Dr. Daniel Kwadjo Dzidzienyo
PhD, Molecular Biology, Nottingham
Deputy Director, Administration, Teaching and Learning (ATL)
Deputy Centre Leader, WACCI - ACE Project
Senior Lecturer, Biotechnology Centre
University of Ghana
Profile Grant-Funded Research Research & Teaching Publications
Grants
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PROJECT TITLE |
DURATION | AMOUNT | SPONSOR | ROLE |
| Biofortification of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Storage Roots for Nutritional Enhancement with Farmers Preferred Traits | 2019 - 2025 | US$50,000 | WACCI | Principal Investigator |
| WACCI: Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) for Agricultural Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 2019 - 2025 | US$5.5 Million | The World Bank | Collaborator |
| Crop and Soil Health improvement for sustainable agricultural intensification towards economic intensification in West Africa | 2018 - 2021 | US$ 1 million | African Union & European Union | Collaborator |
| Upscaling West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) Released Maize Hybrids for Increased Productivity in Ghana | 2018 - 2020 | US$249,991 | AGRA | Collaborator |
| Training the next generation of plant breeders and seed scientists | 2015 - 2021 | US$1,835,873 | The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) | Collaborator |
| The Strive Masiyiwa Scholarship Award (SMSA) For training Plant breeders at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) | 2015 - 2018 | US$600,000 | ECONET Wireless | Collaborator |
| Development, evaluation and promotion of selected maize hybrids in West African regions | 2015 - 2017 | US$75,000 | AGRA | Collaborator |
| USAID-Ghana/University of Ghana: Institutional Capacity Building to Improve Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in the Context of Economic Policy Management in Ghana | 2014 - 2020 | US$2.9 million | USAID | Collaborator |
| Developing WACCI into an African Centre of Excellence (ACE) for training plant breeders, seed scientists and seed technologists | 2014 - 2018 | US$ 8million | The World Bank | Collaborator |