A statement issued in Accra on Wednesday said Dr Oppong-Anane, Fellow of the Ghana Society of Animal Production, received the AIC International Partners Award in recognition of his work in Ghana for successfully developing and transferring appropriate technology to improve the welfare of women in rural communities in Bole and West Mamprusi Districts in Northern Ghana.

The statement said under his leadership as the Coordinator of the AIC International Partnership Project of the Canadian Society of Animal Science and Ghana Society of Animal Production, the Project’s approach to agricultural development resulted in the empowerment of women's groups to increase their income as well as improve the health of their households.

The positive environmental approaches of the Project have resulted in the reduction of bushfires in the area and an increase in biomass for livestock grazing.

The statement said Dr Oppong-Anane has provided valuable services to local universities as a Lecturer, Supervisor and Examiner of Graduate Students.

He has given 12 invited lectures in Africa, Europe, Australia and North America and has authored or co-authored more than 60 scientific papers and has been a consultant to a number of institutions including the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations.

Dr Oppong-Anane was also honoured by Basic Environmental Systems and Technology Incorporation, a research and organic input development organization based in Edmonton, Canada.

The AIC Honours and Awards ceremony was attended by the Ms Rosam Wowchuk, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, Manitoba Province of Canada, Mr Yaw Odei Osei, Deputy Ghana High Commissioner to Canada, a delegation of the Ghana Union of Manitoba and members of AIC, the statement, said.

GNA