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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 over […]
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Better Seeds, Local Veggie Revolution in Benin | 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 Pamela Afokpe, a manager […]
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Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Participates in a Training on Gender and Agrifood Systems
Recent evidence indicates that achieving equitable agrifood systems calls for an urgent need to make gender equality and women’s empowerment a mandatory part of food security and nutrition policies and country action plans. That is why African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) together with its partners are intensifying efforts towards integration of gender […]
Read MoreFrom 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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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 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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