promote to AWARD KM: promote to AWARD KM
Reviving Sorghum: A Kenyan Plant Breeder’s Mission for Resilient Farming
Sorghum is a traditionally high-value crop and an important staple cereal for over 30 African countries. Despite its rich properties, its production has been fairly low among farmers. Scientists like Molly Okoth, a 2021 One Planet Laureate Candidate working with CIMMYT, are introducing new sorghum varieties to smallholder farmers in semi-arid Kenya to strengthen their […]
Read More
AgSpirations: Histoires inspirantes de l’agriculture Africaine, Volume 4
AgSpirations volume 4, une publication de African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), présente des histoires de lauréates One Planet, qui travaillent à développer des solutions pour aider les petits exploitants africains à faire face au changement climatique et à transformer les systèmes alimentaires du continent.
Read More
AgSpirations: Inspiring Stories of African Agriculture, Volume 4
AgSpirations volume 4, a publication by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), features stories from select One Planet Laureates working to develop solutions to help African smallholders cope with the changing climate and transform the continent’s food systems.
Read More
Closing the Gender Gap in African Food Systems: Pathways to Transformation
Overwhelming evidence has shown that women provide 60-80% of Africa’s agricultural labor. Yet women farmers in sub-Saharan Africa manage 20-30% less productive plots of land than men, not because of a skill or effort issue but because of unequal access to resources. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report on the ‘Status Of […]
Read More
Stories of Hope: Featuring Emerging African Women in Science
Stories of Hope is a publication by African Women in Agricultural Research for Development (AWARD) that features the stories of 13 early-career African female scientists. The scientists participate in the AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY). Download the publication here.
Read More
The AWARD Steering Committee Appoints A New Chair and Vice Chair
Dr. Siboniso Moyo will chair the AWARD Steering Committee, with Professor Hortense Atta Diallo as vice chair. At its 24th mid-year meeting, held on June 26th, 2024, the Steering Committee of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) appointed Dr. Siboniso Moyo as its Chair, effective July 2024. Dr Moyo, Deputy Director General at […]
Read More
Top Ten Reads—Putting Women at The Center of Policy Reforms to Address Agrifood Systems Transformation in Africa
Addressing gender equality and women’s empowerment means addressing the constraining social norms and rigid gender roles that affect women’s participation in agrifood systems. As the world looks to recover and reimagine agrifood systems, increasing attention is being placed on addressing social barriers and gender-blind policies in these systems. Reports indicate that agrifood systems employ 66 […]
Read More
Celebrating the 2024 International Women’s Day
For the first time, the global Global Food 50/50 Report 2023/2024 extended its scope to address workplace policies crucial for fostering equal opportunities. Highlighting the imperative for inclusive solutions, the report underscores the significance of family-friendly policies as workplace necessities and fundamental human rights issues. During the celebration of the International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2024, […]
Read More
CSW68 Blog: 10-year-long wait comes to an end
Romana Mbinya (right) is a Lecturer and Researcher at Kenya’s Jaramogi Oginga University of Science and Technology, where her area of interest is agricultural extension and rural development. As a beneficiary of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD’s) Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship, her policy focuses on identifying gender gaps […]
Read More
CSW68 Blog: An opportunity of a lifetime
Comfort Yelipoie is a Senior Agricultural Officer at Ghana’s Directorate of Crop Services, where she is working to review the national seed investment plan to make it gender-responsive. As a beneficiary of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD’s) Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship, Comfort was shocked when she was selected […]
Read More