The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development (MLGDRD), Honourable Daniel Botwe has paid a working visit to the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD) of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, on January 24, 2023.
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The Bureau of Integrated Development of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (BIRD – KNUST) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sene East District in the Bono East Region.
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The Bureau of Integrated Development of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (BIRD – KNUST) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sekyere Afram Plains District Assembly, at Drobonso in the Ashanti Region.
The Bureau of Integrated Development of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (BIRD – KNUST) on Thursday, July 28, 2022 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sekyere Afram Plains District Assembly, at Drobonso in the Ashanti Region.
Mr Hamidu Suleman, the District Chief Executive(DCE), Sekyere Afram Plains, noted that the aim of the MoU was to promote sustainable and inclusive rural development in the area.
A team from the Office of Grants and Research (OGR) led by Prof. Philip Antwi-Agyei, the Director, on Monday May 16, 2022 paid curtesy visit to the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD), KNUST. The purpose of the meeting was to familiarize with activities of the Bureau, challenges and way forward. The Director of BIRD, Dr. Ebenezer Owusu-Addo, on behalf of the Bureau, briefed the OGR team on the activities of the Bureau, and after several discussions on the challenges facing the Bureau, Prof.
As part of the general healthcare exercise organized for all Staff of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), KNUST, a health screening exercise was organized for Staff of the Bureau. The exercise that was undertaken by the Health and Safety Committee from the University occurred on Thursday April 28, 20222 at the Bureau’s conference room and was observed by all Staff as well as National Service (NSS) personnel.
Data processing and analysis are critical to establishing findings to societal problems in order to better inform decision-making and policy directions for societal and national growth as a research department. As a result, on March 1, 2022, national service personnel placed at the Bureau received a one-day training focused on the use of NVIVO software for qualitative data analysis. This was done to train and develop the skills of research assistants so that they could assist with data analysis.
A research fellow of the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Mr. Yaw Amo Sarpong, on Thursday, March 10, 2022 successfully defended his PhD thesis during a viva voce held at the Conference Hall of the School of Graduate Studies. Capacity development of Staff of the Bureau has been one of the strategic interventions, in terms of upgrading the human resource of the Bureau.
Dr. Ebenezer Owusu-Addo, the new Director of the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD), of the Kwame Nkrumah University and Technology (KNUST) has shared his vision with Staff and Senior Members of the Bureau. In a presentation made on January 13, 2022 to all the Staff and Senior Members of the Bureau, Dr. Owusu-Addo highlighted and further explained his vision.