Assessing gender and gender-based violence responsiveness in Nigeria’s agrifood policies: progress and blind spots

Transforming Nigeria’s cassava seed entrepreneur policy guidelines for inclusivity and gender responsiveness

Fostering gender responsiveness and inclusivity in Nigeria’s agricultural seed policies: proposed reforms

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 […]

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 […]

L’appel à candidatures pour l’édition 2026 du programme de formation sur le leadership dédié aux jeunes femmes africaines dans le domaine des sciences agricoles est ouvert.

Investir et soutenir le potentiel des femmes africaines de moins de 35 ans, engagées dans les sciences agricoles 9 septembre 2025 – L’appel à candidatures pour l’édition 2026 du programme de formation sur leadership dédié aux jeunes femmes africaines dans le domaine des sciences agricoles est maintenant ouvert. Le programme, financé par la Carnegie Corporation […]

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 […]

Nouveau rapport révèle des inégalités de genre persistantes dans les systèmes agroalimentaires d’Afrique subsaharienne, malgré la contribution des femmes qui représentent la moitié de la main-d’œuvre

Publié pour la première fois sur le site de la FAO.  La FAO, le NRI et AWARD présentent de nouvelles données sur la situation des femmes dans les systèmes agroalimentaires d’Afrique subsaharienne  2 septembre 2025, Dakar – En Afrique subsaharienne, environ trois femmes sur quatre (76 pour cent) travaillent dans les systèmes agroalimentaires, et les […]

The status of women in agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Building on the momentum generated by FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems global report, this report provides a comprehensive analysis of the status of women in agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting their vital yet often undervalued roles. It explores how gender inequality intersects with climate change, environmental degradation, and socio-economic factors to […]

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, […]