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AgSpirations by AWARD

AgSpirations by AWARD

Written by: African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)
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AgSpirations by AWARD is a regular podcast series that features immersive conversations with leading global agricultural research and development experts on shaping and advancing inclusive, agricultural-driven development in Africa.

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  • How can Africa’s private sector optimally contribute to inclusive agricultural research and development?

    How can Africa’s private sector optimally contribute to inclusive agricultural research and development?
    May 11 2022

    Can Africa guarantee its own inclusive agricultural research and development? What are the specifics of getting private sector to optimally contribute to this mission?

    In this podcast we are joined by Ms Amandla Ooko-Ombaka, an Associate Partner at McKinsey, to discuss the role of private sector and how we can get private sector engagement right. 

    To find out more about the work Amandla is doing, please visit: www.mckinsey.com


    Please subscribe to AgSpirations by AWARD to follow the conversations. You can find all episodes at https://awardfellowships.org/podcast

    Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

    To find out more about AWARD, go to https://awardfellowships.org/
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    28 mins
  • The Agricultural Innovation-Inclusive Development Nexus and the role of Policies

    The Agricultural Innovation-Inclusive Development Nexus and the role of Policies
    Apr 14 2022

    Today we are joined by Dr. Steven Were Omamo to discuss the agricultural development, inclusive development nexus, and the role of policies. 

    Before returning to New Growth International at the end of 2021, Were spent most of the last four years as the Representative and Country Director for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia. Before this, he was WFP’s Deputy Director of Policy and Programme and Representative to the African Union and UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa.

    To find out more about the work Were is doing, visit: www.newgrowthint.com

    Please subscribe to AgSpirations by AWARD to follow the conversations. You can find all episodes at https://awardfellowships.org/podcast

    Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

    To find out more about AWARD, go to https://awardfellowships.org/
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    44 mins
  • Gender Equality and Inclusive Agricultural Systems: A conversation with Professor Bina Agarwal

    Gender Equality and Inclusive Agricultural Systems: A conversation with Professor Bina Agarwal
    Mar 23 2022
    Today, Professor Bina Agarwal, a renowned, award-winning author and professor of Development Economics and Development, joins us to deconstruct the nexus of gender equality and inclusive agricultural systems. She will address these questions and more, as we illuminate the progress toward gender equality and development in the month of March. Books by Bina Agarwal (The books are available of Professor Bina’s website here) “Gender Challenges” A three volume compendium of selected papers (Oxford University Press, India: 2016)Gender and Green Governance (Oxford University Press, Oxford.)Psychology, Rationality and Economic Behaviour: Challenging STandard Assumtions (Palgrave: London, 2005)Capabilities, Freedom and Equality: Amartya Sen’s Work From a Gender Persective (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006).A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1994. CUP South Asian edition, 1995. Reprinted 1996, 1998).Cold Hearts and Barren Slopes: The Woodfuel Crisis in the Third World (London: Zed Books; Delhi: Allied Publishers; Maryland: Riverdale Publishers, 1986. Repr 1988).Mechanisation in Indian Agriculture (Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1983; reprinted 1986).Structures of Patriarchy: State, Community and Household in Modernising Asia (London: Zed Books; Delhi: Kali for Women, 1988; reprinted in paperback 1990).Women and Work in the World Economy (London: Macmillan Press, 1991)Women, Poverty and Ideology in Asia: Contradictory Pressures, Uneasy Resolutions (London: Macmillan Press, 1989) Writings by Bina Agarwal Blurred lines_on sexual harrassment : 2015 Budget silences : 2015 Our Turings and Hawkings : 2015 Whose law is it anyway_Section 377 : 2013 Transforming quietly_land reform in Brazil : 2012 Think Outside the Box : 2009 In the Swiss Alps: From Heidi to Holmes : 2008 Women & Property : 2007 Women’s Inheritance: Next Steps : 2005 Landmark Step to Gender Equality : 2005 Home and the World: Revisiting violence : 2003 Are We Not Peasants Too? 2002 Comments Is Bharatpur for Birds Only? 1986 Please subscribe to AgSpirations by AWARD to follow the conversations. You can find all episodes at https://awardfellowships.org/ Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation. To find out more about AWARD, go to https://awardfellowships.org/podcast
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    47 mins
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