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Mavis Owureku-Asare

Mavis Owureku-Asare is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mavis Owureku-Asare rather than just read about it. In short: Mavis Owureku-Asare is a Ghanaian food scientist. She researched the use of solar dehydration to preserve tomatoes.

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Reference excerpt

Mavis Owureku-Asare is a Ghanaian food scientist. She researched the use of solar dehydration to preserve tomatoes. She conducted research showing that poor quality foods were sold in some Ghanaian markets. She was previously the CEO of Impact Food Hub, a leading Consultancy for Agribusinesses in Ghana.She is the founder of kasmafoods, a leading food processing company in Ghana. She was a principal research scientist at the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. She is a fellow of the Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP) and a recipient of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD).

Education Owureku-Asare holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. She is a visiting scholar at Purdue University, West Lafayette Indiana USA. She obtained her BSc in Nutrition and Foodscience and Mphil degree in Foodscience from the University of Ghana. She attended Wesley Girls' Senior High School in Cape Coast. She is certified in the FSPCA Preventive Controls Course for Human Food from the USDA.

Career She is the founder of Kasmalink Consult, a nonprofit organization that provides local food processors with technical support and resources to help them produce competitive food brands on the global market. She is the Executive director of Impact Food hub, a food processing and agribusiness consultancy based in Ghana. She is also a board member of Ghana-India Trade Advisory Chamber (GITAC).

Research She studies practical agricultural technologies and solutions that help smallholder farmers and improve the livelihoods of women in Ghana. One of her efforts focused on developing improved solar drying technologies for the post-harvest management of agricultural produce with a focus on tomatoes. She researched the quality of foods sold in Ghanaian markets and discovered that foods sold in five markets (Agbogbloshie, Dome, Kaneshie, Makola and Okaishie) in Ghana contained poor nutrients. The foods examined in this research included tomatoes, oranges, pineapples, garden eggs, cocoyam leaves, shrimp and fish powder. It was revealed that fruits such as oranges were displayed in the sun and on the floor, which affects the vitamin C content of the fruit. Likewise, she found that due to the market conditions, substances like lycopene and other antioxidants in tomatoes were destroyed. Her research also revealed that 98% of palm oil on sale was adulterated with cancer-causing agents and groundnut paste was mixed with dried cassava powder.

Personal life Owureku-Asare is married to Mr Elhanan Owureku-Asare. She has mentored many female scientists and Girls in STEM in Ghana. She likes to travel, swim, play golf and basketball. She worships at the Agape New Testament Church located at East Legon. She is a member of Joyfulway Incorporated, a leading Contemporary Gospel Music Ministry in Ghana.

Awards and recognition African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Fellow 2012 recipient, Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology scholarship award. 2015 Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP) OWSD Early Career fellow 2020 Aspen New Voices fellow

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mavis Owureku-Asare

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mavis Owureku-Asare claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mavis Owureku-Asare before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mavis Owureku-Asare ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mavis Owureku-Asare

In research: Mavis Owureku-Asare appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mavis Owureku-Asare in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mavis Owureku-Asare is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Ghanaian scientists, 21st-century Ghanaian women scientists, Food scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mavis Owureku-Asare outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Mavis Owureku-Asare in simple terms?

Mavis Owureku-Asare is a Ghanaian food scientist. She researched the use of solar dehydration to preserve tomatoes.

Why does Mavis Owureku-Asare matter?

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