Dr Benjamin Sarfo is a Lecturer specialising in Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship with a focus on MSMEs Management, Food Quality and Safety, New Venture and Product Development, Economics of Innovation and Grant and Project Management within the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education at the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Asante Mampong. Early in his career, he served as an Administrative Accountant in the Department of Community Development under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, where he performed creditably at post and managed the finances of the Community Development Vocational & Technical Institute in Wa and Sunyani prudently. In academia, Dr Sarfo has since trained, mentored and built the capacity of over 500 students in agribusiness and entrepreneurship and supervised about five (5) postgraduate research projects. His active position in departmental programme planning and research is exemplified by his role as coordinator for undergraduate and post-graduate research seminars and action research series for students.

As an emerging researcher, his research output numbers up to thirteen (13) publications in high-impact journals, predominantly focusing on agribusiness, food safety, access to credit, and value chain dynamics across Africa.
Sarfo has been a principal investigator and member of numerous projects to strengthen the agricultural commodity value chain in Ghana, notably securing over USD 200,000 from the Ghana Skills Development Fund for Tackling post-harvest loss in fruit and vegetables using cost effective technologies in AAMUSTED-Mampong; over USD 120,000 in funding to provide Entrepreneurship Training and Reintegration support to PSED-MED beneficiaries commissioned by GIZ; over USD 80,000 to provide services in product development and enhancement training and facilitations of product registrations /certification for entrepreneurs in Greater Accra and Ashanti Region commissioned by GIZ; over USD 100,000 to organize Farmer Business School and Group Dynamics Training for Tomato farmers Bono and Ahafo Region among others.

In line with advancing Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs), he currently holds the position of Technical Officer for the Agripreneurship project under the Kosmos Innovation Centre Project, where he was a member of the team that facilitated over USD 100,000 in funding for emerging student agropreneurs. He once served as the Team lead and secretary of the National Business Incubation team of the Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Project, which aims to build the capacity of over 10,000 youth and smallholder farmers in forest and farm product development.

Dr. Sarfo has consulted for both international and domestic organization including the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization- Forest and Farm Project, Star Ghana Foundation as a Project Officer through the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, OXFAM in Africa, GIZ, Center for Development Research and Agro-Innovations- Ghana, Center for Migration Studies-University of Ghana, Bureau for Community Action and Development (BUCAD), Ghana, Ghana Poultry Project, Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solution and the Northern Center for Sustainable Development Management in the area of Agribusiness, enterprise and product development, and smallholder farmers livelihood enhancement. Through his consultancy and engagements, he successfully trained over 200 MSMEs on product development, business plans and product certification at the Food and Drugs Authority and Ghana Standard Authority, built the capacity of over 2000 smallholder farmers in business incubation of forest and farm products, climate smart practices, Agro-processing, assisting them in developing viable business plans to secure funding to promote their enterprises. Sarfo was instrumental in establishing the Ghana Society of Agribusiness Scientists, the first professional society dedicated to agribusiness research and academia, where he serves as its first General Secretary. His dedication to the development and sustainability of agribusiness is of great desire, and he envisions an ecosystem of entrepreneurs along the agricultural commodity value chain who seek to advance the strides of agribusiness in the development of Ghana.

Agana A. G, Awunyo-D. V; Wongnaa C. A; -Afriyie O.R; Hagan M.A.S; Sarfo B. (2025). Perceived Risk Factors and Their Influence on Compliance with Meat Safety Guidelines among Butchers and Fresh Meat Retailers in Ghana. Dialogues in Health (Accepted for Publication)

Opoku-Mensah, S., Sarfo, B. & Asiedu, C. Y. Risk Perception and Risk Management Strategies of Smallholder Cocoa Farmers in the Bekwai District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Climate Resilience and Sustainability- Wiley’s (Accepted for Publication)

Sarfo, B., Asiedu, C. Y., Opoku-Mensah, S., Akuriba, G. A., & Antwi, D. K. (2025). Unwrapping risk perception towards street food safety: The relationships among net profit margin, perceived customer satisfaction and repurchase intention. Food and Humanity, 5, 100843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100843

Sarfo, B., Onumah, E. E., Ampomah, A. A., & Jatoe, J. B. D. (2025). Factors Influencing the Extent of Food Safety Compliance among Street Food Vendors: Insights from Urban Ghana. Food Ethics, 10(2), 12.

Sarfo, B., Opoku-Mensah, S., Asiedu, C. Y., & Abankwah, V. (2025). Intensity of and factors influencing food safety compliance among street food vendors in urban Ghana. Food and Humanity, 4, 100480

Asiedu, C. Y., Opoku-Mensah, S., & Sarfo, B. (2024). Perception and Attitude of Consumer Patronage of Ghana-Grown Rice: Evidence from Kumasi, Ghana. African Journal of Commercial Studies, 5(4), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.59413/ajocs/v5.i.4.5

Ebenezer O J, Enoch T. A, Sarfo B, Kombat P, Ankuyi F (2024). Perception of Agricultural Extension Agents Towards the Performance of Project-Based Extension Delivery on Food Security in Ghana. International Journal on Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Volume 04, Issue 04, Page 103-112ISSN: 2722-4066

Antwi, K. D., Yeboah, T. S., & Sarfo, B. (2023). Analysing the Performance of Fishing Technologies among Marine Artisanal Fishers in the Central Region of Ghana. International Journal of Economics, Commerce, and Management. 11(4), 1-28

Tandoh R, Sarfo, B, Antwi David E. (2022). Effect of Remittance inflow on economic growth: Evidence from Ghana. Global Scientific Journals, GSJ: Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2022, online ISSN 2320- 9186

Amoah, S., Antwi, D. and Sarfo, B. (2021). Value Chain Analysis of Tilapia in the Eastern and Greater Accra Regions of Ghana. ADRRI Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Ghana: Vol 5, No. 2 (4), Pp. 21-48, E-ISSN: 2026-5204, 30 September 2021.

Donkor, E. N., Antwi, D., and Sarfo, B. (2020). Analysis of The Role of Women Within the Oil Palm Value Chain in the Akyemansa District and Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. ADRRI Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Ghana: Vol.4, No. 6 (4), Pp. 1-26, E-ISSN: 2026-5204, 31st December, 2020.

Amankwah E, Sarfo, B. & Antwi David E. (2020). The impact of motivation on employee satisfaction and work performance within  Ghana Hospitality Industry. Global Scientific Journals, GSJ: Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2020, online ISSN 2320- 9186

Sarfo, B., & Antwi, David E. (2020). The effect of Credit use on the profitability of smallholder maize-farming in Ghana. Global Scientific Journals, GSJ: volume 8, issue 5, May 2020, online: ISSN 2320-9186

• PhD (Agribusiness), University of Ghana & Soul National University (SNU)
• MPhil (Agribusiness), University of Ghana, Legon
• Bachelor of Arts (Integrated Business Studies), University for Development Studies
• Diploma in Education (Distinction), Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development

• Food systems, food safety and Quality Standards
• Value Chain Analysis and Supply Chain Development
• Entrepreneurship and Economics of Innovation
• Climate Change, Rural Studies and Enterprise Development

• Technologies for Agro-processing and Value Addition
• Business Planning and Modeling
• Organizational Behavior
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
• Design Thinking
• Food Safety and Quality Standards
• Creativity and Innovation
• International Entrepreneurship and Venturing
• Managing Business Growth
• Agro-Industry Technologies Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Agribusiness Management

May 2023- Date: Lecturer, Akenten Appiah-Menkah University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education.

May 2021-2023: Assistant Lecturer, Akenten Appiah-Menkah University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education.

May 2023-Dec 2023: Visiting Researcher, Seoul National University, South Korea, Global Research & Development Business Centre.

Sept 2021-2024: Graduate Assistant, University of Ghana, Dept of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Design Thinking Project, an Africa-led, World Bank-affiliated Initiative.

January 2022-2024: Graduate Assistant, University of Ghana, Dept of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Urban Food Safety Project funded by PASET RSIF/ World Bank.

June 2019 – Date: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of General Agriculture. Sunyani Technical University, Faculty of Applied Science, (Undergraduate teaching; Thesis supervision).

June 2019-2021: Programme Officer, Forest and Farm Facility, Food and Agriculture Organisation-United Nations/Peasant Farmers Ass. of Ghana

August 2019- 2021: National Business Incubation Coordinator, FAO-UN/Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GHAFFAP)

October 2011- 2020: Administrative Accountant, Department of Community Development, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Sunyani

June 2017- Date: Founder and CEO, Centre for Agribusiness, Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Development (CASMED GHANA).

June 2018 -Dec 2022: Industrial Liaison Officer and Technical Coach, Centre for Agribusiness, Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Development (CASMED GHANA).

1. March 2025: Research Team Member; Mapping Farmers Market in Ghana commissioned by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Farmers Market and the University of Cape Coast.

2. January, 2025-June, 2025: Field Researcher; Complex Migration Flows and Multiple Drivers in Comparative Perspective (MEMO) commissioned by Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana.

3. January, 2025- March, 2025: Field Researcher; Development of 5-year strategic plan -school level assessment commissioned by Bureau for Community Action and Development (BUCAD)

4. January 2023- 2025: Member of a team that won a project grant of GHC 1,996,000.00 from Ghana Skills Development Fund for Tackling post-harvest loss in fruit and vegetables, AAMUSTED-Mampong.

5. January 2024 to May 2025: Member of a team that won GHC 1,500,000.00 from the Kosmos Innovation Centre for the KIC/AAMUSTED collaboration on Agritech Challenge Classic, Pro, YAF and Farm Production.

6. July 2022-2023: Consultant; Consultancy to provide Entrepreneurship Training and Reintegration support to PSED-MED beneficiaries commissioned by GIZ, totalling GHC 1,515,000.00.

7. October, 2022- December, 2022, Consultant; Promoting Sustainable Businesses for Forest and Farm Producers in Ghana, commissioned by the Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GhaFFaP)

8. December 2022-March 2023: Consultant; Training Farmer Leaders on Organisational Capacity Self-Assessment Tool for Producer Organisation (OCSAT), commissioned by FAO and Peasant Farmers Ass. Of Ghana

9. October 2022-2023: Consultant; Consultancy services to provide product development and enhancement training and facilitations of product registrations /certification for entrepreneurs in Greater Accra and Ashanti Region, commissioned by GIZ, totalling GHC 226,000.00.

10. July 2022–December 2022: Lead Trainer- Farmer Business School and Group Dynamics Training for Tomato farmers commissioned by GIZ, Accra and Brong Ahafo Region.

11. August 2021: Consultant; Analysis of Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area and Smallholder Farmers in Ghana, commissioned by Oxfam in collaboration with Peasant Farmers Ass. Of Ghana.

12. July 2020: Co-Researcher: An assessment of the one village one dam Initiative (1D1F)- the voice of the people, commissioned by OXFAM in partnership with Peasant Farmers Ass of Ghana.

13. January, 2019 –December, 2019: Consultant and Field Researcher; Outcome Monitoring survey on Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative for the period 2018 -2019 commissioned by Centre for Dev’t Research and Agro Innovation, Ghana.

14. January 2018-August 2019: Regional Facilitator; Youth Skills Development and Alternative Livelihoods under the Ghana Poultry Project (GPP) commissioned by the United States Department of Agriculture and ACDI/VOCA.

15. September 2018- 2019: Consultant; Training of smallholder farmers in Bole and Sawla on environmentally friendly procedures and business orientations, funded by Coalition for Development of Western Corridor of Northern Region of Ghana.

16. August 2018 to 2019: Consultant and Field Researcher; Policy Approaches to Business Investment in Ghana, funded by IDS/UKAID in collaboration with the Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana.

17. July 2017-2018: Consultant; Training of women farmers in Bole, Tuna and Sawla on environmentally friendly procedures and business orientations on charcoal burning and ecological farming, commissioned by the United Nations Development Program in collaboration with the Northern Centre for Sustainable Development Management.

18. August 2017 to 2018, Co-Researcher; Ghana Food Systems, commissioned by Centre for Development Research and Agro Innovation Limited and University of Ghana.

19. November 2016–2017, Technical Advisor; Advisor on Sustainable Management Project for Agro processing and Agribusiness Development, commissioned by the Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solution.

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