Dr. Agyemang Danquah
PhD, Molecular Genetics, Paris Saclay
Deputy Director, Research, Innovation, and Technology (RID), WACCI
Senior Lecturer, Crop Science Department, University of Ghana
Oct 2024 - Nov 2026 USD 337,500; Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Capacity hub project (Co-Principal Investigator) [V0215.01.02]. Sponsor: US Department of State through the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Nov 2022 - Oct 2025 Euro 718,734; Improving Study Programs in Ghana by Introducing Green Solutions, Sustainability Modules and Digital Transformation [ImPreSSion] (Project Collaborator). Sponsor: European Union
Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 USD 15,000; Development of Locally Certified Improved Tomato Hybrid Seeds and Production Capacity Building in Ghana (Principal Investigator). Sponsor: Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development [BHEARD]
Sep 2019 - Mar 2023 USD 5.5 million; WACCI: Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) for Agricultural Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Project Collaborator). Sponsor: The World Bank
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021 USD 154,500; Demand-led plant variety design for emerging markets in Africa (Project Collaborator). Sponsor: The Alliance for Agricultural R&D for Food Security (made up of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture SFSA, the Crawford Fund and the Australian International Food Research Security Centre of ACIAR)
Oct 2018 - Oct 2020 GHS 38,955; Grafting for disease resistance against Fusarium oxyspporium F. SP. Lycopersicae in tomato genotypes (Project Collaborator). Sponsor: Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) Research Fund Grant, University of Ghana
Nov 2017 - Jan 2021 USD 1 million; AU project Crop and Soil Health improvement for sustainable agricultural intensification towards economic intensification in West Africa (Project Collaborator). Sponsor: African Union
Nov 2017 - Oct 2022 Euro 1,398,975; Partnership for Training Scientists in Crop Improvement for Africa (SCIFSA) (Co-Principal Investigator) [591893-PANAF-1-2017-1-UG-PANAF-MOBAF]. Sponsor: European Union
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017 Euros 13,455; Evaluation of some greenhouse tomato hybrids at Aburi (Co-Principal Investigator). Sponsor: Syngenta Seeds BV
Jun 2016 - Sep 2017 Euros 50,000; Multi-locational Evaluation of Some Determinate Tomato Hybrids in Ghana (Co-Principal Investigator). Sponsor: Syngenta Seeds BV & GhanaVeg
May 2016 - Apr 2019 USD 564,741; Integrated resource development for the genome-enabled improvement of shea tree for sub-Saharan Africa (Co-Principal Investigator and Education & Capacity Building Lead) Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) [USD 69,089 to Agyemang]
Jan 2016 - Dec 2019 USD 600,000; The Strive Masiyiwa Scholarship Award (SMSA) For Training Plant Breeders at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) (Project Collaborator). Sponsor: ECONET Wireless
Feb 2015 - Jan 2017 USD 70,000; Development and evaluation of selected maize hybrids in West African Regions (Project collaborator). Sponsor: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021 USD 1,835,873 Training the next generation of plant breeders and seed scientists (Project Collaborator). Sponsor: The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Jan 2015 - Mar 2017 USD 195,000; WACCI Pan-African Education Leadership Role on “Demand Led Plant Variety Design for Emerging Markets in Africa” (Project collaborator). Sponsor: The Alliance for Agricultural R&D for Food Security (made up of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture SFSA, the Crawford Fund and the Australian International Food Research Security Centre of ACIAR)
Jan 2014 - Sep 2018 USD 8 million; Developing WACCI into an African Centre of Excellence (ACE) for training plant breeders, seed scientists and seed technologists (Project collaborator). Sponsor: The World Bank
