Ralph Armah's research interests are in development economics, food security and food safety, with associated interests in conducting field experiments to better understand behavioral biases in technology adoption. He was an assistant research fellow at the Centre for Social Policy Studies at the University of Ghana, where he engaged in several social protection projects funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Partnership for African Social Governance and Research (PASGR).
He was also a scholar of the global SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training (START) funded “Assessment of Adaptation Responses to Climate Change and Agrobiodiversity Loss” project. Armah holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Kansas State University, where he was a scholar of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab on the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss.