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Charles Tortoe

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.

Kwadwo Danso-Mensah

Kwadwo Danso-Mensah is a Development Economist and a Monitory, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) expert providing research and MEL services to local organizations, international development institutions and global charities. He is currently the Director of Research at the International Center for Evaluation (ICED). He is also a research associate at the African Centre of Excellence for Inequalities Research (ACEIR) at the Institute of Social, Statistical and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana.

Promoting food and nutrition security in the West African sub-region through indigenous, neglected and underutilized fruits and vegetables

Led by Dr. Freda E. Asem,
Providing a deeper understanding of the significant role African indigenous fruit and vegetable (AIFVs) have in global food and nutrition security, this project investigates how actors along the value chain can increase income through enhanced production and consumption of and AIFVs in Ghana and Mali.
Ghana, Mali

Gloria Essilfie

Dr. Gloria Essilfie (nee Tetteh) is a Food Microbiologist who has also specialized in Postharvest Technology. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Crop Science, University of Ghana leading programmes in postharvest especially postharvest food safety and quality assurance.