Compiled by: Martina Elizabeth Nikoi, Prof. Mark Appiah, Jeffery Adjei Okyere
The 2018 Book of Abstracts is a compilation of scientific articles written by CSIR-FORIG scientists in 2018. The publication is to create awareness by selectively disseminating the outputs of research which have been published in international and local journals during the year under review. The publication is for non-commercial purposes and cannot be reproduced for any monetary gain. A total of 35 journal articles were published by scientists of CSIR-FORIG in peer reviewed journals worldwide. Some articles were joint publications with local and international partners and colleagues, while others were sole publications by scientists. Each abstract has been arranged in alphabetical order and numbered chronologically. The name of each CSIR-FORIG scientist has also been highlighted in each abstract. All sources have been duly acknowledged and follow the publishers' guidelines on the re-use of their journal articles.
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Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It is located at Fumesua near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It started as a research unit within the Forestry Department in 1962. It was fully established as a research institute and named FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FPRI) under the then Ghana Academy of Sciences in 1964 and in 1968 placed under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
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