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…...

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) has welcomed a new member into the Steering Committee, Dr. Bassirou Bonfoh. Dr Bonfoh is the Director of Afrique One at Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS), a leading…...

March 18, 2025 – The Call to apply for the 2025 Young Impact Associates (YIA) in Agrifood Systems Fellowship is now open. Are you a young African passionate about driving transformational change through data-driven decisions in African agrifood systems? Are…...

In a world where balancing roles—especially for women in the workplace and academia—can often feel like an impossible juggling act, the story of Dr. Evelyn Asante Yeboah, a 2011 AWARD Fellow, and a natural resources scientist, shines as a beacon…...

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) announces the selection of 47 female professionals working on climate solutions into its Climate Action Fellowship. February 3, NAIROBI- A new Fellowship seeking to achieve a twin goal of increasing the number…...

Dr. Mariama Ngom, a Researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal, is a 2019 African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellow and a mentor under the One Planet Fellowship. She works on valorizing neglected crops with nutritional…...