Currently a lecturer at the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana; I was educated at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Sweden and Wageningen University, the Netherlands. I am an alumnus (former scholarship holder) of the Swedish Institute. I am also a fellow of the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (former short course scholarship recipient). I hold a Master of Science degree in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science from Lund University in Sweden. I also hold a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Chemistry from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana.
Some of the courses I teach at the University of Cape Coast include Environmental Risk Assessment, Participatory Resources Management, Earth Systems Science, and Socio-Ecological Systems. As partner to the National Civil Society Consultative Forum on Natural Resources and Environmental Governance (NREG) in Ghana, and member of the National Working Group on Climate Change, I actively engage Government on its policies within the Natural Resources and Environment Sector.
I have authored 1 book and about 30 articles in scholarly journals of international repute. My research interest is interdisciplinary and traverses the natural and social sciences. In the natural sciences, the focus of my research is on contaminants in surface, sediment and groundwater systems particularly in mining environments. In the social sciences, the central themes of my research work are stakeholder participation and resource use and management in natural resource-dependent communities. I have carried out research in Ghana, Cameroon and Ethiopia.
Selected Publications:
- Armah, F.A., Odoi, J.O., Yengoh, G.T., Obiri, S., Yawson, D.O., Afrifa, EK.A, (2011). Food security and climate change in drought-sensitive savannah zones of Ghana. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16(3):291-306. Springer
- Armah, F.A., Obiri, S., Yawson, D.O., Afrifa, EK.A, Yengoh, G.T., Alkan Olsson, J., Odoi, J.O. (2011). Assessment of legal framework for corporate environmental behaviour and perceptions of residents in mining communities in Ghana. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 54(2):193-209. Taylor and Francis
- Yawson, D.O., Kwakye, P.K.K., Armah, F.A., Frimpong, K.A. (2011). The dynamics of potassium (K) in representative soil series of Ghana. ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science 6(1):48-55
- Yawson, D.O., Mensa Bonsu, Armah, F.A., Afrifa, E.K.A. (2011). Water requirement of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in a tropical humid-coastal savanna zone. ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science 6(1):1-8
- Essandoh, P.K., Armah, F.A., Odoi, J.O., Yawson, D.O., Afrifa, EK.A. (2011). Floristic composition and abundance of weeds in an oil palm plantation in Ghana. ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science 6(1):20-31
- Armah, F.A., Odoi, J.O., Yawson, D.O., Yengoh, G.T., Afrifa, EK.A, Pappoe, A.N.M. (2010).Mapping of noise risk zones derived from religious activities and perceptions in residential neighbourhoods in the Cape Coast metropolis, Ghana. Journal of Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions 9(4):358-368. Earthscan, UK
- Pappoe, A.N.M; Armah, F.A.; Quaye, E.C.; Kwakye, P.K. Buxton, G.N.T. (2010). Composition and stand structure of a tropical moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana.International Research Journal of Plant Sciences 1(4):95-106
- Bryant, I.M; Armah, F.A; Pappoe, A.N.M. (2010). Source specific quantification and characterisation of solid waste along a sandy beach in Cape Coast, Ghana. Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 8(17): 49-63
- Armah, F.A., Obiri, S., Yawson, D.O., Onumah, E.E., Yengoh, G.T., Afrifa, EK.A, Odoi, J.O (2010). Anthropogenic sources and environmentally relevant concentrations of heavy metals in surface water of a mining district in Ghana: a multivariate statistical approach. Journal of Environmental Science and Health: Part A. 45(13):1804-1813. Taylor and Francis
- Yengoh, G.T., Tchuinte, A., Armah, F.A., Odoi J.O., (2010) Impact of prolonged rainy seasons on food crop production in Cameroon. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change.15(8) 825-844. Springer
- Yengoh, G.T.; Armah, F.A. and Odoi, J.O. (2010). Trends in agriculturally-relevant rainfall characteristics for small-scale agriculture in Northern Ghana. Journal of Agriculture. 2(3):3-16. CCSE, Canada
- Yawson, D.O., Armah F. A., Afrifa E. K.A., Dadzie S.K.N. (2010): Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy policy: early field lessons from farmers in the central region. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa 12(3):191-203. Clarion University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Parker, B., Osei, B.A.; Armah, F.A., Yawson, D.O. (2010). Impact of biomass burning on soil organic carbon and the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the coastal savanna ecosystem of Ghana. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 2, 033106-1-033106-7. American Institute of Physics.
- Armah, F.A., Obiri, S., Yawson, D.O., Pappoe, A.N.M, Akoto, B. (2010). Mining and heavy metal pollution: assessment of aquatic environments of Tarkwa, Ghana using multivariate statistical analysis. Journal of Environmental Statistics 1(4): 1-13, UCLA, USA
- Armah, F.A., Yawson, D.O, Yengoh, G.T, Odoi, J., Afrifa, E.K.A (2010). Impact of floods on livelihoods and vulnerability of natural resource dependent communities in Northern Ghana.Water 2(2): 120-139. MDPI, Switzerland
- Armah, F.A., Yawson, D.O., Pappoe, A.N.M. (2010): A Systems Dynamics Approach to Explore the Link between Traffic Congestion and Air Pollution in the City of Accra, Ghana.Sustainability 2 (1):252-265.
- Obiri, S., Dodoo, D.K., Essumang, D.K., Armah, F.A. (2010): Cancer and non-cancer risk assessment from exposure to arsenic, cadmium and copper by resident adults and children in the Obuasi Municipality, Ghana. International Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment16 (3):651-665
- Armah, F.A., Yawson, D.O., Pappoe, A.N.M.,Afrifa, E.K.A. (2010): Participation and sustainable management of coastal lagoon ecosystems: the case of the Fosu lagoon in Ghana.Sustainability 2 (1):383-399.
- Obiri, S.; Dodoo, D.K.; Armah, F.A.; Essumang, D.K. & Cobbina, S.J.(2010): Evaluation of lead and mercury neurotoxic health risk to resident children in the Obuasi Municipality, Ghana.Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 29 (3):209-212
- Yengoh, G.T., Armah, F.A., Onumah, E. E. (2010): Paths to Attaining Food Security: The Case of Cameroon.Challenges 1(1):5-26
- Yengoh, G.T., Armah, F.A., Svensson, M.G. (2009): Technology Adoption in small-scale agriculture: the case of Cameroon and Ghana. Science, Technology and Innovation Studies 5 (2):111-131
- Armah, F.A., Yawson, D.O., Olsson, A.J. (2009): The Gap between Theory and Practice of Stakeholder Participation: the case of the management of the Korle Lagoon, Ghana. Law, Environment, & Development Journal 5(1):73-91
- Yawson, D. O., Armah, F.A., Pappoe, A.N.M. (2009): Hierarchical Need-based Framework for Promoting Sustainable Data Infrastructure in Developing Countries. Sustainability 1(1):946-959
- Pappoe, A.N.M., Armah, F.A., Akotoye, H.K. (2009): Diversity of Soil Surface Invertebrates in cultivated and uncultivated fields in the Coastal Savanna Zone of Ghana. Research Journal of Soil Biology 1(2):37-44
- Armah, F.A. (2008). Book Review of Paths to a green world: the political economy of the global environment Authors: Clapp, Jennifer & Dauvergne, Peter. Ghana Journal of Development Studies. 5(1):138-142
