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African Women in Agricultural Research and Development

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About AWARD

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation. We invest in African scientists, research institutions, and agribusinesses so that they can deliver agricultural innovations that better respond to the needs and priorities of a diversity of women and men across Africa’s agricultural value chains.

What We Do

FELLOWSHIPS

Our fellowships initiative invests in building the science, leadership, and mentoring skills of high potential agricultural scientists. Since 2008, AWARD has, through individually tailored fellowships, worked to strengthen the research and leadership skills of African women in agricultural science, empowering them to contribute more effectively to alleviating poverty and increasing food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

Gender-Responsive Agricultural Research and Development (GRARD) is the leading vehicle we use to drive our institutional engagement.Through GRARD we work with national agricultural research and development research institutions to strengthen their ability to deliver their mandate in ways that consider the needs and priorities of the wide range of their end-users.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

We develop and influence global platforms that shape the narrative around gender-responsive agricultural research and development. Through these platforms, we amplify the voices of the African experts, foster experience sharing and learning, forge partnerships and collaborations and catalyze intergenerational learning.

AWARD TRAINING

AWARD envisions an African Agricultural Research and Development (ARD) landscape with organizations, policies, technologies, and programs that attend to the needs of both women and men. This means, making women’s and men’s concerns and experiences integral to the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all ARD work so that all are represented equitably and benefit equally. The holistic nature, individually tailored approach, intensity, and diversity of AWARD’s training offerings have led to a high degree of impact across all evaluation criteria, as well as research outcomes. However, the ability of the host organization to recognize, accommodate, and create continual growth opportunities is one of the most difficult challenges trainees are likely to face.

OUR STRATEGY

AWARD Strategy 2017 – 2022

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) works toward inclusive,agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation. We invest in African scientists, research institutions, and agribusinesses so that they can deliver agricultural innovations that better respond to the needs and priorities of a diversity of women and men across Africa’s agricultural value chains.

AWARD was founded in 2008 as a career-development program that sought to widen the pipeline of capable, influential African women scientists in leadership. Since our founding, we have significantly expanded in our vision and mission, which are anchored on three pillars that guide the execution of our current strategy:

Pillar one: We invest in building a pool of capable, confident, and influential African scientists to lead critical advances and innovations in the agricultural research and development sector (ARD).

Pillar two: We support African ARD institutions to prioritize and embrace gender responsiveness in both policy and practice. We partner with institutions to grow their capacity for gender-responsive agricultural research by leveraging the talents of gender-diverse research teams and strengthening gender prioritization in research, design, implementation, and dissemination.

Pillar three: We are building an enabling environment for gender responsiveness to become an embedded cultural norm and practice in the African ARD by growing the awareness of gender issues into policies, programs, and accountability mechanisms. We focus on increasing the visibility of women researchers and research leaders, generating and curating compelling evidence on the value of gender responsiveness in ARD.

While each pillar has its own set of objectives, they are also highly interdependent. They together form a singular comprehensive strategic approach that will continue to guide AWARD’s effort to enhance the gender responsiveness of African agricultural research.

The refreshed AWARD strategy 2017-2022 is a robust response to our monitoring, evaluation, and learning coupled with our initiatives’ demand.

Our vision remains a robust, resilient gender-responsive agricultural innovation system working toward agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa. We will continue investing in African scientists and institutions to deliver and influence innovative, sustainable, gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). Hosted by World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri. P.O Box 30677-00100 Nairobi, Kenya.

Email: awardqueries@cifor-icraf.org | Tel: +254 (0) 20 722 4242

 
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