Ghana
2008 EPP fellow in Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries, Dionys Forster
Noah Adamtey
May - August, 2008
PhD student,
Environmental Science, University of Ghana
During my fellowship l was working on data analysis and interpretation as well as writing of papers for my PhD thesis. Besides I learned how to use different types of software such as GENSTAT, SPSS, Zigma Plot, Endnote, Scopus and PowerPoint. This enabled me to efficiently use statistical software for my data analysis and to prepare papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
The three following manuscripts were produced during my stay at Eawag:
| (1) | Production of N-enriched municipal waste co-compost for peri-urban agriculture; |
| (2) | Use of enriched co-compost under irrigated urban agriculture: effects on water use efficiency, transpiration efficiency, nutrient uptake and maize yield; |
| (3) | Evaluation of different rates of co-compost fertilizer mixture on maize growth, yield, nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency. |
The first manuscript is submitted and currently under peer review by Waste Management Journal. Manuscript 2 is being reviewed by my supervisors for onward submission to the Agriculture Water Management Journal. Manuscript 3, is about to be finalised and is going to be submitted to my supervisors in the weeks to come.
In addition to the above activities, educational trips were organised to research institutions in and outside Switzerland where l received useful inputs and suggestions to the development of my thesis. I found my stay in Eawag/Sandec to be timely and very beneficial to me.