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 […]

53 Women Advancing Climate Solutions Join a Fellowship to Accelerate Their Impact

After a rigorous selection and review process, AWARD is pleased to announce the onboarding of 53 outstanding Climate Fellows into the second cohort of the Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action Fellowship. Drawn from 48 institutions across Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal, the new Climate Fellows will undertake a two-year Fellowship tailored […]

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 -Closed

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 – Closed. The program funded by The Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and implemented by African Women in Agricultural […]

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 […]