Mavis Owureku-Asare

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.

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). She is a member of the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly Health Committee.

She studies practical agricultural technologies and solutions that help smallholder farmers and improve the livelihoods of women in Ghana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsghana.com.gh/food-processors-derive-advantage-from-competitiveness/|title=Food Processors Derive Advantage From Competitiveness - News Ghana|date=|website=News Ghana|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-21}} One of her efforts focused on developing improved solar drying technologies for the post-harvest management of agricultural produce with a focus on tomatoes.{{Cite web |title=Mavis Owureku-Asare {{!}} The Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program |url=https://borlaugleap.org/fellow/mavis-owureku-asare |access-date=2019-09-22 |website=borlaugleap}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Michael |date=2019-05-03 |title=Food crises hits Accra; 5 markets selling 'poisonous' food items to consumers |url=https://yen.com.gh/127080-research-shows-traders-5-accra-markets-sell-dangerous-food-items-consumers.html |access-date=2019-09-22 |website=Yen - Ghana news. |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |last=ANKIILU |first=MASAHUDU |date=2020-11-20 |title=Linking Research to Industry Is Never an Easy Task, But Dr Mavis Owureku-Asare Is Showing the Way |url=https://africaneyereport.com/linking-research-to-industry-is-never-an-easy-task-but-dr-mavis-owureku-asare-is-showing-the-way/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=African Eye Report |language=en-US}} She is a member of Joyfulway Incorporated, a leading Contemporary Gospel Music Ministry in Ghana.

• African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Fellow{{Cite web |title=African Women in Agricultural Research and Development |url=https://awardfellowships.org/fellowship/fellows/individual/mavis-owureku-asare/57502c0f54399doc845344226/ |access-date=2019-09-21 |website=awardfellowships}}
• 2012 recipient, Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology scholarship award.
• 2015 Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP){{Cite web |title=AJFAND Profile - Volume 19 No. 2 (2019) |url=https://www.ajfand.net/Volume19/No2/profile.html |access-date=2019-09-21 |website=ajfand}}
• OWSD Early Career fellow{{Cite web |date=2019-09-18 |title=Four Ghanaian women among 20 scientists to receive international research grant |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/bi/tech/four-ghanaian-women-among-20-scientists-to-receive-international-research-grant/68nwpyt |access-date=2019-09-21 |website=pulse ghana |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2019/09/four-ghanaian-scientists-excel-in-international-competition/|title=Four Ghanaian scientists excel in international competition|date=2019-09-18|website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-21}}
• 2020 Aspen New Voices fellow{{cite web |title=Mavis Owureku-Asare |url=https://newvoicesfellows.aspeninstitute.org/fellow/mavis-owureku-asare/ |website=New Voices Fellowship |accessdate=25 March 2020 |date=15 January 2020}}

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