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Call for Applications: PhD Scholarships in Plant Breeding

The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) is currently inviting applications for PhD scholarships tenable at WACCI, University of Ghana. Successful applicants will enroll in January 2014 and will comprise the seventh cohort of students.read more...

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Eight Students Win PhD Scholarships Tenable at WACCI

The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) is delighted to announce the recipients of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) PhD scholarships for January 2013 enrolment. read more ...

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ICRISAT and WACCI Sign Partnership Agreement

ICRISAT and the West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 8 April in Dakar, as part of the Partnership Day during ICRISAT's Governing Board meeting. ...

Prof. E. Y. Danquah Delivers Inaugural Lecture.

Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, Professor of Plant Genetics of the Department of Crop Science and Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), yesterday delivered his Inaugural Lecture to a packed audience in the Great Hall of the University of Ghana after which he received a standing ovation. ...

Exhibition of Academic Publications of Prof. Eric Y. Danquah At Balme Library

An exhibition on the academic publications of Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, Director of The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, has opened at the Balme Library of the University. ...

WACCI Hosts Media Professionals

As part of a four-day Media Fellowship organised by the Biosciences for Farming in Africa (B4FA), a group of about thirty media professionals including journalists, editors, broadcasters and producers have visited the West Arica Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) to familiarize themselves with the activities of the Centre. ...

WACCI Receives Grant For Sorghum Research.

Professor Eric Danquah, Professor of Plant Genetics at the University of Ghana’s College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences and Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) is among four scientists who will receive a $1 million grant to develop genomic tools needed to improve sorghum, an important African food crop. ...

WACCI Enrolls Its 6th Cohort Students.

Ten students have enrolled for a 4-year PhD programme in Plant Breeding at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI). They are from Niger, Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroon and Senegal. ...

WACCI Receives Project Support Grant of $5,214,401 for Phase II

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey has signed a project support grant agreement of $5,214,401 with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on behalf of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI). ...

WACCI Fourth Cohort Presents PhD Research Proposals

Eight students at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement have presented their PhD research proposals. ...

WACCI Interacts With the Media

A group of Journalists and Research Scientists participating in a three-day Media Fellowships organized by Biosciences for Farming in Africa (B4FA) have visited the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), to learn about the activities of the Centre and interact with staff and students. ...

Dr. Eugene Terry Honoured

Dr. Eugene Terry, the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has been presented with the 2012 Macdonald Distinguished Alumni Award at the Sir William Macdonald Luncheon held at the Centennial Centre, Macdonald College, Canada on October 13, 2012. ...

Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah attends the 2012 USA National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) and Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee (PBCC) Meeting

Professor Eric Danquah, the Director of the West Africa Center for Crop Improvement (WACCI), was one of the scientists invited to speak at the meeting which was held from August 6-8, 2012 in Indianapolis, USA. ...

IITA and WACCI in a strategic alliance to increase plant breeders in Africa

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the West Africa Center for Crop Improvement (WACCI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at training plant breeders in Africa—a strategic move to boost the number of plant breeders on the continent...

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