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SIERRA LEONE’S FIRST PLANT MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY INAUGURATED ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR WAVE!
SIERRA LEONE’S FIRST PLANT MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY INAUGURATED ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR WAVE!

When Dr. Alusaine Samura received his PhD in plant protection from Njala University in Sierra Leone, there was no laboratory where he could focus on identifying the pathogens...

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WAVE/IFA-Yangambi for cassava pest and disease control in DRC
WAVE/IFA-Yangambi for cassava pest and disease control in DRC

Tshopo : WAVE/IFA-Yangambi pour la lutte contre les maladies et ravageurs de Manioc en RDC

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WAVE becomes a Regional Center of Excellence for transboundary plant pathogens
WAVE becomes a Regional Center of Excellence for transboundary plant pathogens

WAVE was established by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a Regional Center of Excellence for transboundary plant pathogens on May 27, 2021.   ...

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New Center to Boost Fight Against Transboundary Plant Pathogens
New Center to Boost Fight Against Transboundary Plant Pathogens

New Center to Boost Fight Against Transboundary Plant Pathogens   A new center of excellence with the mission to rein in on transboundary plant pathogens would be...

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WAVE and AWARD join forces to empower African Women scientists
WAVE and AWARD join forces to empower African Women scientists

According to the World Bank, sub-Saharan Africa has about 30% of women researchers. Significant disparities also exist between male and female researchers in the region...

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Towards the operationalization of national response plans for  the management of cassava viral diseases
Towards the operationalization of national response plans for the management of cassava viral diseases

Since 2018, WAVE has initiated a regional advocacy among African agricultural stakeholders to effectively fight against cassava mosaic disease (CMD), present in most African...

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WAVE 3rd Annual Meeting in Abidjan
WAVE 3rd Annual Meeting in Abidjan

WAVE’s third annual meeting was held from May 31 to June 03, 2021, at the Pôle Scientifique et d’Innovation of Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny. WAVE Country Directors...

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High level policy and technical dialogue on cassava viral diseases
High level policy and technical dialogue on cassava viral diseases

Policy makers, donors, researchers and agricultural stakeholders gathered in Abidjan on May 27-28, 2021 for a high-level policy and technical dialogue on cassava viral...

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WAVE Project: CRI-Kumasi Trains Agric Officers To Track Cassava Disease
WAVE Project: CRI-Kumasi Trains Agric Officers To Track Cassava Disease

The capacity building event which forms part of a one-year project called “Central West Africa Virus Epidemiology (WAVE)”, focused on equipping them with a technical know-how...

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS SUPERVISOR FOR THE MONITORING OF PHD STUDENTS IN SOCIO-ECONOMICS
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS SUPERVISOR FOR THE MONITORING OF PHD STUDENTS IN SOCIO-ECONOMICS

REF: WAVE / CORAF Superv. SE 2124 / DeSIRA Project   Opening date: 09 April 2021  Closing date: 19 April 2021   The Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE)...

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Official launching of WAVE Sierra Leone activities
Official launching of WAVE Sierra Leone activities

Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, welcomed the launching ceremony of the WAVE activities in Sierra Leone, on December 1 st , 2020. The ceremony gathered around sixty...

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Advanced multidimensional technology Cube: a scientific innovation revolutionizing agricultural data analysis
Advanced multidimensional technology Cube: a scientific innovation revolutionizing agricultural data analysis

Research and Development are WAVE’s core activities. As a research program, data collection and analysis are in essence vital components in the fight against root and tuber...

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Surveys in cassava fields: an essential step in the fight against cassava viral diseases in West and Central Africa
Surveys in cassava fields: an essential step in the fight against cassava viral diseases in West and Central Africa

Fighting root and tuber crops viruses requires accurate scientific data on virus strains present in all the program countries, their geographical distribution, or plant...

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Launching Ceremony of WAVE Phase 2
Launching Ceremony of WAVE Phase 2

On November 6th, 2019, Libreville hosted the WAVE Phase 2 launching ceremony under the theme of “The power of togetherness to unleash agriculture productivity in central and...

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