Improving Livestock Production in Kenya

Watch AWARD Fellow Bridgit Muasa's presentation at the recent Rio +20 conference.

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Global Alliance Shares Progress, Considers Strategies to Use Modern Tools to Unlock the Promise of Cassava

Focusing on the future of cassava: AWARD Fellows and Mentors contributed actively to the second scientific meeting of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21), in Kampala, Uganda recently (June 18-22). Back row, right to left: Professor Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Dr. Emma Kambewa, Professor Malachy O. Akoroda, Dr. Foluke Abimbola Aderemi, Professor Sanni Lateef Oladimeji. Front row: Vincentia Naa Ayele Hammond, Dr. Josephine Songa, Dr. Bolanle Akinwande, Olapeju Onadipe, Dr. Salome Mutayoba, Deborah Wendiro, Ugo Chijioke

Global leaders in cassava research have drawn up an action plan to unleash the potential of cassava as a key crop to boost food security, tackle poverty and address a changing climate.

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Viewing Sweet Potato Value Chains Through a Gender Lens

Ugandan AWARD Fellow Sarah Mayanja shares her career journey

By Sarah Mayanja

When I won a fellowship from African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) two years ago, little did I know that my life and career were going to change tremendously. I had just turned 47; I did not have an MSc and had limited hope of ever pursuing one, or ever getting a job with a prestigious organization.

That was then. Now I am a value-chains development/marketing specialist with the International Potato Center (CIP), a regional job that enables me to interface with sweet potato farmers, processors, and traders in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. But let me tell you about my journey.

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Global Gathering Features Leading Authorities on Cassava Research

An impressive lineup of the leaders in cassava research and development from around the globe will present during the second scientific conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21^st Century (GCP21), June 18 – 22, 2012 in Kampala, Uganda. More than 300 leading cassava researchers and stakeholders from around the world will attend, including three AWARD Fellows representing Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria.

GCP21 consists of 45 member institutions working on research and development of cassava, a staple crop relied on by more than 700 million people worldwide. The ultimate goal of the partnership is to improve cassava productivity through scientific research and development. Topics to be covered at the conference include climate change, pests and diseases, genomics, breeding, and biodiversity.

The Global Cassava Partnership serves as an advocate for cassava issues and leverages research and development by facilitating dialogue among farmers, stakeholders, producers, researchers, and donor agencies via scientific and technical meetings, collectively seeking smart strategies, funding opportunities, and catalyzing solutions to technical challenges such as cassava genomics.

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On the Road to Success: AWARD Fellows from Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia Report on their Career-path Progress at Regional Meeting

Agricultural research advanced, grants obtained, scholarships won, new knowledge acquired, and promotions received. These are just a few of the accomplishments of AWARD Fellows from Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, who convened recently during an AWARD Regional Progress Monitoring Meeting in Chisamba, Zambia.

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From Kampala to Mexico City: Sharing It Forward

AWARD Fellow Esther Wamono a nutrition officer with UNICEF in Uganda, addressed delegates at the G(irls)20 Summit in Mexico City recently.

In advance of the G20 Leaders’ summit scheduled for June in Mexico, 21 young women representing the G20 nations and the African Union  gathered in Mexico City from May 23-31 for the third annual G(irls)20 Summit.

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