He also focuses on farmer's knowledge and plant breeding, technologies for food security in Africa, and training the next generation of research scientists.
[citation needed] From 2000-2001, he developed Simple Sequence Repeats (Microsatellites) for Echinochloa species as a visiting scientist at the Long Ashton Research Station (UK).
[1][5] In its first ten years, WACCI attracted more than $30M US dollars of R&D funding, and trained more than 120 PhD and 49 MPhil students in Seed Science and Technology from 19 African countries.
[8] In 2020, he was selected to serve on the board of the Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement established by the United States Agency for International Development.
[9] Danquah is the recipient of many awards, including the Distinguished Award for Meritorious Service from the University of Ghana in 2013, and the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences (GCHERA) World Agriculture Prize in 2018 for his "significant contribution to the mission of the University of Ghana through education, research and knowledge transfer for the benefit of society".