Dr. Agyemang Danquah
PhD, Plant Biology, Paris Saclay (Paris Sud 11, Orsay)
adanquah@wacci.ug.edu.gh
Deputy Director, Research, Innovation and Development (RID)
Senior Lecturer, Crop Science Department
University of Ghana
Profile Grant Funded Research Research and Teaching Publications
Grants
| PROJECT TITLE | DURATION | AMOUNT | SPONSOR | ROLE |
| Improving Study Programs in Ghana by Introducing Green Solutions, Sustainability Modules and Digital Transformation [ImPreSSion] | November 2022 – October 2025 | € 718,734 | European Union | Project Collaborator |
| Development of Locally Certified Improved Tomato Hybrid Seeds and Production Capacity Building in Ghana | March 2020 - March 2021 | US$ 15,000 | Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and | Principal Investigator |
| WACCI: Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) for Agricultural Innovation and Entrepreneurship | September 2019 - March 2023 | US$ 5.5 million | The Alliance for Agricultural R&D for Food Security | Project Collaborator |
| Grafting for disease resistance against Fusarium oxyspporium F. SP. Lycopersicae in tomato genotypes | October 2018 - October 2020 | GHS 38,955 | Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) Research Fund Grant, University of Ghana | Project Collaborator |
| Crop and Soil Health improvement for sustainable agricultural intensification towards economic intensification in West Africa | November 2017 - January 2021 | US$ 1 million | African Union & European Union | Project Collaborator |
| Partnership for Training Scientists in Crop Improvement for Africa (SCIFSA) [591893-PANAF-1-2017-1-UG-PANAF-MOBAF] | November 2017 - October 2022 | € 1,398,975 | European Union | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Evaluation of some greenhouse tomato hybrids at Aburi | November 2016 - January 2017 | € 13,455 | Syngenta Seeds BV | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Multi-locational evaluation of some determinate tomato hybrids in Ghana | June 2016 - September 2017 | € 50,000 | Syngenta Seeds BV & GhanaVeg |
Co-Principal Investigator |
| Integrated resource development for the genome-enabled improvement of shea tree for sub-Saharan Africa |
May 2016 - April 2019 |
US$ 564,741 | National Science Foundation (NSF), USA | Co-Principal Investigator |
| The Strive Masiyiwa Scholarship Award (SMSA) For training Plant breeders at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) | January 2016 - December 2019 | US$ 600,000 | ECONET Wireless | Project Collaborator |
| Development, evaluation and promotion of selected maize hybrids in West African Regions | February 2015 - January 2017 | US$ 75,000 | Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) | Project Collaborator |
| Training the next generation of plant breeders and seed scientists | January 2015 - December 2021 | US$ 1,835,873 | The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) | Project Collaborator |
| Demand Led Plant Variety Design for Emerging Markets in Africa – I | January 2015 - March 2017 | US$ 195,000 | The Alliance for Agricultural R&D for Food Security | Project Collaborator |
| Developing WACCI into an African Centre of Excellence (ACE) for training plant breeders, seed scientists and seed technologists | January 2014 - September 2018 | US$ 8 million | The World Bank | Project CollaboratorDemand-led plant variety design for emerging markets in Africa – II |
| Demand-led plant variety design for emerging markets in Africa – II | January 2019 - December 2021 | US$ 154,500 | The Alliance for Agricultural R&D for Food Security | Project Collaborator |