AWARD News Feed http://awardfellowships.org/ Tue, 21 May 2013 06:17:38 GMT FeedCreator 1.8.0-dev (info@mypapit.net) Program for Emerging Agricultural Research Leaders (PEARLs) http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/funding-news/720-program-for-emerging-agricultural-research-leaders-pearls.html Program for Emerging Agricultural Research Leaders (PEARLs)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Deadline: September 30, 2013
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The PEARLs program

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]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 06:07:58 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/funding-news/720-program-for-emerging-agricultural-research-leaders-pearls.html Introducing the Next Generation of Leaders in African Agriculture: 2013 AWARD Fellowship Winners Convene http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/717-introducing-the-next-generation-of-leaders-in-african-agriculture-2013-award-fellowship-winners-convene.html Introducing the Next Generation of Leaders in African Agriculture: 2013 AWARD Fellowship Winners Convene

The atmosphere was electric as

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]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 06:50:57 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/717-introducing-the-next-generation-of-leaders-in-african-agriculture-2013-award-fellowship-winners-convene.html AWARD Announces Pilot Program Expansion to Francophone Africa http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/674-award-announces-pilot-program-expansion-to-francophone-africa.html AWARD Announces Pilot Program Expansion to Francophone Africa

AWARD, CORAF/WECARD, Agropolis Fondation partner to advance women’s research benefiting smallholder farmers.

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]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:17:42 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/674-award-announces-pilot-program-expansion-to-francophone-africa.html Addressing Gender in Climate-Smart Smallholder Agriculture http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/667-addressing-gender-in-climate-smart-smallholder-agriculture.html Addressing Gender in Climate-Smart Smallholder Agriculture

ICRAF Policy Brief 14

This policy brief focuses on the constraints that women face to more equitable participation in smallholder carbon

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]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:12:49 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/667-addressing-gender-in-climate-smart-smallholder-agriculture.html Sisters in Science http://awardfellowships.org/media/award-in-the-news/664-sisters-in-science.html Sisters in Science

AWARD Fellows Dr. Salome Mutayoba, Associate Professor at Sokoine University of Agriculture, and Betty Chalamila, Agricultural Research Officer at the Mikocheni Agricultural Research

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]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:34:00 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/media/award-in-the-news/664-sisters-in-science.html Transformative Partnerships for a Food-secure World http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/663-transformative-partnerships-for-a-food-secure-world.html Transformative Partnerships  for a Food-secure World

Check out this {rokbox title=|Transformative Partnerships for a Food-secure World| text=|creative new video|}http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pKaoD5sGjw&hd=1&autoplay=1{/rokbox}produced by the CGIAR Program on Climate Change, Agriculture

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]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:25:30 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/663-transformative-partnerships-for-a-food-secure-world.html Yuri Milner Science Prizes http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/funding-news/661-yuri-milner-science-prizes.html Yuri Milner Science Prizes
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Billionaire Internet investor and former scientist Yuri Milner says scientists are under-represented as heroes in our society.

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]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:03:00 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/funding-news/661-yuri-milner-science-prizes.html Focus on Gender: Business can do more to aid women http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/659-focus-on-gender-business-can-do-more-to-aid-women.html Focus on Gender: Business can do more to aid women

SciDev.Net March 28, 2013

Companies have much to offer when it comes to helping female entrepreneurs

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]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:31:11 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/659-focus-on-gender-business-can-do-more-to-aid-women.html Livestock, Poverty and the Environment—A Balancing Act and a Balanced Account http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/658-livestock-poverty-and-the-environmenta-balancing-act-and-a-balanced-account.html Livestock, Poverty and the Environment—A Balancing Act and a Balanced Account

International Livestock Research Institute Newsletter April 3, 2013

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide

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]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:27:02 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/658-livestock-poverty-and-the-environmenta-balancing-act-and-a-balanced-account.html Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP) Fellowship Grants http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/funding-news/655-norman-e-borlaug-leadership-enhancement-in-agriculture-program-leap-fellowship-grants.html Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP) Fellowship Grants
Deadline: June 14, 2013
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The Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in

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]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:58:18 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/funding-news/655-norman-e-borlaug-leadership-enhancement-in-agriculture-program-leap-fellowship-grants.html Reflections for International Women’s Day: The Feminization of Farming http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/654-reflections-for-international-womens-day-the-feminization-of-farming.html Reflections for International Women’s Day: The Feminization of Farming

Women are producing ever more food, but not reaping enough gains. Sharing power with women is a

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]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:49:54 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/654-reflections-for-international-womens-day-the-feminization-of-farming.html The Feminization of Farming http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/653-the-feminization-of-farming.html The Feminization of Farming

By OLIVIER DE SCHUTTER
Published: March 3, 2013

ACROSS the developing world, millions of people are migrating from farms to cities in search

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]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:18:53 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/653-the-feminization-of-farming.html Francophone AWARD http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/639-francophone-award.html AWARD launches francophone pilot program in partnership


Five women scientists will be chosen for AWARD’s francophone pilot program.

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]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:21:18 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/639-francophone-award.html AWARD Fellowship Cultivates a New Generation of Leaders in Agricultural Research and Development http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/636-award-fellowship-cultivates-a-new-generation-of-leaders-in-agricultural-research-and-development.html AWARD Fellowship Cultivates a New Generation of Leaders in Agricultural Research and Development

Africa’s current leadership in agriculture and development is small in number, mostly male,

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]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:23:22 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/636-award-fellowship-cultivates-a-new-generation-of-leaders-in-agricultural-research-and-development.html AWARD at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development http://awardfellowships.org/media/award-in-the-news/623-award-at-the-second-global-conference-on-agricultural-research-for-development.html AWARD at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development
AWARD Director Vicki Wilde chaired a session on the learning and empowerment of women

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]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:46:58 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/media/award-in-the-news/623-award-at-the-second-global-conference-on-agricultural-research-for-development.html New World Bank Toolkit Released http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/619-new-world-bank-toolkit-released.html New World Bank Toolkit Released

The World Bank has released a toolkit on Gender issues in M&E in Agriculture. It provides practical guidance on how

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]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:03:34 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/619-new-world-bank-toolkit-released.html Malawian Girls Inspired by AWARD Fellow http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/role-modeling-events/618-malawian-girls-inspired-by-award-fellow.html Malawian Girls Inspired by AWARD Fellow

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In Malawi, educating

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]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:50:01 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/role-modeling-events/618-malawian-girls-inspired-by-award-fellow.html Why ‘Female’ Scientist? http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/615-why-female-scientist.html Why ‘Female’ Scientist?

Chronicle of Higher Education blogger recounts with wit and irony some of the challenges encountered while working in a male-dominated profession.  Many African

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]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:30:22 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/615-why-female-scientist.html Free e-book: Science Writing for Agricultural Research Scientists http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/612-free-e-book-science-writing-for-agricultural-research-scientists.html Free e-book: Science Writing for Agricultural Research Scientists

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has made a new e-manual available free of charge. Science Writing

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]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:33:07 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/introduction/612-free-e-book-science-writing-for-agricultural-research-scientists.html Winners of Competition for Advanced Science Training Announced http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/611-winners-of-competition-for-advanced-science-training-announced.html Winners of Competition for Advanced Science Training Announced

From California to Kenya, from France to South Africa, the 27 winners of AWARD’s competition for advanced science

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]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:29:40 GMT http://awardfellowships.org/news-and-events/award-news/611-winners-of-competition-for-advanced-science-training-announced.html