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The research and breeding work of our students remain a focal point of recognition of the WACCI program. A total of 17 crops have been targeted and remain the focus of our students across Africa since the inception of WACCI. The crops include: yam, cassava, sweet potato, maize, rice, sorghum, finger millet, pearl millet, forage grass, common bean, cowpea, groundnuts, garden eggs, pepper, tomatoes, and shea (Figure B1.1). These crop‐focused research projects are demand driven by national and regional priorities set by the various institutions across the NARS. Students conduct independent research into country‐specific challenges and develop customized solutions to increase productivity of key staple crops for increased adoption by farmers in students' home countries represented in Figure B1.2.

Figure B1.1 The focal crops of PhD Plant Breeding students of the WACCI Programme (2007–2019).

Figure B1.2 Home countries of current WACCI students showing student numbers per country.