Forest Economics and Marketing Division

This programme supports the market development for forest products. Priority areas include:
- Bio-prospecting
- Marketing and trade
- Value chain assessment and development
- Capacity building on value addition
- Strengthening rural enterprises (including co-operatives)
- Access to domestic and international markets
- Private sector investment in non-timber forest products development and processing
- Forest valuation and payment for ecosystem Services (PES)
- Development of standards and certification of marketed products

Dr. Beatrice Darko Obiri
Chief Research Scientist
Head of Division- Forest Economics and Marketing Division (FEMD)
SENIOR MEMBERS
Name | Rank | Field of Expertise |
Beatrice Obiri Darko(PhD) | Chief Research Scientist | Socio-economics, Agricultural & Natural Resource Economics |
Crentsil Kofi Agyekum | Research Scientist | Applied Economics, Socio-economics, Marketing, Agricultural economics. |
Jacquline J. Twintoh | Assistant Research Scientist | |
Safia Ibrahim | Assistant Research Scientist | |
Samar Brefo Sparkler | Assistant Research Scientist |
SENIOR STAFF
Name | Rank |
Richard Kwadwo Adjei | Chief Technical Officer |