The second cohort of 10 students of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon, with PhDs in Plant Breeding at the graduation ceremony held on July 26, 2014 at the Great Hall of the University.
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Professor Pangirayi Tongoona has joined the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) as a Visiting Scholar. During his tenure as Visiting Scholar, he will act as the Deputy Director in charge of the Teaching and Research functions of the Centre. "
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Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics at the Department of Crop Science of the University of Ghana, Legon and Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), received the Distinguished Award for Meritorious Service 2013, at the July, 2014 graduation ceremon
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Mr. Sylvester Addy, a second year PhD student of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has been selected as a Fellow of the Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Programme (LEAP) of the US Government Feed the Future 21st Century Leadership Initiative.Mr.
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The World Bank has urged the 19 Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) to demonstrate to the world how universities in Africa can come out of the famous ivory tower and become engines of development.
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The World Bank Board of Directors officially approved the Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) project on April 15, 2014.
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Half of the world supply of cassava is grown by smallholder farmers in Africa, where the starchy staple is a critical crop for food and cash, as it is in Asia and South America.
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Mercy Elohor Diebiru, a third year PhD student of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has been selected as a Fellow of the Norman E.
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A team of three from the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) comprising the Director, Prof. Eric Y. Danquah and the Coordinators for Teaching and Research Programmes, Dr. Agyemang Danquah and Dr. Daniel Dzidzienyo, paid an exploratory visit to Cornell University
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) held a two day workshop on February 1 and 2, 2014 at the Forest Hotel, Dodowa on the Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) project.
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The World Bank has achieved an important milestone in the preparations towards the launch of the ACE project. An Environmental and Safeguard assessment of the ACE Project has now been completed. The University of Ghana Environmental Management Plan can be found below at the link below:
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Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, Professor of Plant Genetics at the Department of Crop Science of the University of Ghana has been appointed member of the Independent Advisory Committee of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research’s (CGIAR’s) Research Program on Dryland Cereals.
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Professor Ronnie Coffman, Director of International Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (IP-CALS) at Cornell University, USA and member of the Advisory Board of WACCI has won an inaugural World Agricultural Prize. Throughout his 43-year career, Cornell plant breeder Ronnie Coffman has sown seeds of scientific and social change across continents and generations.
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Accra, Ghana — For the few plant breeders in Africa like Vivian Oduro, working for an international research institution is an obvious choice, with prestige and benefits any agricultural scientist would find hard to decline.
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Priscilla Adofo Boateng and Ibitoye Olubunmi Dorcas, third year PhD students of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) have been selected by the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Steering Committee as AWARD FELLOWSHIP laureates.