4th Annual Conference of the Ghana Association of Agricultural Economists.
Conference Announcement Extended Abstract Submission
Sub-Themes
Achieving the goals of agriculture as a major contributor to employment, poverty alleviation, food security, and nutrition as enshrined in the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 2, and 3 requires understanding of the drivers
of agricultural transformation. This involves moving from traditional low
productivity-based agriculture to modern production methods that are market- driven. The transformation process involves significant and sustained
investments in production, processing, storage, and marketing technologies as
well as critical infrastructure. In addition, the transformation of the food system
and the agricultural sector will reduce food losses and waste, ensure secure
and healthy food for the population, and thereby promote social equity, and
environmental sustainability through the use of climate-smart technologies and
practices which are consistent with SDG 13. It will also enhance the resilience
of the food system to shocks, including pandemics such as the COVID-19.
Keynote Presentations
Invited keynote presentations and panel discussion sessions include:
- Leveraging on agro-processing as a tool for agricultural transformation
- Which model supports sustainability; small, medium or large farms?
- Agricultural transformation; where should the focus be?
- Pandemics and the agri-food value chain: Lessons from Covid-19.
The Local Organizing Committee, on behalf of the Association,
invites researchers to submit Extended Abstracts of their papers
for consideration and presentation at the Conference. Papers with
emphasis on sustainable agricultural transformation are
encouraged. Students are strongly encouraged to submit their
extended abstracts for consideration. Outstanding students’ papers
might receive awards. All abstracts submitted for Conference Presentations will be
reviewed and, if accepted, presenters will be required to submit full
papers.
Important Dates for extended abstract and papers submission
and consideration
Item Date
Call for Extended Abstracts 1st November
Abstract Submission Deadline 26th February
Decision on Abstract/Posters 26th March
Deadline for Full Paper
Submission
26th May
Decision on Full Papers (Oral
and Poster Presentations)
17 th June
GAAE Conference 4th – 7
th August, 2021
Mentoring Session for Early
Career Academics and
Researchers
7 th August
All abstracts should be submitted to:
gaae conference@gmail.com/
gaae conference@yahoo.com
Research Teams or Institutions who would like to organise panel
sessions on special topic(s) may submit same for consideration. Submission deadline for special topic is March 15th. Decision on special topics: April 30th. Other Important Date(s):
Details of Conference programme would be available in May. The structure for extended abstract:
Title of Paper
Abstract (200 words max.)
Key words (5 keys max.)
Introduction (100-250 words max.)
Methodology (100-250 words max.)
Results (100-250 words max.)
Discussion and Conclusion (100-250 words max.)
Please note that all authors who submitted abstracts for GAAE 2020
are entreated to re-submit their abstracts. For enquiries on the Call, please contact:
Conference Convener: Prof. Irene S. Egyir (iegyir@ug.edu.gh)
LOC Chair: Dr. Joseph A. Awuni (aawuni@uds.edu.gh)
LOC Member: Dr. Sylvester Ayambila (sayambila@uds.edu.gh)
LOC Member: Dr. Osman Damba (otahidu@uds.edu.gh)
We look forward to meeting you and networking in Tamale