About The Staff Member

Adjarko graduated from Cape Coast Polytechnic in 2003 with first class honours in Statistics and obtained his BSc degree in Economics and Statistics at Garden City University College (Kumasi) in 2012 with second class upper. He studied for his MSc at University of Cape Coast in 2016 specializing in General Statistics.

Adjarko’s professional career began in 1997 with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute (CSIR-OPRI) as a Field Assistant Grade 1 and was promoted to Technical Officer in 2013. In 2006, he was promoted to Senior Technical Officer and then again promoted to Principal Technical Officer in 2009. After obtaining his BSc in 2012 he was promoted to Chief Technical Officer.. In June 2018, he was promoted to Principal Technologist a Senior member position in CSIR after the acquisition of the Master of Science in Statistics from University of Cape Coast.

 On the local scene, he was the assistant team leader for the Socio-Economic aspect of the French Special Project (FSP) from 2005 to 2009, which worked on the Economic effects of Cape Saint Paul Wilt Disease (CSPWD) on coconut farmers in Western, Central and Volta Regions of Ghana.

He is currently assisting the Head of Agronomy to undertake climate change adaptation project from 2018 on the topic : “How adaptation can reduce the negative impacts of climate change on oil palm-maize intercropping systems in the semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana: The use of climate and crop growth simulation models (DSSAT v 4.7.5).”

He assisted in the experimental design, data collection and analysis for two KNUST MPhil students thesis at the OPRI Nursery on the following topics:

1. Evaluation of nursery polybags size and fertilizer application on growth of oil palm seedlings
2. Effect of different mulch materials on the growth and development of oil palm seedlings at the nursery

He worked on the following projects:

1. Effects of climatic conditions on Oil Palm production (yield) in 2003
2. Client satisfaction on quality of Health Care delivery in 2012.
3. Examining differences in wages and expenditure of middle level personnel in an industry in Ghana - 2016
4. Construction of quantitative models to serve as some of control measures or policies for managers of Akosombo dam to determine optimal energy generation and water quantity release scheduling from the dam at all times  - 2016