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From Numbers to Narrative: In Pursuit of Gendered Data to Transform Nigeria’s Aquaculture
Aquaculture is vital to food and nutrition security, economic empowerment, and employment for millions globally. However, its benefits are not evenly distributed in households between men and women due to gender-based constraints that limit maximum returns. “For decades now, Nigerian value chain analyses have connoted ‘household head’ as a single unit”, a challenge that glosses […]
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A Kenyan AWARD Mentor Named the 2025 Africa Food Prize Winner
Professor Mary Abukutsa Onyango, a renowned Kenyan scientist who has extensively worked on African leafy vegetables and championed their consumption for improved, affordable nutrition, has received the prestigious Africa Food Prize. Announced on September 3rd at the 2025 Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, Senegal, professor Abukutsa Onyango was named the 2025 Africa Food Prize […]
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The Call for the 2026 AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences opens
Investing in high potential African women in agricultural sciences under the age of 35 years September 9, 2025 — The call for applications to the 2026 Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences is now open. The program funded by The Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and implemented by African Women in […]
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Report: The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa report, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich (NRI) and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD was presented on 2 September 2025 during the Africa Food Systems Forum in […]
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Rooted Progress: Boosting Taro and Cocoyam Farming in Togo | Powering Planetary Change
“Powering Planetary Change: Climate Solutions for Africa, by Africa” is a groundbreaking documentary series produced by the African Women in Agricultural Research for Development (AWARD). This series highlights innovative research interventions and scientific advancements led by African scientists, beneficiaries of the AWARD One Planet Fellowship Program. In this video, we feature Damigou Bammite, a researcher […]
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Photo Story: How research Led a Beninese Scientist into Rural Realities, and Toward Climate Solutions
Adikath Abiola is an agricultural economist who grew up in an urban area in Benin’s capital city, Cotonou. She holds the position of Officer in charge of the professionalization of cooperatives and professional organizations in Benin’s Ministry of Agriculture. She says that research exposed her to the realities of farmers in the rural areas, while […]
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New report exposes pervasive gender inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa’s agrifood systems, despite women powering half the agrifood workforce
First published on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) website. 02/09/2025 In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately three out of four working women (76 percent) are employed in agrifood systems, and women make up 49 percent of the agrifood systems workforce. Within agrifood systems, women’s employment in off-farm segments – such as production, […]
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AWARD at 2025 Africa Food Systems Forum
Hosted under the leadership of H.E. Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FAYE, President of the Republic of Senegal, the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 Summit will bring together public and private sector leaders, policymakers, researchers, development partners, and youth champions around the theme: “Africa’s Youth Leading Collaboration, Innovation, and Implementation of Agri-Food Systems Transformation.” African Women in […]
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AWARD Delivers Workshop to Aid Institutionalization of Gender Responsive Agrifood Systems in Madagascar
Across Africa, there is a growing awareness of the need for inclusive and gender responsive policies in agriculture. However, according to the 2023 Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) Annual Trends and Outlook Report, many institutions, particularly Ministries of Agriculture and key public sector actors, still lack the internal capacity, tools. and systems […]
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50 African Women Policy Practitioners Join the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy Fellowship
We are pleased to welcome the third cohort of 50 dynamic African women into the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship for an immersive career development journey that will combine leadership development, technical excellence and mentoring. The 50 policy practitioners from five Africa countries – Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Uganda— were selected from […]
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