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Series: Policy in Action Featuring expert voices driving equitable policy reforms across Kenya AWARD, through its Gender in Agrifood Systems Policies (GASP) Program, is intensifying its efforts to promote gender integration in agriculture policies. The GASP program offers tailored interventions…...
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December 16, 2025 - The call to apply for the She Leads African Food Futures (SHEAF) Fellowship is now closed. The Fellowship targets applicants from Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal for an immersive career development program that will integrate leadership development,…...
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AWARD has onboarded 30 African women scientists into the inaugural cohort of the Women in Data Science Fellowship, a pilot initiative designed to cultivate and empower a growing pipeline of African women who are addressing challenges in agrifood systems and…...
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Dr. Alice, Murage, an AWARD Mentor, was recently appointed as the new Deputy Director for Crops for the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). She describes the appointment as a pivotal moment both personally and professionally. In this conversation,…...
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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…...
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We are pleased to welcome the third cohort of 50 dynamic African women into the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship for an immersive career development journey that will combine leadership development, technical excellence and mentoring. The 50 policy…...
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Jackline Makokha believes that rigorous, scientific data well analyzed and packaged is critical in highlighting the fundamental importance of gender considerations in climate action.   Born in rural Kenya’s Western region, Jackline is the youngest of three girls. Her parents were…...
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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…...
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Dr. Beatrice Muriithi is a 2022 AWARD-ICWAE Mentor, Research Scientist, and Agricultural Development Economist at Kenya's International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, ICIPE. She shares her experience and learning outcomes as a mentor in the AWARD-ICWAE Mentorship Program. Learn…...

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