As a leading university in Africa, the University of Ghana is continuing to develop "Centers of Excellence." Seeing the need for more highly educated graduate students in the postharvest preservation of food, the University of Ghana has joined the WORLD FOOD PRESERVATION CENTER LLC to enhance its M.S. and Ph. D. educational and research programs in the postharvest preservation of food.

Prof. Kwame Offei, Provost

UNIVERSITY OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

The University of Energy and Natural Resources in Ghana has Recognized the Importance of Food       Loss and Waste in Africa and is Working Toward Developing a Graduate Postharvest Program.

The newly established University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani, Ghana, the Brong Ahafo regional capital, has added new programmes to its curriculum this academic year.

They are the School of Engineering, where the students would undertake B.Sc Electrical and Electronic Engineering, B.Sc Mechanical Engineering, B.Sc Renewable Energy Engineering and B.Sc Environmental Engineering.

The new School of Science will run two programmes in the areas of B.Sc Mathematics and B.Sc Computer Science, while in the case of the School of Natural Resources, the programmes involved are B.Sc Forest Resource Management, B.Sc Wildlife and Range Management, B.Sc Wood Science, B.Sc Ecotourism and  B.Sc Land Reclamation and Restoration.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor/Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Daniel Obeng-Ofori is working with the World Food Preservation Center LLC to develop graduate programs in the postharvest preservation of food.