Hadziabdic 2018 - Smith Seminar Series Presentation web...Title: Hadziabdic 2018 - Smith Seminar...

Denita H

adziabdic Guerry, Bonnie O

wnley and

William

Klingem

an February 22, 2018

How

a Simple Em

ail Exchange Evolved to Turn Lecturers into Learners in G

hana

The Beginning of Our Journey

The Journey Continues to D.C.

USAID

-BHEAR

D M

olecular Biology Workshop

Summ

er 2017

USAID

BHEAR

D W

orkshop Presenters

Dr. N

aalamle

Amissah

Dr. W

illiam K

lingeman

UTK

–Plant Sciences

University of G

hana –Crop Sciences

Dr. D

enita Hadziabdic

Dr. Bonnie O

wnley

UTK

–Entom

ology and Plant Pathology

Photo: google.comPhoto: ghc-ca.com

•First records of the perm

anent G

hana territory from 11 thcentury

•European conquest in 15

thcentury

•British colony until M

arch 6th, 1957

(Dr. K

wam

e Nkrum

ah)–

Pan African idea

•Population -27 m

illion people from

diverse backgrounds, languages and faiths

•English is official language; 80 other native languages are spoken

Ghana Short H

istory

Ghana Short H

istory

the “interactions[that occurred between content] sections and

thew

illingness of facilitators to [openly] answer [participant questions

and to]give out personal experiences” related to questions asked and situations raised

“ the wealth of exam

ples shown and com

mand of topics by

facilitators”

“Best grant training workshop I have attended.”

“enjoyed[learning from

]different presenter perspectives [through w

hich we] w

ere able to synthesize and bring in different disciplinary perspectives”

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University of G

hana, Accra•

Established in 1948•

UG

-the oldest and largest of the eight public universities •

37,940 students (32, 059 undergraduate population•

4 colleges (Basic & Applied Sciences, Education, H

ealth Science and H

umanities)

https://static.pulse.com.gh

http://ww

w.legonconnect.com

Sinna’sGarden, U

niversity of Ghana Cam

pus

Solenostemonrotundifolius

Frafrapotato

Synsepalumdulcificum

(Miracle Berry)

Koizum

i et al. (2011) Hum

an sweet taste receptor m

ediates acid-induced sw

eetness of miraculin. PN

AS: 108 (40) 16819-16824

https://en.wikipedia.org

Sinna’sGarden, U

niversity of Ghana Cam

pus

Cryptolepis sanguinolenta -Antimalarial plant

•75%

of the population in urban and rural areas of G

hana depend on medicinal plants (Abbiw

et al., 2002)•

C. sanguinolenta is on the verge of extinction (Schm

elzer, 2007)–

90% roots, 5%

stem, and 5%

leaves•

A standard sack of roots cost ~160Ghc ($35)

[240Ghc ($ 53); 350G

hc ($78)]•

7out

of12

antimalarialdecoctions

containedC.sanguinolenta

•330m

lbottled

product(2-3.3Ghc/~$1.0)

Images: N

. Amissah

Figure1:

Concentrationof

cryptolepinein

rootsand

stemsof

Cryptolepissanguinolenta

collectionsfrom

theEastern,Volta,Brong

Ahafoand

AshantiRegionsof

Ghana(different

lettersrepresent

means

significantlydifferent

p<0.05from

eachother

within

locations;means

were

separatedusing

leastsquaremeans)

•Population structure is best explained w

ith 2 genetic clusters (K

=2)

•Subpopulations of C. sanguinolenta

demonstrated

very low levels of population

differentiation (FST =0.05),

high gene flow and lack of

isolation by distance

•Populations haven’t undergone recent population bottleneck or expansion

Amissah et al. (2018) In preparation

PeriurbanG

ardens -Accra

Papaya Farm -D

ansakFarm

s

Rev. John O

duroN

kansah–

Dansak

Farms

Elvis Appiah, University of G

hana

Dansak

Farms

•233 acres farm

of mainly

Caricapapaya

(papaya, paw

paw) production

•C. papaya ‘Solo’ and ‘Sunrise’ are m

ain varieties grown

(rotation w legum

es and corn)•

Cassava, corn, tilapia, hydroponic vegetables, cattle , chicken, snails,rabbits, frogs, teak

Dansak

Farms

Pineapple Farm -Bom

artsFarms

•4 m

illion pineapples (Ananascom

osus) produced annually •

Tissue culture main propagation

method

•‘M

D2’ (95%

) and ‘Smooth

Cayenne’ (5%)

•European countries m

ain im

porters•

Both fresh and dried fruits

https://bomarts.com

BomartsFarm

s

BomartsFarm

s

Photo: BrantleeSpakes

Richter, U

F

Phytophthora root rot (Phytophthora

cinnamom

i)

BomartsFarm

s

BomartsFarm

s

https://bomarts.com

/

BomartsFarm

s

YakubuM

inezemah

–G

hana Ministry of

Agriculture , Extension Officer

Elvis Appiah, University of G

hana

Cacao Farm•

Cacao is main agricultural export of G

hana•

Originated around the headw

aters of the Am

azon•

1840s western Africa-G

hana•

Currently there are seven cocoa growing

regions namely Ashanti, Brong

Ahafo, Eastern, Volta, Central and W

estern North

and Western South regions

Cacao Farm

http://ww

w.divinechocolate.com

https://goodmanam

c.blogspot.com

2015-16, Ghana produced

800,000 metric tons of

cocoa (20% of the total w

orld harvest)

Cacao Farm

Cacao Farm

http://ww

w.businessdayonline.com

Cacao Farm

Ghanaian Food

Kakum

National Park

Kakum

National Park

•Ebony (D

iospyroscrassiflora)•

Endemic and endangered in

western Africa

•Produces black tim

ber product •

Valued for its durability

Kakum

National Park

Ceibapentandra

(Onyina)

•N

o need to have TOEFL exam

•Student exchange

•Biodiversity and clim

ate change studies

•Potential m

inor in international studies for graduate students

MO

U w

ith University of G

hana

Oiw

aladon (Thank you in G

a)

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