Samuel Safo, K. Allotey (MPhil) has over five years of professional experience working as a socio-economics expert on development programs such as agricultural value chain among smallholder farmers and nucleus farmers in the Upper West region. I have also led a socio-economic study on assessing farmers’ willingness to pay under the Pwalugu Multipurpose Project on 20,000 ha irrigation schemes in the North East region. I have vast experience working on international donor-funded projects in rural livelihood, natural resource management, and rein fed rain rice intensification. I hold a Master of Philosophy degree in Innovation Communication and a final year Ph.D. candidate (University for Development Studies) and also a Bachelor of Science degree in Agribusiness (University for Development Studies).

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
SAMUEL SAFO K, ALLOTEY
P O Box TL 846, Tamale
Tel: 0240991971
Email: allotexsamuel@yahoo.com
PERSONAL PROFILE
Samuel Safo, K. Allotey (MPhil) has over five years of professional experience working as a socio-
economics expert on development programs such as agricultural value chain among smallholder
farmers and nucleus farmers in the Upper West region. I have also led a socio-economic study on
assessing farmers’ willingness to pay under the Pwalugu Multipurpose Project on 20,000 ha
irrigation schemes in the North East region. I have vast experience working on international donor-
funded projects in rural livelihood, natural resource management, and rein fed rain rice
intensification. I hold a Master of Philosophy degree in Innovation Communication and a final
year Ph.D. candidate (University for Development Studies) and also a Bachelor of Science degree
in Agribusiness (University for Development Studies).
EDUCATIONAL SUMMARY
 PhD in Innovation Communication
2018-Till date
University for Development Studies (UDS)
 MPhil in Innovation Communication
2015-2018
University for Development Studies (UDS)
 Bachelor of Science (Agribusiness)
2010-2014
University for Development Studies (UDS)
 Diploma in Educational Psychology
2018-2019
Alison Advance Studies (USA)
 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (Agric Science)
2005 – 2008
Saint Charles Senior High School, Tamale-Northern Region

2. CAREER HISTORY
Senior Research Assistant for University for Development Studies, Tamale 2016- Present
Position Summary
The senior research assistant has the responsibility for guarding students on their thesis as well as
helping the department on effective and efficient research work and other duties assigned by high
authorities
Duties
 Guard students on thesis writing skills
 Conducting of field survey for the department
 Data analysis
 Data entering
Research Scientist for Korantech Data and Research Service, Tamale 2014- Present
Position Summary
The Research Scientist has the responsibility for designing, developing research tools and
implementing research strategy that will help conduct effective and efficient research and other
duties assigned by high authorities
Duties
 Develop a research strategy aligned with clients or customers’ needs. This includes a clear
identification of research objectives, questions as well as other relevant research tools and
how the research will be conducted with limited resource available
Savanna Agriculture Research Institute (SARI), N/R (National Service) September, 2014-
August, 2015
Duties
 Data collection and entering
ADVANCE USAID, UW/R (Field Officer M&E- Contract) February- July 2015
Duties
 Screening of nucleus farmers ledgers
 Screening of out-growers farmers ledgers
 Mapping and taking GPS coordinates of farmlands
 Profiling of farmers both nucleus farmers and out-growers farmers
 Data collection and entering
ADVANCE USAID, N/R (Field Officer, Maize Section -Internship) February- July 2015
Duties
 Assisted in establishment of demonstration field

3.  Profiling of farmers
 Data collection and entering
Korando ‘Susu’ Enterprise, N/R (Credit Officer) May, 2009 –February, 2013
Duties
 Mobilization of credit
 Identification of new customers
 Supervising field officers
 Disbursement of credit
 Recording of daily transactions
ICT Background
 Proficient in MS Office tools, Windows XP, Vista, Adobe Photoshop, SPSS, STATA,
Info-graphs Email and Internet Usage,
 Competent in computer hardware and repairs
TRAINING/CONFERENCE
 13th November, 2013 to 19th November, 2013
Impact Africa Inter-Tertiary Debate and Public Speaking Competition, Benin-Cotonou
ACHIEVEMENT
 Second Runner-Up for 2013 Edition of Impact Africa Inter-Tertiary Debate and Public
Speaking Competition, Benin-Cotonou
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
 Speaker of the General Assemble (SRC-UDS) 2013/2014
 Judiciary Committee Chairman (ABSAG -UDS) 2011/2012
PROJECTS CONDUCTED
 Communication Media Usage and Uptake Patterns of Rhizobium Inoculant Technology in
the Northern Region of Ghana
 Social and economic study for the development of a 20,000 ha irrigation scheme as part of
the Pwalugu Multipurpose Project
 Co-innovations across scales to enhance sustainable intensification, resilience, and food
and nutritional security in water managed agricultural systems in West Africa

4.  Implementation and Utilization of Fertilizer Subsidy Programme and Livelihood of
Smallholder Maize Farmers in the Northern Region Of Ghana (Ongoing PhD. Thesis)
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Allotey, S. S. K, Adraki, P. K and Obeng, K. F (2018). Communication Media Usage and Uptake
Patterns of Rhizobium Inoculant Technology in the Northern Region of Ghana. International
Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension Vol. 4(1), pp. 114-120.
Adraki, P. K, Allotey, S. S. K and Yeboah, F. K, (2018). Social Networks and Employability in
the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region, of Ghana. Journal of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Development Vol. 4(1), pp. 357-364.
Arthur, A. A, Adraki, P. K and Allotey, S. S. K, (2018). Value Chain Interventions and Business
Performance: A study of Beneficiary Shea Value Chain Actors in Northern Region, Ghana.
International Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension Vol. 4(1), pp. 101-113
Adraki PK, Allotey SSK, Arthur AA (2018). Factors Affecting Farmers’ Intention to Use
Rhizobium Inoculant Technology in the Northern Region, Ghana. Journal of Agricultural
Economics and Rural Development, 4(1): 397-406.
Arthur AA, Adraki PK and Allotey SSK (2018). Value Chain Interventions and its Impacts on
Empowerment of Shea Actors in the Northern region of Ghana. World Journal of Sociology and
Anthropology, 2(1): 033-040.
Allotey SSK and Adraki PK (2018). The Influence of Socio-Economic Factors on Uptake of
Rhizobia Inoculant Technology in the Northern Region. Horticult Int J. 2018;2(6):303‒307.
DOI: 10.15406/hij.2018.02.00068
Allotey SSK, Hamza A and Zakaria H, (2019). Impact of Fertilizer Subsidy Programme on Maize
Income in the Northern Region of Ghana. Am J Biomed Sci & Res. 2019 - 6(2).
AJBSR.MS.ID.001010. DOI: 10.34297/AJBSR.2019.06.001010.
REFERENCES
Dr. Hudu Zakaria
Lecturer at Extension Department
University for Development Studies
Telephone: 0240115977
Email: zakariahudu75@yahoo.com
Mr. Paul Adraki
Lecturer at Extension Department

5. University for Development Studies
Telephone: 0266176008
Email: porldraki@yahoo.com
Mr. Albert Oppong Ansah
Communication specialist
Feed the Future-Ghana Agricultural
Technology Transfer Project
Tamale (IFDC)
Telephone: 0266852530
Email: ansahalbert@gmail.com