Congratulations Monifa Morgan-Bell! Recipient of the Cornell University Award for Staff Integrity & Inclusion for her compassionate approach to supporting students & fostering communication within the international agriculture development programs she supports. news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/0…

Do what you love. Love what you do! 🌾
Thanks to all the people in the global wheat & crop science community (& beyond!) who support, encourage & inspire me.
So excited to receive the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award #2023BCCA CAST
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A true honor to receive the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award CAST #2023BCCA
It’s a privilege to lead an inspiring team improving food security, to champion equity & an end to discrimination & to have a platform CGIAR to share it all!
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Just out! Data-driven approaches for crop breeding should include more and better systematic gender data. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Did you know that gender influences agricultural research & practice? Hale Ann Tufan joins Melinda Hemmelgarn to dig into the roles & cultural positioning of men & women in agriculture, science, &health & women’s disproportionate vulnerability to climate change.
foodsleuth.transistor.fm/episodes/hale-…

Another fabulous day of learning, networking + collaborating here in Saly, Senegal 🇸🇳

What an incredible experience as ILCI teams from across Senegal, Niger, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Costa Rica, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya + Mozambique unite for the first time ever!

We look forward to welcoming the inaugural cohort of Turner Fellows at the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement! 🎉

Cornell University Cornell UniversityCALS Benjamin Z Houlton 🌍 Cornell UniversityGradDean Cornell UniversityGrad Christine Smart Levon Esters Hale Ann Tufan @Sarahdez76 Gore Lab

Our paper on equity in plant breeding in the US is out! acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cs… Congrats to Lauren Brzozowski for leading!

Getting excited to host the Turner fellows this fall!

This year’s Cornell University Liberty Hyde Bailey Lecture showcases Barbara McClintock ’23, PhD ’27's legacy through breakthrough research Cornell UniversityCALS, including research from Global Development's Hale Ann Tufan & Margaret Smith.

6/10 at 1pm ➡️Register via Zoom: cornell.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Fannie Lou Hamer founded the Freedom Farm Cooperative in 1969, purchasing prime land to empower poor black farmers and sharecroppers who for generations had been at the mercy of white landowners
— tinyurl.com/2p9y83ek
#GenderInAg #womeninagriculture #SDG5 #R4D

We are hiring! Are you interested in integrating themes of nutrition, gender, youth and resilience in agricultural innovations? Join our cross-cutting themes team!

📍 Cornell University (Cornell Global Development)
⏰ Apply by April 20
✍️ More info: cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCareerP…

'After training in theory, it is important that fellows have a grasp of the practical aspects as well' ~ Margaret Najjingo Mangheni
The team working on Women empowerment, masculinities & social norms in agriculture research cluster has held a meeting today at Makerere University to discuss progress.

📌 #CSW66 - 'Measuring What Matters: 10 Years of the #WEAI , why has it mattered, & what’s next?'

📅 March 24 ⏰ 9AM ET

💬 Dr Jemimah Njuki Samantha Power Maximo Torero Agnes Quisumbing Enock Chikava Athur Mabiso & more

🎟️ bit.ly/WEAI-CSW

Food and Agriculture Organization USAID Gates Foundation International Fund for Agricultural Development United Nations CSW

Researchers in #Nigeria are on a mission to stop Taro leaf blight epidemics across West Africa. The infectious plant disease has historically reduced taro yields by up to 50%. Read more: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement NRCRI UMUDIKE agrilinks.org/post/new-initi…

#MuhogoBora training day 2 in Kigoma on use of digital tools - seed tracker - in cassava seed systems led by Juma Yabeja of IITA. A quiet atmosphere has been created in the room by a zero test administered to workshop participants. Cornell University Chiedozie Egesi Hale Ann Tufan @TARI @TOSCI

Can Dündar Yalnız Değildir! İmza Kampanyasına Katıl. #CanDündarYalnızDeğildir - Kampanyayı İmzala! change.org/p/can-d%C3%BCn… via Change.org Türkiye

Bir daha gazeteyi toplamaya geldiklerinde, canlı bombaya tanınan haklardan yararlanmak istediğimizi söyleyeceğim.

#10EA1004