The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) hosted a six-member panel of experts constituted by the Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes (AQAS), Germany, an international accreditation agency for higher education on a 3-day si
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The 11th Advisory Board meeting of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) was held on March 8, 2018 at University of Ghana.
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has led a
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An alumnus of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), Dr. Maxwell Darko Asante was named the Best Research Scientist for 2017 at a colourful ceremony at the Crops Research Institute (CRI), Fumesua, Ghana on December 20, 2017. The award presented by Dr. W.K.
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Ms Isata Kamanda, a final year PhD in Plant Breeding student of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), has been selected as a West African Research Association scholar under the Ideas Matter Fellowship.
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Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, has been appointed as an Academic Board member of the Planet Earth Institute (PEI).
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Mr. Evans Agortey Sackey, a graduand of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has accepted the position of a Trial Officer at Syngenta Seeds BV headquartered in Netherlands. He has been assigned to the research and development unit of the company.
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, as part of its efforts to address food insecurity in West Africa, has held a two-day capacity building workshop for plant breeders.
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The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Kaoru Yoshimura, a former Minister of Agriculture of Japan has visited the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana. He was received by the Vice Chancellor and management of staff of WACCI.
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) of the University of Ghana, has received approval and recommendation from the National Variety Release and Registration Committee (NVRRC) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture for three new hybrid maize varieties developed by Centre to be rele
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences has celebrated its 10th anniversary on the theme: ‘‘The March towards Food and Nutrition Security in Sub-Saharan Africa’’ at the ISSER Conference Hall, University of Ghana.
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement has launched a seminar series dubbed “the Food Security Seminars” aimed at presenting a platform to discuss issues and emerging trends in the area of plant breeding and its socio-economic impact on food and nutrition security in Africa.
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A training workshop on the Golden Gate Cloning technology has been organised by the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) in partnership with the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich, UK at the Biotechnology Centre, University of Ghana.
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Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, the Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement participated in the Feed the Future (FtF) Innovation Labs’ West Africa Regional Partners Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, from 6 - 9 February, 2017.
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) of the University of Ghana has performed a sod-turning ceremony for the construction of a Multi-purpose building. The project which is being funded by the World Bank Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) Project and the Centre’s internally generated funds is estimated at $2.4 million and is expected to be completed in 18 months.