ABOUT AWARD

EFFECTIVE SCIENTIFIC WRITING, PUBLISHING AND COMMUNICATION COURSE

At the role modeling event of

Mojisola Ojebode
2014 AWARD Fellow
By Dr. Yemisi Jeff-Agboola: AWARD Post Doctoral Fellow 2013
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Why we are here:

Brief on the
AWARD
Fellowship
Programme
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 Established in 2008
A project of the CGIAR G & D
Program
Followed a successful 3-year pilot
program in East Africa with
support from the Rockefeller
Foundation from 2005-2008
US$15 million, 5-year project second phase commenced in 2013
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Goal
:

To fight hunger and

poverty in sub-Saharan
Africa through women
professionals involved in
agricultural research
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Spons
ors

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

USAID
ICRAF also contributes through costsharing and indirect support such as
audit, secretariat hosting etc
Some 75 national agricultural
research institutions also support
in various ways
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What does AWARD

achieve in fellows?

Leadership
Improved visibility
Professional growth
Enhanced networking
For contribution to the
social and economic
development of their
countries

AWARD seeks to bridge the

gap between these two
classes of women

t does all the science translate into for these women?

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Career Development
Resources:
Structured mentoring/role-modeling
Proposal writing/fund raising course
Science writing/presentation skills course
Access to an electronic science library
Access to knowledge sharing and
networking
Four-to-nine month research placement
Participation in a science conference
Membership in a professional association
Womens Leadership course
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Coverag
e
Countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,
Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda,
Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
Francophone: Burkina Faso, Senegal,
Mali, Cameroon, Cte d'Ivoire
Levels: Bachelors, Masters or
Doctoral
16 Agricultural sciences and allied
disciplines
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Nigerians on
AWARD

2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

09 Nigerians selected
11 Nigerians
13 Nigerians

18 Nigerians
23 Nigerians
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AWARD Family in Nigeria

The Women in Agricultural Research

for Development in Nigeria - an
empowerment initiative from AWARD
To bring the benefits gained by
AWARD Fellows/Mentors/Mentees to
rural women farmers
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The Objectives

reach rural women farmers by implementing

strategies already tested by AWARD fellows
link nutrition, agriculture and food production
through provision of technical expertise under
the new agricultural transformation agenda
initiative
organize women farmers as change agents of
sustainable agricultural development in their
communities
mainstream gender into agricultural policy
and programmes
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Implementation
approach:
Collaboration: among AWARD Fellows
and development partners to spur
sustainable agricultural development
Capacity building: among rural
farming communities to enhance
agricultural productivity
Gender responsiveness: agricultural
development and innovation for
women and youths
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Effective interventions:
Workshops for target groups on valueaddition;
Support for Rural Farming Cooperatives,
especially Women Farmers;
Creation
and
management
of
Agricultural Cottage Industries in Rural
Communities;
Empowerment of Rural Women Farmers
in the context of the Agricultural
Transformation Agenda

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Contact
AWARD: http://awardfellowships.org
Department of Biological Sciences,
Ondo State University of Science and
Technology, Okitipupa, Nigeria
Email: yjeffagboola@yahoo.com
Phone: +234 8036674706

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