The African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) was started in 2002 with the ambitious goal of becoming a world-class training centre for African plant breeders.
Based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, its 124 PhD graduates are part of a new generation of African scientists who are highly trained global experts on the continent’s food security crops. Collectively they have released over 150 new crop varieties, many of which have been bred to be ‘climate-smart’ and are drought tolerant and resistant to pests and diseases that plague these crops.
The ACCI was originally funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and later the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). It now relies on funding from various sources.
Company Details
- Employees
- 2
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Carbis Rd, Room 121,rabie Sanders Building,south Africa
- Industry
- Farming
- NAICS
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Crop ProductionOilseed and Grain FarmingVegetable and Melon FarmingFruit and Tree Nut FarmingGreenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture ProductionOther Crop FarmingSoybean FarmingOilseed (except Soybean) FarmingDry Pea and Bean FarmingWheat FarmingCorn FarmingRice FarmingOther Grain FarmingOrange GrovesCitrus (except Orange) GrovesNoncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut FarmingFood Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Floriculture ProductionTobacco FarmingCotton FarmingSugarcane FarmingHay FarmingAll Other Crop FarmingOilseed and Grain Combination FarmingAll Other Grain FarmingPotato FarmingOther Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon FarmingApple OrchardsGrape VineyardsStrawberry FarmingBerry (except Strawberry) FarmingTree Nut FarmingFruit and Tree Nut Combination FarmingOther Noncitrus Fruit FarmingMushroom ProductionOther Food Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Tree ProductionFloriculture ProductionSugar Beet FarmingPeanut FarmingAll Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
- Website
- http://www.acci.org.za
- Keywords
- Agriculture, plant breeding, plant pathology, genetics, Agronomy, Molecular biology, Biotechnology, Food security, Crop protection, Mutation breeding, Crop science, soil science.
- HQ
- Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
- Competitors
- Royal African Foundation, WePlanet Africa, Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA), South African Society of Crop Production SASCP, African Foundation for Climate Change and Sustainable Development (AFCCSD), Pacific Horticulture, African University Foundation, Syngenta, CIMMYT, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County.
African Centre For Crop Improvement Questions
African Centre For Crop Improvement's website is http://www.acci.org.za
African Centre For Crop Improvement's LinkedIn profile is https://za.linkedin.com/company/african-centre-for-crop-improvement
African Centre For Crop Improvement has
2 employees.
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employees at African Centre For Crop Improvement.
African Centre For Crop Improvement's industry is
Farming
African Centre For Crop Improvement's top competitors are
Royal African Foundation,
Weplanet Africa,
Centre For Coordination Of Agricultural Research And Development For Southern Africa (Ccardesa),
South African Society Of Crop Production Sascp,
African Foundation For Climate Change And Sustainable Development (Afccsd),
Pacific Horticulture,
African University Foundation,
Syngenta,
Cimmyt,
Cornell Cooperative Extension Of Madison County.
African Centre For Crop Improvement's categories are Farming
African Centre For Crop Improvement's founding year is 2002
