) Hall MAB 2012 Major Supervisor

47. 16. Muhsin Abdi MAB 2012 Major Supervisor

48. 17. Christina Pepple MAB 2012 Major Supervisor

49. 18. Marvin Goetz MAB 2012 Major Supervisor

50. 19. Travis Davis MAB 2013 Major Supervisor

51. 20. Juan Finelli MAB 2013 Major Supervisor

52. 21. Beth Holmes MAB 2013 Major Supervisor

53. 22. Chris Bursiek MAB 2013 Major Supervisor

54. 23. Martin Mwansa MAB 2013 Major Supervisor

55. 24. Fred Phillips MAB 2013 Major Supervisor

56. 25. Lydia Mtchosa MAB 2013 Major Supervisor

57. 26. Jarah Hauger MAB 2014 Major Supervisor

58. 27. Janel Schemper MAB 2014 Major Supervisor

59. 28. Heather Tenhoff MAB 2014 Major Supervisor

60. 29. Tene Toure MAB 2014 Major Supervisor

61. 30. Alison Rosenblum MAB 2015 Major Supervisor

62. 31. Misty Trumble MAB 2015 Major Supervisor

63. 32. Angie Bausch MAB 2015 Major Supervisor

64. 33. Hamid Rutaro MAB 2015 Major Supervisor

65. 34. Winnie Pele MAB 2015 Major Supervisor

66. 35. Zephyrin Tshibambe Ndjibu MAB 2015 Major Supervisor

67. 36. Ryan Dunn MAB 2015 Major Supervisor

68. 37. Jennifer McDonald MAB 2016 Major Supervisor

69. 38. Carrie Gregoire MAB 2017 Major Supervisor

70. 39. Ednah Kasanda MAB 2017 Major Supervisor

71. 40. Julie Craig MAB 2017 Major Supervisor

72. 41. Dana Marshall MAB 2017 Major Supervisor

73. 42. Kendal Quandahl MAB 2017 Major Supervisor

74. 43. Adam Tjernagel MAB 2017 Major Supervisor

75. 44. Zach Gregoire MAB 2017 Major Supervisor

76. 45. Jordan Hanslovan MAB 2018 Major Supervisor

77. 46. Austin Mbamba MAB 2018 Major Supervisor

78. 47. Marvin Mbaso MAB 2018 Major Supervisor

79. 48. Jordan Hanslovan MAB 2018 Major Supervisor

80. 49. Lindsey Wilson MAB 2019 Major Supervisor

81. 50. LaKoda Kelber MAB 2019 Major Supervisor

82. 51. Don Brainard MAB 2020 Major Supervisor

83. 52. Amy Stutzman MAB 2020 Major Supervisor

84. 53. Henry Okupa MAB 2020 Major Supervisor

85. 54. Mindi Merritt MAB 2020 Major Supervisor

86. 55. Larry Gilmore MAB 2020 Major Supervisor

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87. 1. Martin Leal MS 2006 Committee Member

88. 2. Dustin Oswald MS 2008 Committee Member

89. 3. Koichi Yamaura MS 2008 Committee Member

90. 4. Kelsey Frasier MS 2009 Committee Member

91. 5. Marissa Brown MS 2010 Committee Member

92. 6. Greg Regier MS 2012 Committee Member

93. 7. Renee Stoneman MS 2012 Committee Member

94. 8. Caitlin Lowe MS 2013 Committee Member

95. 9. Kayode Ajewole MS 2013 Committee Member

96. 10. Paul Leiva MS 2018 Committee Member

97. 11. Lonnie Hobbs MS 2019 Committee Member

98. 12. Rudra Baral MS 2019 Committee Member

99. 13. Raymond Thomas MS 2020 Committee Member

100. 14. Sara Carter MS 2020 Committee Member 101. 1. Kara Ross MS 2006 Major Supervisor

102. 2. Sarah Nolting MS 2007 Major Supervisor

103. 3. Casey Schnitz MS 2008 Major Supervisor

104. 4. Michael Burns MS 2008 Major Supervisor

105. 5. Mohan Reddy MS 2008 Major Supervisor

106. 6. Yacob Zereyesus MS 2009 Major Supervisor

107. 7. Stanley Mushingwani MS 2009 Major Supervisor

108. 8. Carly Whorton MS 2011 Major Supervisor

109. 9. Adam Hancock MS 2015 Major Supervisor

110. 10. Maxime Salin-Maradeix MS 2015 Major Supervisor

111. 11. Elizabeth Gutierrez MS 2016 Major Supervisor

112. 12. Agness Mzyece MS 2016 Major Supervisor

113. 13. Olabisi Ekong MS 2017 Major Supervisor

114. 14. Eva Kyereboah MS 2018 Major Supervisor

115. 15. Bolanle Adijat Atilola MS 2018 Major Supervisor

116. 16. Catherine Obiribea Ofori-Bah MS 2020 Major Supervisor

117. 1. Dale Levering PhD 2009 Committee Member

118. 2. Juhyun Yoo* PhD 2011 Committee Member

119. 3. Elizabeth Yeager PhD 2011 Committee Member

120. 4. Ronney Michalski** PhD 2012 Committee Member

121. 5. Ralph Armah PhD 2019 Committee Member

122. 1. Kara Ross PhD 2010 Major Supervisor

123. 2. Yacob Zereyesus PhD 2010 Major Supervisor

124. 3. Bryon Parman PhD 2013 Major Supervisor

125. 4. Frank Kyekyeku Nti PhD 2018 Major Supervisor

126. 5. Michael Lindbloom PhD 2018 Major Supervisor

127. 6. Pacem Katchofa PhD 2019 Major Supervisor

128. 7. Minyoung Jun PhD 2020 Major Supervisor

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129. 8. Abigail Ampomah Adaku PhD 2020 Major Supervisor

130. 9. Agness Mzyece PhD 2020 Major Supervisor

131. 1. Joel Potter (Economics) PhD 2007 Outside Chair

132. 2. Ruben Sargsyan (Economics) PhD 2008 Outside Chair

133. 3. Jeremy Boyle (FSHS) PhD 2012 Outside Chair

134. 4. Eric Bailey (Animal Science) PhD 2013 Outside Chair

135. 5. Sarah Beach (Sociology) PhD 2013 Outside Chair

* Grain Science and Industry

** Chemical Engineering