WACCI

@wacci_gh

The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), trains Plant Breeders in a PhD prog. & Seed Scientists in an MPhil prog. at the University of Ghana.

Accra, Ghana wacci.ug.edu.gh Joined June 2015

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WACCI @wacci_gh 13h

Congratulations to our alumnus, Prof. Maxwell Darko Asante, on winning the inaugural AfricaRice Council of Ministers Award for Excellence in Rice Research and Development in Africa in the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS category).

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WACCI @wacci_gh Nov 2

Applications are ongoing for the DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme for the MPhil in Seed Science and Technology at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana.

Deadline: 12 November 2026

Apply here: bit.ly/3UsAxV8

WACCI @wacci_gh Oct 29

Founding Director of WACCI, Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, has called for sustained investment in plant breeding and agricultural research, emphasising their importance to national economic development.

Read more: myjoyonline.com/plant-breeding…

WACCI @wacci_gh Oct 27

Eight WACCI alumni from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone are among the 47 women selected for the inaugural cohort of the Gender-Responsive Research for Optimized Women-Led Breeding Systems (GROW) Fellowship, an initiative of AWARD.

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WACCI @wacci_gh Oct 21

Prof. Eric Y. Danquah, Founding Director of WACCI, has been appointed Founding Champion and Committee Chair of the Pan-African Plant Phenomics Network (PAPP-Net). The appointment was announced at the 9th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium .

Congratulations, Prof. Danquah