wacci presentation agric - cotonou 2015
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WACCI: African Centre of Excellence (ACE) for Training Plant Breeders and Seed
Scientists
Fourth ACE Project Workshop, Cotonou, Benin November 16-19, 2015 1
Dr. John S. Y. ElebluCoordinator, Research Programmes, Francophone West Africa
WACCI
West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI)
Established in June, 2007 to train plant breeders (in an innovative 4-year PhD program) over a 10-year period
(AGRA-PASS grant)
VisionTo become the foremost Centre for the training of
Plant Breeders for Africa
• To transform WACCI into a sustainable world class platform for the training of Plant Breeders and Seed Scientists & Technologists
• To enrol 65 PhD students in Plant Breeding and 60 MPhil students in Seed Science & Technology between 2014 and 2018
The Objectives of the WACCI-ACE Project
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Update DLI 2.1: PhD Students Enrollment - Cohort 8 (2015)
TCHALA NoudifouleTogo
WAAPP, Togo
OBENG-BIO Ebenezer
GhanaUSAID
DEWA Messan Koussakana
TogoWAAPP, Togo
DAWUD Maryam Abba
NigeriaWAAPP, Nigeria
SSREMBA GodfreyUganda
EU-Intra ACP Mobility
BANLA Essohouna Modom
TogoWAAPP, Togo
MELOMEY Leander Dede Ghana
Syngenta Foundation
DADZIE Abu Mustapha
GhanaUSAID
MOHAMMED Saba Baba
NigeriaWAAPP, Nigeria
UTOBLO Obaiya Grace NigeriaDAAD
DIATTA ElisabethSenegal
Purdue-SMIL
SEYNI Ousmane DiakiteNiger
Purdue-SMIL
BARNOR Teye MichaelGhanaUSAID
NGALAMU TonySouth Sudan
EU-Intra ACP Mobility
DIANGAR MoussaSenegal
WAAPP, Senegal
4; 27%
11; 73%
Regional SpreadNational Regional
11; 73%
4; 27%
GenderMale Female
Update DLI 2.1: PhD Students Admitted – Cohort 9 (2016)NAME GENDER COUNTRY
1 Mr. Ousseini Ardaly Abdou Oussou
Male Niger
2 Ms. Juliana Mariama Vangahun Female Sierra Leone3 Mrs. Augusta Jebeh Barka
Female Sierra Leone
4 Mrs. Rukaiya Aliyu Sami Female Nigeria5 Mr. Luka Atwok Opio Awata Male South Sudan6 Mr. Mahamadou Gado Djibo Male Niger7 Mr. Wendm Ygzaw Gesesew Male Ethiopia8 Mr. Bassirou Sani Boubacar Gaoh
Male Niger
9 Mr. Nathan Aliel Kachiguma Male Malawi10 Mr. Bedasa Mekonnon Dosho Male Ethiopia11 Mr. Aminu Kurawa Ibrahim
Male Nigeria
12 Mr. Tighankoumi Jnr. Gmakouba Male Togo13 Mrs. Adelaide Pingdewinde
OuedraogoFemale Burkina Faso
14 Mrs. Pearl Abu
Female Ghana
15 Mr. Michael Kwabena Osei Male Ghana16 Mrs. Rosemary Kusi-Adjei Female Ghana17 Mr. Kwabena Bediako Asare
Male Ghana
18 Mr. Yahaya Abdul Rahman Sadiq
Male Nigeria
19 Mr. Cheikh Oumar Diallo Male Senegal20 Mr. Dans Kiamue Johnson Male Liberia21 Mr. Prince Emmanuel Norman Male Sierra Leone22 Mr. Abdulwahab Saliu Shaibu Male Nigeria
18; 82%
4; 18%
Regional SpreadRegional National
16; 73%
6; 27%
GenderMale Female
Enrollment to date
82 Students Enrolled
30 Female (37%)43 Anglophone (52%)39 Francophone (48%)
MPhil Seed Science & Technology
Developed MPhil SST curriculum
Obtained accreditation for MPhil SST programme
Admission of quality students into MPhil programme in progress
Update DLI 2.2: New MPhil Programme
Innovative 2-yr MPhil SST Programme– 1 year Coursework
– 3 months experiential learning at Private Seed
Companies, National Seed Programmes, ISU-SSC,
Cornell-NYSAES and other collaborating institutions
– 1 year thesis research
Delivering
New Accredited Programmes…MPhil in Seed Science and Technology in collaboration with Iowa
State University, USA the NARS in Ghana and the private sector
Update DLI 2.2: Mphil Students Enrollment – Cohort 1 (2015)
ESHUN Kwesi Benjamin Ghana
SACKEY Evans Agortey Ghana
VUKANIA Daisy Hatong Ghana
Lorpu Kezelee Liberia
OSSOM Mathias Korle Ghana
ACHEAMPONG Anthony Ghana
ISSAH Abdul-Rashid Ghana
AMIHERE Kwame Blay Ghana
SARKODIE Jonathan Ghana
Davidetta Moore Coleguwor
Liberia
Prince Eburey Appiah Ghana
9; 82%
2; 18%
Regional SpreadNational Regional
8; 73%
3; 27%
GenderMale Female
Innovative Pro-grammes/
Curriculum Excellence built into
the programme Excellent facilities English language profi-
ciency course (Franco-phone)
Student Bursaries Stable & Friendly Environment in Ghana Impact of our Gradu-
ates
Attracting Regional Students
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3
4
1
3
2
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WACCI Cohort 9 PhD Students
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• Two boreholes, drip irrigation system, water storage system, seed store, generator
• 2.5 acres irrigable area fenced and gated (Expansion to 5 acres)
• 1,750 hybrids have been evaluated
Multi-locational trials of 10 hybrid varieties (9 - 11 t/ha) ongoing
WACCI Model Farm
Partner Engagement
WACCI, UG
AGRAGates &
Rockefeller Foundations
CGIAR Centres and Universities outside Africa
Local & Regional Institutions
(Universities, NARI’s, Private Sector, NGOs)
KNUST, CSIR, BNARI, ARCN, IER, BecA-ILRI,
INERA, INRANPremium Foods, M&B
Seeds, Seed Co.
Cornell Univ.Purdue Univ.
Univ of IllinoisIowa State Univ.
ICRISAT, IITA
GCP, JICA, USAID, DAAD,WAAPP, SFSA,
WAAPP, WORLD BANK,
Establishment of the Consortium for Agricultural Education and Innovation
Frontrunners in West Africa
Activity Responsible ACE/Persons Deadlines
Development of the framework
WACCI September 30, 2015
Review and inputs from other ACEs
ACEs representatives October 15, 2015
Discussion of the CAEIFWA documents and plans during the next ACE meeting, Cotonou, Benin
ACEs November 2015
Formation of the Steering Committee
ACE Directors November 2015
Action Plan To Strengthen Partnerships • Co - supervision of students
• Training workshops
• Faculty and Staff Exchange
• Seminars
• Breeding Programmes and Joint Research Proposals
• Genotyping and Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Meetings
• A seat on the WACCI Advisory Board (CORAF-WECARD)
Donors/SponsorsAGRA ICRISAT Drylands CerealsGCP DAAD
Cornell University USAIDPurdue University EU Intra-ACP Mobility
ProjectKirkhouse Trust Global Change
Institute/University of Queensland
VW Foundation AGRA SSTPWAAPP Premium FoodsSyngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
Revenue Generated (Jan 1, 2014 – Nov 18, 2015)SPONSOR/DONOR STUDENT(S)/PROJECT AMOUNT (USD)AGRA 1. ABDOU SOULEYMANE
2. SANATU ALIDU MUSTAPHA3. DIENI ZAKARIA4. DIALLO CHIAKA5. AKAOGU IJEOMA CHINYERE
2,440,188
WAAPP Sierra Leone 1. KARIM KUMBA YANNAH2. ISATA KAMANDA
123,642
WAAPP Senegal 1. KANFANY GHISLAIN2. BATHE DIOP3. AISSATOU SAMBOU4. MOUSSA DIANGAR
131,699
CORNELL NEXTGEN CASSAVA
1. OLUMIDE ALABI ALABA2. LYDIA EZENWAKA3. KAYONDO ISMAIL
164,397
Scholarships
SPONSOR/DONOR STUDENT(S)/PROJECT AMOUNT (USD)
USAID 1. ABU MUSTAPHA DADZIE2. EBENEZER OBENG-BIO3. MICHAEL TEYE-BANNOR
64,689
SYNGENTA FOUNDATION (SFSA)
1. LEANDER DEDE MELORME 29,155
PURDUE SMIL 1. ELISABETH DIATTA2. SEYNI DIAKITE OUSMANE
68,906
WAAPP TOGO 1. DEWA KASA MESSAN2. BANLA ESSOUHOUN3. TCHALA GILBERT
NOUDIFOULE
96,432
INTRA-ACP 1. GODFREY SSEREMBA2. TONY NGALAMU
106,740
WAAPP NIGERIA 1. MARYAM ABBA DAWUD2. MOHAMMED SABA BABA
23,078
Scholarships
SPONSOR/DONOR STUDENT(S)/PROJECT AMOUNT (USD)
ICRISAT DC DRYLANDS CEREALS SCHOLARSHIP
49,993
DAAD PART-SCHORLARSHIP FOR 7 PHD STUDENTS
98,303
GCI/UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
DEMAND-LED PLANT VARIETY DESIGN
105,000
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
FUNCTIONAL SORGHUM GENE DISCOVERY PROJECT
41,078
KIRKHOUSE TRUST PHD SCHOLARSHIP FOR SOBDA GONNE
48,543
AGRA SSTP FIELD TRIAL AND EVALUATION OF MAIZE HYBRIDS
37,834
SELF-PART SCHOLARSHIP FOR PHD STUDIES
9,043
Student Projects
• Total Revenue Generated from January 1, 2014 to November 18, 2015 is:
US$3,638,715
Total Revenue Generated
Status of Expenditure (Committed)• Seed Laboratory Equipment - US$233,861.76
• Farm Irrigation Facilities - US$49,500
• Network Equipment & Accessories - US$15,100
• Computers & Accessories - US$15,600
• Vehicles (4 X 4 & Bus) - US$217,000
• General Office Consumables - US$24,500
• Tuition scholarships (MPhil & PhD Students) - US$86,737
• Accounting software (purchased) - US$750
Challenges and Coping Strategies• Funding for qualified students
Continous resource mobilization efforts• Qualified female students willing and able to enroll
Create innovative recruitment strategies to attract female students
• Unavailability of qualified plant breeders in some countries WACCI products (graduates)
• Limited space at WACCI Expansion of existing lecture room Construction of new facility to host
Seed Science and Technology Laboratory Bioinformatics Laboratory Tissue Culture Laboratory Cold room Lecture rooms Conference rooms Offices
Acknowledgements: Partners
WAAPP
The NARS in WCA