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, particularly in terms of senior management positions. Women represent only...
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Since 2018, WAVE has initiated a regional advocacy among African agricultural stakeholders to effectively fight against cassava mosaic disease (CMD), present in most African countries and on the need to be proactive regarding the rapid...
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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, financial and technical partners as well as several students gathered...
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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 diseases, co-organized by WAVE and the West and Central African Council for...
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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. This Regional Center of Excellence was inaugurated in the presence of 5...
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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) Program hosted by Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY University (UFHB) of Abidjan...
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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 participants including representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and...
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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 crops viral diseases. With more than 5000 field surveys conducted since...
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Fighting root and tuber crops viruses requires accurate scientific data on virus strains present in all the program countries, their geographical distribution, or plant genotypes to which they are most susceptible. To this end, the WAVE program...
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