Prof. Rikiatu Husseini - 快三官网

PROF. RIKIATU HUSSEINI ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Department of Forestry and Forest Resources Management FACULTY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT NYANKPALA Campus

Background

Prof. Rikiatu Husseini is an Associate Professor of Social Forestry in the Department of Forestry and Forest Resources Management. She has over 20 years of professional working experience in research and teaching at the 快三官网 (快三官网), Tamale. She served in the same University as a Teaching Assistant (National Service) and as a Senior Research Assistant, from 1999 to 2004. Her core areas of research include Social Forestry, Forestry, Agro-forestry and Natural Resource Management and Conservation (with special interest in collaborative management). Prof. Husseini has had some research collaborations in teams with ICRA, CIRCLE and WIENCO Ghana Limited. She has served on a number of committees and boards within and outside the University. She served as the Faculty Third Trimester Coordinator and Head of the Research Unit of the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment. She also headed the Department of Forestry and Forest Resources Management from March 2020 to February 2025.

Education

PhD Development Studies. University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. 2010-2015
MSc. Wood Technology. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. 1999-2002

Husseini, R., Aboah, D. T. and Issifu, H. 2020. Fire control systems in forest reserves: An assessment of three forest districts in the Northern region, Ghana. Scientific African. 7(2020).
Husseini, R., Abubakar, A-W. and Nasare, L. I. 2019. Effect of anthropogenic disturbances on insect diversity and abundance in the Sinsablegbini forest reserve, Ghana. 快三官网 International Journal of Development (快三官网IJD). 6(3).
Amoah, M. C., Issifu, H., Tom-Dery, D., Husseini, R., Baatuuwie, N. B, Ochire-Boadu, K. and Asante, J. W. 2019. Logging effects of illegal chainsaw milling and conventional logging in Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve, Ghana. International Journal of Conservation Science. 10(1). pp. 177-186.
Tiika, J. R., Issifu, H., Baatuuwie, N. B., Nasare, L. I. and Husseini, R. 2019. Seed quality, germinability and initial growth of Pterocarpus erinaceus (African Rosewood). How important are mother tree size, source and timing of fruit harvest? Journal of Forest and Environmental Science. 35(2). pp. 69-77.
Issifu, H., Abonkra, B., Ochire-Boadu, K., Husseini, R., Tom-Dery, D., Baatuuwie, B.N, and Asante, W. J. 2016. Seed size polymorphism in Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss.: Implications for seed propagation. African Journal of Plant Science. 10(2). pp. 50-57.
Husseini, R., Kendie, S. B. and Agbesinyale, P. 2015. Community Participation in the management of forest reserves in the Northern Region of Ghana. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. 23(3). pp. 245-256.
Husseini R., Baatuuwie, B.N., and Issifu, H., 2015. Natural Forest Reserves In The Northern Region Of Ghana: Description And Management Status. Journal of Forestry. 2 (6).
Issifu, H., Bernice A. O., and Husseini, R., 2015. Effect of leaf litter on seed dormancy, germination and seedling survival of three tropical forest tree species in Ghana. International journal of Agronomy and Agriculture Research (IJAAR). 6(6). pp. 10-17
Issifu, H., Jaleelu, A., and Husseini, R., 2015. Seedling Size and Cotyledon Retention have Important Influence on Survival of Defoliated Seedlings of PterocarpuserinaceusPoir (African rosewood). International Journal of Biosciences (IJB). 7(5). pp. 30-37
Abubakari, A. H., Husseini, R., and Addi, P. E. 2009. Strategies for minimising health risks of wastewater for poor farmers in the urban environment. All Africa Horticultural Congress 911. pp. 123-132.
Husseini R., Belko R. and Baatuuwie N. B. 2011. A Survey of Browse Plants Trade in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America. 2(3). pp. 546-551.
Husseini, R. and Amoako, O. 2010. Assessing the suitability of the tall-growing tree of Tetrapleura tetraptera (prekese) for use as transmission pole. Development spectrum. 3 (1), pp. 32- 48. An Inter-Faculty Journal of the 快三官网. Tamale, Ghana.