Dr. Daniel K. Dzidzienyo

PhD, Molecular Biology, Nottingham

Deputy Director, Administration, Teaching, and Learning (ATL), WACCI

Senior Lecturer, Biotechnology Centre,University of Ghana

Deputy Centre Leader, WACCI-Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) project

 

 

 

 

Profile                   Grant Funded Research                   Research and Teaching                   Pulications

 

  • 2023 - 2025, ¢54,989.00, Pathogenicity and characterisation of geographically separate populations of Scutellonema bradys on yam from Ghana, University of Ghana Research Fund (UGRF), 14th call for proposal, Collaborator
  • 2023 - 2026, € 709,150, Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union development project on “Improving Study Programs in Ghana by Introducing Green Solutions, Sustainability Modules

    and Digital Transformation (lmPreSSion)”, European Union ERASMUS, Collaborator
  • 2022 – 2027, US$ 557,750, Incubator programme at the Kofi Annan Enterprise Hub for Agricultural Innovation (KAEHAI), WACCI for training young agribusiness entrepreneurs, KGL Foundation, Collaborator
  • 2022 – 2027, US$50,000, Biofortification of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Storage Roots for Nutritional Enhancement with Farmers Preferred Traits, WACCI, Principal Investigator
  • 2019 - 2025, US$5.5 Million, WACCI: Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) for Agricultural Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The World Bank, Collaborator
  • 2018 - 2021, US$ 1 million, Crop and Soil Health improvement for sustainable agricultural intensification towards economic intensification in West Africa, African Union & European Union, Collaborator
  • 2018 - 2020, US$249,991, Upscaling West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) Released Maize Hybrids for Increased Productivity in Ghana, AGRA, Collaborator
  • 2015 - 2021, US$1,835,873, Training the next generation of plant breeders and seed scientists, The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Collaborator
  • 2015 - 2018, US$600,000, The Strive Masiyiwa Scholarship Award (SMSA) For training Plant breeders at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), ECONET Wireless, Collaborator
  • 2015 - 2017, US$75,000, Development, evaluation and promotion of selected maize hybrids in West African regions, AGRA, Collaborator
  • 2015 - 2017, ¢29,999, Importance, Identification of the Causative Organism and Control of Tree Decline, A New Disease of Mango in Ghana, University of Ghana Research Fund (UGRF), 8th call for proposal, Collaborator
  • 2014 - 2020, US$2.9 million, USAID-Ghana/University of Ghana: Institutional Capacity Building to Improve Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in the Context of Economic Policy Management in Ghana, USAID, Collaborator
  • 2014 - 2018, US$ 8million, Developing WACCI into an African Centre of Excellence (ACE) for training plant breeders, seed scientists and seed technologists, The World Bank, Collaborator