Overview
The goal of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) is to improve food security in Africa. The approach is to equip plant breeders with the knowledge and skills to develop superior varieties of indigenous crops, using both conventional and modern technologies.
Eight students per year will be admitted over a period of five years in the first phase of the programme.Each student will follow a 5 year programme leading to the award of a Ph.D (Plant Breeding) upon successful completion. The programme consists of two stages: two years of academic study at the University of Ghana and three years of field research at the student's research station/university in his/her home country.
Crop Focus
The course work and research will focus on the following West Africa food crops:
Cereals: maize, rice, sorghum, millet
Root and tubers: cassava and sweet potato
Legumes: cowpea and groundnut
Vegetables: tomato and pepper.
Geographic Focus
West Africa with initial emphasis on Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Applicants from Cameroon may also be considered.
Selection Criteria/Funding
Scholarships are advertised extensively in all participating countries and applications are reviewed by a panel of local academics.Forty students arriving in cohorts of eight over five academic years will receive support from this innovative plant breeding Ph.D Programme.
The WACCI programme is specifically for full-time, professional plant breeders who will make their careers breeding new cultivars of food crops. Prospective students must have:
1.an MSc/MPhil in Plant Breeding, Plant Genetics, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Crop Science, Applied Entomology, Applied Nematology or equivalent degree.
2.a position as an agricultural research scientist in a national research institute or university in the potential student's home country is also essential, so that the student can return to his/her home country to conduct the field research for the PhD thesis.
Applicants should be under the age of 40.
Applicants who have not been instructed in English at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels must have a test score of at least 550 (paper test) or 213 (computer test) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
How to Apply
The application period for the 2011 academic year has ended. Applications are however being accepted for the 2012 academic year.
Please download and complete the University Applications Forms graduate application forms and send together with academic transcripts and 3 references (one of which should be your supervisor for your MSc thesis):
by electronic mail to:
(administration@wacci.edu.gh and edanquah@wacci.edu.gh)
or airmail addressed to:
West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement,University of Ghana, Legon,School of Agriculture,College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, PMB LG30, LEGON, ACCRA, GHANA
Envelopes should be marked "WACCI Application."
Successful applicants must be available to begin their studies at the University of Ghana in January 2012.
You can find more information about the PhD programme here or send us an email to info@wacci.edu.gh for any further enquiry.
Website: http://www.wacci.edu.gh/phd.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
The goal of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) is to improve food security in Africa. The approach is to equip plant breeders with the knowledge and skills to develop superior varieties of indigenous crops, using both conventional and modern technologies.
Eight students per year will be admitted over a period of five years in the first phase of the programme.Each student will follow a 5 year programme leading to the award of a Ph.D (Plant Breeding) upon successful completion. The programme consists of two stages: two years of academic study at the University of Ghana and three years of field research at the student's research station/university in his/her home country.
Crop Focus
The course work and research will focus on the following West Africa food crops:
Cereals: maize, rice, sorghum, millet
Root and tubers: cassava and sweet potato
Legumes: cowpea and groundnut
Vegetables: tomato and pepper.
Geographic Focus
West Africa with initial emphasis on Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Applicants from Cameroon may also be considered.
Selection Criteria/Funding
Scholarships are advertised extensively in all participating countries and applications are reviewed by a panel of local academics.Forty students arriving in cohorts of eight over five academic years will receive support from this innovative plant breeding Ph.D Programme.
The WACCI programme is specifically for full-time, professional plant breeders who will make their careers breeding new cultivars of food crops. Prospective students must have:
1.an MSc/MPhil in Plant Breeding, Plant Genetics, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Crop Science, Applied Entomology, Applied Nematology or equivalent degree.
2.a position as an agricultural research scientist in a national research institute or university in the potential student's home country is also essential, so that the student can return to his/her home country to conduct the field research for the PhD thesis.
Applicants should be under the age of 40.
Applicants who have not been instructed in English at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels must have a test score of at least 550 (paper test) or 213 (computer test) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
How to Apply
The application period for the 2011 academic year has ended. Applications are however being accepted for the 2012 academic year.
Please download and complete the University Applications Forms graduate application forms and send together with academic transcripts and 3 references (one of which should be your supervisor for your MSc thesis):
by electronic mail to:
(administration@wacci.edu.gh and edanquah@wacci.edu.gh)
or airmail addressed to:
West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement,University of Ghana, Legon,School of Agriculture,College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, PMB LG30, LEGON, ACCRA, GHANA
Envelopes should be marked "WACCI Application."
Successful applicants must be available to begin their studies at the University of Ghana in January 2012.
You can find more information about the PhD programme here or send us an email to info@wacci.edu.gh for any further enquiry.
Website: http://www.wacci.edu.gh/phd.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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