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Samuel Y. Gariba

Samuel Yakubu Gariba

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Samuel Yakubu Gariba is an Agricultural Science Tutor who teaches courses like Integrated pest management (IPM), Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension, Agric Value Chain, Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Crop production and so on in the Department of Science at the Kibi Presbyterian College of Education in the Eastern region of Ghana. He is a PhD candidate (Seed Science & Technology from the University of Cape – Coast, Ghana. He holds an MPhil degree in Seed Science & Technology from the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, Legon. He obtained his First degree in Agricultural Technology (BSc. Agronomy option), from the University for Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana.  He also had his teacher Education at the Presbyterian College of Education (PCE), Akropong-Akuapem. His research interest includes Seed Science & technology, Crop Protection, Integrated Pest Management, Post-harvest, Biopesticide production (Botanicals).

GARIBA has been a professional teacher for nearly two decades. He also teaches Agricultural Science courses like Introductory Agriculture, Intermediate Agriculture 1, II, III, Advanced Agriculture I, II & III at the University of Cape-Coast College of Distance Education (CoDE) since 2014. He was a supervisor of Sandwich Students Offering BEd. Early Childhood Education, Primary & JHS Programmes for Off-Campus Teaching practice organised by Institute of Education at the University of Cape-Coast (February –April, 2022) in Accra Metro & Korle-Klottey Municipal. He is a member of Ghana Association of Science Teachers (Gast) and Agricultural Educators’ Trainers Association Ghana (AETAG).

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Candidate in Seed Science & Technology - University of Cape-Coast, Ghana
  • Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Seed Science & Technology - West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, Legon
  • Bachelor of Science (BSc.) Agricultural technology University for Development Studies, Tamale. Ghana.
  • 3-Year Post Secondary Teacher’s Certificate. ‘A’ Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong – Akuapem

Publications

  • Effect of different storage conditions on seed quality of M9 Cowpea mutant lines and resistance to Cowpea weevil (Callosobrochus maculatus) (In press)
  • Gariba, S. Y., Dzidzienyo, D. K., Eziah, V. Y., & Moral, M. T. (2021). Assessment of four plant extracts as maize seed protectants against Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus in Ghana. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2021.1918426
  • Phytochemical analysis and insecticidal effect of four plant extracts against Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus (In press)
  • Gariba S.Y (2018) Assessment of four plants extracts as maize seed storage protectants against Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus in Ghana. (Research /Thesis for the award of MPhil Seed Science & Technology)
  • Efficacy of Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) for the Management of Soil Arthropod Pests and Leaf Spot diseases of groundnut in the Guinea Savanah zone of Ghana (Dissertation)

Fields of Specialisation

  • Seed Science & Technology
  • Agronomy
  • Agricultural Entomology
  • Post Harvest

Fields of Academic Interest

  • Storage potentials of cereals & leguminous crops against storage pests
  • The use of plant products to control insect pests affecting crops at storage
  • Integrated Pests management (IPM)
  • Seed quality

Seminars

  • West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, Legon. Alumni Homecoming & 16th Anniversary celebrations conference. May-June, 2023
  • University of Cape Coast, School of Graduate Studies: workshop on e-resources, anti plagiarism software (Turnitin), electronic theses submission repository and Mendeley for first year graduate students training. September, 2022 - October, 2022
  • RUFURUM: Scientific Data Management for Post-Graduate Students Using R Programming Language
  • United Nations Global Food Systems Summit. A Day Summit by West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), June,2021
  • Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP). A-4-day Science and Mathematics Workshop Organized by Ghana Education Service (GES) for Senior High School Science Teachers (September,2020)