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Free Insects Reduce Feeding Cost for Fish Farmers
Some smallholder commercial fish farmers in the South-South region of Nigeria are reducing feeding costs by about 15 percent through the provision of free insects for fish to consume all night long. Ebinimi Ansa, an aquaculture researcher and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellow, who has been at the forefront of innovative […]
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One Planet Laureate Candidate Improving Malawi Smallholders’ Resilience to Climate Change
Changing weather patterns, poor land management, low adoption of agricultural technologies, and weak market links are some of the challenges facing farmers in Malawi. Dr. Austin Phiri, a 2019 One Planet Laureate Candidate, is leading an innovative research project that aims to increase sorghum productivity, catalyze smallholders’ adoption of the technology and enhance their [smallholders] […]
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The AgSpirations Report by AWARD
Monday, May 10, 2021 —African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is excited to release a new publication highlighting some of the gender-responsive innovations enhancing agricultural research and development in Africa. The new publication, AgSpirations Volume 1, features inspiring stories of African agriculture and outlines some of AWARD’s achievements in strengthening the production and […]
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The Bane of the Gender Gap in STEM Leadership: How Can we Plug it?
(2008 Malawian AWARD Fellow, Victoria Ndolo) That the world continues to be plagued by a yawning gender gap, depriving it of massive untapped resources, cannot be overstated. As we commemorated International Women’s Day 2021, we purposed to sustain the conversation on women in leadership through a month-long campaign that spotlighted women leading agricultural research culminating […]
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The Sixth International Conference for Women in Science Without Borders
November 3-5, 2021 ? Nairobi Kenya 2021 The University of Embu will host the 6th International Conference for Women in Science Without Borders from November 3rd to 5th 2021 in Nairobi. Women in Science Without Borders (WISWB) is a gender-inclusive initiative and network of scientists from over 60 countries worldwide. This is a conference series […]
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Announcing AWARD Director Transition
Dear friends, This month marks exactly seven years since I began in my role as AWARD Director. In those seven years, we have successfully built upon the foundation laid by my predecessor, Vicki Wilde, and today AWARD is recognized across the continent and globally as a leading champion for gender-responsive agricultural research. It is with […]
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Ice-cold Innovation to Reduce Postharvest Losses
The adage “waste not, want not” is University of Nairobi horticultural researcher Dr. Jane Ambuko’s vision for her own country and for Africa, where the equivalent of four billion dollars worth of food is lost annually due to inefficiencies across the agricultural value chain after crops are harvested, according to a study by the Alliance for a […]
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Malawian Farmers Learn to Earn More from Their Sweet Potato Crops
Sharing her knowledge and expertise about sweet-potato breeding, AWARD Fellow Dr. Felistus Chipungu encouraged a group of Malawian farmers to look at new applications and techniques for their sweet potato crops. Her successful training event, held at the Nsikawanjala extension planning area in Mulanje district, drew some 200 farmers, the majority of whom were women. […]
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Zambian Girls Gain Fresh Perspectives on Agricultural Science
AWARD Fellow Nkumbu Mutwale, a research officer at the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, recently spoke to some 250 female students at Kabunda Girls Secondary School in Mansa, Zambia, a poor rural area where people earn their livelihoods through fishing and cassava cultivation. Early marriages are common here and education is not always valued. “I met […]
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Nigerian and Zambian AWARD Country Chapters Partner to Convene a Dialogue
Commemorating this year’s International Women’s day theme calling for collective action to #choosetochallenge, AWARD’s country chapters, Nigerian Women in Agricultural Research and Development (NiWARD), and Zambian Women in Agricultural Research and Development (ZaWARD), partnered toward a webinar to strengthen their working relations and expose them to more career opportunities. Held on March 8, 2021, the […]
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