Special Leadership Training Designed for Younger African Climate Change Researchers in The One Planet Fellowship

In February 2024, we were delighted to convene young African researchers (under 30 years) working on climate change for an immersive leadership training as part of the One Planet Fellowship. The course is specifically designed for upcoming research leaders selected for the One Planet Fellowship and referred to as Learning Partners. The Learning Partners are emerging career scientists […]

Bridging gender-gap through transformative agricultural policies in Ethiopia

Eleven Ethiopians are among 50 African women selected in 2023 as Policy Fellows for the second cohort of the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship, an initiative of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Policy Fellows share their expectations of the […]

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Highlights from AWARD Fellows’ participation at COP 28

The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held from November 30, 2023, to December 12, 2023, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Commonly known as COP, the conference offered a platform for climate stakeholders to deliberate on ways to address […]

One Planet Laureate Candidate Leads Publication of New Study on the Sustainable Use of Tanzania’s Rufiji River Basin

Dr. Offoro Kimombo, an Environmental Scientist and a Lecturer at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), recently led a team in publishing a study on sustainable water management in Tanzania’s Rufiji River Basin. The study sheds light on the progress made in understanding Environmental Flow (e-Flow) estimation, highlighting persistent challenges stemming from limited data and […]

One Planet Laureate Candidate Wins a Grant To Enhance Safe and Sustainable Fish Value Chains in Malawi

James Banda, a 2021 One Planet Laureate Candidate, was recently awarded a research grant totaling AUD 28,889 by the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST). The grant aims to fund an intensive study on “Out scaling of Improved Fish Processing Technologies for Sustainable Fish Value Chain Development, Post-Harvest Loss Reduction and Bridging the Socio-economic […]

#FellowsinFocus: Adopting mobile-based technological solutions for forest conservation in Kenya

Applying technological solutions and innovations is increasingly an efficient approach to fostering data-informed and accurate information generation in biodiversity monitoring and forest conservation across the globe. 2020 One Planet Laureate Candidate Douglas Bwire, a researcher at the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), partners with the Kenya Forest Service through the East and Southern Africa […]

Cultivating Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness among Female Policy Practitioners: AWARD’s tool in fostering gender-responsive agri-food policies in Africa

Doreen Tekedese, a 2023 AWARD Policy Fellow, envisions the Women’s Leadership and Management Course (WLMC) as an opportunity to develop her leadership skillset in the agri-food sector. The course is part of the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship under African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). Her expected outcome is to gain […]

AWARD and partners announce an Innovation Sprint on Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action

African Women in Agricultural Research for Development (AWARD) has partnered with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification and the United Nations Foundation toward an Agricultural Innovation Mission for Climate  Innovation Sprint. Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action is an initiative that seeks to improve the numbers and experiences of women leading […]

Harnessing the Power of Innovation to Make Agriculture Attractive, Competitive, and Profitable for Smallholders

The African Development Bank (AfDB) records that since 2000, Africa has been experiencing remarkable economic growth accompanied by an improving democratic environment. However, most of the benefits of the high growth rates achieved over the last few years have not reached the rural poor. Smallholder farming generally remains inefficient with low productivity rates, and farmers […]