Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana

Building climate-resilience into basin water management

Research project Anthropogenic activities including illegal and uncontrolled mining and logging have seriously degraded the landscapes of many river basins in West Africa posing significant challenges to sustainable water resources management (WRM). Climate change (C ... Midterm report Over the past 3 years, the project has made significant progress in all the key research areas of climate, hydrology, ecosystem valuation, water system optimization and water governance. Comprehensive literature reviews on water gov ...
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Climate change resilience in urban mobility

Research project The objective of the project is to identify research-based strategies for increasing climate change resilience within urban mobility, accessibility and transport in Accra, Ghana. Mobility within the urban areas is a basic need for urban residents bec ... Midterm report The project aims at establishing a comprehensive understanding of the physical and human factors that determine the impacts of frequent flood events on physical mobility and accessibility in the Accra region. Currently, the joint re ...
Period: 2018-03-1 to 2023-12-31 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana University of Ghana (UG), Ghana Project code: 17-01-KU Total grant: 9,816,193 DKK
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Ground Water Development and Sustainable Agriculture

Research project This project will strengthen research capacity in Ghana on hydrogeological research and develop an improved understanding of the groundwater resources in the White Volta Basin in Northern Ghana. A groundwater flow model will be developed to support q ...
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Seaweed Biorefinery in Ghana – SeaBioGha

Research project The project will establish cultivation of seaweed along Ghana’s 540 km of coastline and establishing relevant technology, develop local know-how and new business opportunities for seaweed cultivation (i.e. farming) and processing of seaweed products ... Project completion report: Different types (defined species) of red and brown types of Ghanaian seaweeds have been found to hold highly functional and hence valuable hydrocolloids with reological properties on par or better than the equivalent com ...
Period: 2015-01-1 to 2020-01-31 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana Project code: 14-01DTU Total grant: 9,986,201 DKK
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Effects of Climate Change on Volta Lake Resources (VOLTRES)

Research project Africa is very likely to experience higher temperature increases than the rest of the earth during the 21st century. Extreme rainfall events are predicted to increase for West Africa. Climate change (CC) will influence the ecosystem in lakes by chang ... Project completion report: Average air temperature in the Volta Basin (VB) has increased by about 1.6°C in the historic period (1961 – 2005), with an average increment of about 0.35°C/decade. This is expected to further increase by about 1.4°C - ...
Period: 2015-05-1 to 2019-04-30 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana Partner institutions: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Project code: 13-P04-GHA Total grant: 4,979,069 DKK
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Preserving African Food Microorganisms for Green Growth

Research project The aim of the project is to turn the food sector in West Africa into a driver of sustainable growth, improve food security, create new business opportunities, ensure job generation, alleviate poverty and create stronger linkages between relevant sta ... Project completion report: The establishment of bio-banks in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Benin opened up new opportunities for research on fermented foods ensuring the West African microbial heritage. The bio-banks provide strains for research work ...
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Biofuel production from lignocellulosic materials

Research project This project will produce second generation biofuels (bioethanol, biogas and biodiesel) from lignocellulosic materials like agricultural and industrial residuals, manure and household waste. Agricultural residuals such as rice husks obtained after ha ... Project Completion Report The main objectives have been achieved through coordinated collaborative research work in 6 work packages: 1. Assessment and mapping of waste and relevant industrial plant sidestream resources. Available lignocellulo ...
Period: 2010-07-1 to 2016-11-1 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, Ghana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana Project code: 10-018RISØ Total grant: 10,552,258 DKK
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