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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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

40 Young Women Admitted into the AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging Women in Science

We are pleased to announce the selection and admission of 40 young African women into the third cohort of the AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences. The third cohort comprises 40 enthusiastic women under 35 years of age drawn from 37 institutions across five countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and […]

How Research Led a Beninese Scientist into Rural Realities, and Toward Climate Solutions

Afrique One’s Dr. Bassirou Bonfoh Joins the AWARD Steering Committee

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) has welcomed a new member into the Steering Committee, Dr. Bassirou Bonfoh. Dr Bonfoh is the Director of Afrique One at Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS), a leading African research capacity building program in One Health, funded under the African Institutions Initiative and […]

A Kenyan Gender Expert Championing Effective Gender Analysis for Inclusive Climate Action

Jackline Makokha believes that rigorous, scientific data well analyzed and packaged is critical in highlighting the fundamental importance of gender considerations in climate action. Born in rural Kenya’s Western region, Jackline is the youngest of three girls. Her parents were strict disciplinarians, owing to their professions – her father was a policeman and her mother […]

Press Release: AWARD Launches Gender in Agrifood Systems Policies (GASP) Program to Drive Inclusive Agricultural Development in Africa

Nairobi, Kenya – June 23, 2025 — African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is pleased to announce the launch of the Gender in Agrifood Systems Policies (GASP) Program, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at promoting gender-responsive policies to foster equitable and resilient agrifood systems across Africa. The inaugural cohort launch event will take place […]

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