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RESEARCH

PERFORMANCE

WACCI is a leader in the Agricultural ACEs and
a hub for Plant Breeding globally. It was estab-
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lished in 2007. From its inception, WACCI has
enrolled 127 PhD and 55 MPhil students from
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19 African Countries as well as produced 81
PhDs and 14 MPhils. The number of female
students at the Centre, comprise 36% for PhD
and 35% for MPhil.

UG is ranked among the top 20 Universities
The Centre was recently granted a 5-year
in Africa and the best in Ghana since 2016
accreditation from the Agency for Quality
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by Times Higher Education (THE) and
grammes in PhD in Plant Breeding and MPhil
Webometrics.
in Seed Science and Technology.

WACCI has so far released three high-yield
maize hybrid varieties in the transitional and
savanna zones of Ghana with yields between
9-11 tons/ha.

In addition, several graduates produced by the
Centre have developed and released over 60
varieties of crops including rice, maize,
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