{
  "id": 9531824,
  "title": "Stop producing research that ends up on shelves – Prof Dittoh challenges Ghanaian academics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/stop-producing-research-that-ends-up-on-shelves-prof-dittoh",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-24T09:46:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/stop-producing-research-that-ends-up-on-shelves-prof-dittoh-challenges-ghanaian-academics/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prof. Saa Dittoh, an Associate Professor at the University for Development Studies, has called on Ghanaian academics and policymakers to shift focus from producing research that ends up on shelves to creating actionable research that drives national transformation. At the 6th Annual Research and Development Conference of the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS) in Wa, Prof. Dittoh emphasized the need for deliberate state funding and locally anchored research agendas, warning that without it, institutions risk generating \"mal-development\" that harms rather than improves citizens' lives. He criticized the tendency of policy initiatives to be shaped by foreign donor priorities rather than community needs, stating that donors often take what fits their agenda, such as promoting single-crop maize or soybean, while disregarding locally relevant crops like millet, groundnuts, and beans.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}