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Together with women farmers in Odisha, India, Dr. Swati visited a field site to validate germplasms recommended by the national agricultural research and extension systems.

News: Climate, Food Security & Nutrition, Gender

World Food Prize Foundation Announces Recipient of the 2023 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application

Global: Dr Swati Nayak is being recognised for her innovative approach to engaging farmers in demand-driven rice seed systems.

Opinion: Climate, Food Security & Nutrition, Gender

Cultivating Resilience: Uniting against Climate Change for Africa’s Food Future

Amath Pathé Sene

Africa & Middle East: Building resilience in food systems means increased attention, compassion and united action across Africa.

Opinion: Environment, Food Security & Nutrition, Gender

Five Steps to Reducing Livestock’s Impact on the Environment

Dan Collison

Africa & Middle East: Farm Africa Chief Executive Dan Collison unpacks the ways livestock can benefit the environment, livelihoods and more.

Opinion: Environment, Gender

Four Priorities for Gender-Responsive Agricultural Policies

Dorine Odongo

Africa & Middle East: Four key priorities for food systems' policy to better support women in Africa as the continent contends with the impacts of climate change and conflict.

Opinion: Environment, Gender

Building the Resilience of Smallholder Women Farmers in India

Reema Nanavaty

Asia: Empowering smallholder women farmers in India in agriculture.

Opinion: Environment, Gender

A Double Win: Revolutionising African Agriculture to Empower Youth and Sustain the Continent’s Development

Dennis Rangi

Africa & Middle East: An African agricultural revolution can not only help advance the continent’s development progress, but it can also solve the growing challenge of youth unemployment, especially in rural areas.

Opinion: Gender, Market Access

Improving Cashew Production via Inspiring Community-Led Films

Sheryl Cowan & Jean Francois

Africa & Middle East: How film initiatives can be utilized to build capacity among smallholders.

Opinion: Environment, Gender, Market Access

Helping Food Systems Recover from COVID-19: Where Do We Go from Here?

Kindra Halvorson

Global: Kindra Halvorson, Chief Transformation Officer, TechnoServe, reflects on the previous year to identify key learnings to help food systems recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. A year and a half since COVID-19 was first declared a pandemic, nearly every aspect of our world has been impacted and disrupted. Food systems are no exception. According to the […]

Opinion: Environment, Gender

Equitable Food Systems Need Equitable Science

Dorine Odongo

Africa & Middle East: Ensuring the representation of women in science can help to strengthen research and innovation in our food systems.

Opinion: Gender, Market Access

Empowering Women in Uganda’s Coffee Sector

Benjamin Okia

Africa & Middle East: More inclusive farming practices are helping female Ugandan coffee growers to increase their autonomy.

: Food Security & Nutrition, Gender

How Livestock are Improving Women’s Livelihoods in Eastern Africa

Meron Yomcwiny

Africa & Middle East: The Livestock for Livelihoods project is empowering pastoralist women in rural Uganda and Ethiopia to earn their own incomes and better support their families.

Opinion: Food Security & Nutrition, Gender

Women as Key Agents of Change to Agriculture, Food and Nutrition

Mona S. Chaya

Africa & Middle East: Empowering women can improve agricultural practices, nutrition and food systems.

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