Biography
Education
- Bsc Agriculture (Crop Science) University of Ghana Legon 1992
- Mphil Crop Science (Entomology) University of Ghana 1998
- Environmental Auditor ISO 18001 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne 1999 (course and thesis in only in French)
Experience in Organic Agriculture
- Mphil thesis using Basilius thuriengesis (organic pathogen) in the control of diamond black moth Plutellla xylostella in cabbage fields in Weija in 1993-1994
- Founder and CEO of Wad African Foods limited, export of small-scale farmers products to Europe year since 2000
- Founder and CEO of Wad Patrick Deegbe in Switzerland for the import of Small-scale farmers products from Ghana since 2001
- Certification of organic production of farmers in Ghana and imports since 2004
- Collaboration with FAO in alleviating of poverty through the export of Organic and fair-trade products 2004-2006
- Adding value to organic Agriculture products (processing into dry fruits) for export and the first to dry fruits in Ghana for export since 2003
- A farmer with the wide variety of certified organic products (over 8o acres of certified own farm and more than 10 products) in Ghana 2013
- Company exports to Switzerland, Europe (Germany, Italy), USA and Japan
- Company certified EU organic, NOP (USA), JAS (Japan) and BIO Suisse private label as well as FLO fairtrade
- Weekly and /or monthly exports of organic products by air or sea from Ghana to import countries in Europe, USA and Japan
Extracurricular activities
- President Ghana Association of Agriculture student, Legon branch 1992
- Coordinator first Ghana village concept project(world international student project) at Ojobi 1991-1992
- Member Swiss environmental auditor’s association 1992
- Member IFOAM participation in world congress in Vignola Italy, Seoul in Korea, Istanbul in Turkey (presented a paper)
- Participation in yearly Biofach Nuremberg since 2006