Dr Albert Arhin is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Rural Development and Innovation Studies (IRDIS), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He is an agricultural development researcher and sustainability specialist with over 15 years of experience conducting research, evaluations, and policy analysis across Ghana and West Africa.

His research focuses on sustainable cocoa production, climate change adaptation, farmer livelihoods, rural development, and responsible agricultural value chains. He has led and contributed to numerous research and evaluation projects for organisations including Fairtrade International, Verité, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), Rainforest Alliance, UNICEF, and GIZ, working closely with cocoa-growing communities, cooperatives, government agencies, and private sector partners.

Dr Arhin has extensive experience designing and implementing mixed-methods research, including household surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and participatory approaches. His work seeks to generate practical evidence that informs policies and interventions to improve the livelihoods, resilience, and wellbeing of cocoa farming households.

For this project, Dr Arhin leads the research examining the factors that influence cocoa farmers' adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) in Ghana. The study aims to better understand the barriers and enabling factors affecting adoption and to develop practical, farmer-centred tools that support sustainable cocoa production.

Dr Arhin holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Environment and Development Sustainability from the University of Leeds, and a BSc in Development Planning from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.