Dr. Comfort Freeman is a Senior lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Ghana, Legon. She holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Wageningen University and an MPhil in Agricultural Extension. She has over twenty-one years of research experience in Agricultural Extension and Rural development.

Dr. Richard Adu Amoah is a Plant Breeder with Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Plant Genetic Resources Institute (CSIR-PGRRI) who has expertise in crop germplasm collection, assessment of plant genetic diversity as well as application of conventional breeding techniques and advanced molecular tools to improve the performance and productivity of crops.

Dr. Joris Gerald Niilante Amissah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Ghana. He holds a PhD and an MS in Food Science from Cornell University and a BSc. in Biochemistry from the University of Science and Technology (Kumasi, Ghana).

Charles Tortoe is an Associate Professor of the CSIR-College of Science and Technology affiliated with the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. He is a Director and Chief Research Scientist of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Food Research Institute. He completed his Ph.D in Food Science and Technology at the University of Greenwich, United Kingdom, and obtained his BSc with honors and MPhil Botany in Microbiology, from the University of Ghana, Legon.