The Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR) MPhil and PhD Programmes 2022/2023 Application Deadline: 15th November, 2022The Africa Centre
Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah has been announced the winner of the 2022 Africa Food Prize at the AGRF2022 Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The Africa Food Prize is the preeminent annual award that recognizes outstanding individuals or institutions that are leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa.…
The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has called for strategic investments in the seed systems of six staple crops in Ghana for agricultural and industrial transformation. The six crops are rice, maize, soybean, cowpea, tomato and cassava. This came to light after a two-day meeting, organised by the…
Professor Eric Danquah, Founding Director, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, has advocated increased local seed production in Ghana, as part of efforts to ensure food security. This, he said would also go a long way to reduce Ghana’s dependence on imported seeds. Prof Danquah made…