Gender gaps could take over 100 years to close – Experts
By Aghan Daniel | aghan@meshascience.org As the world marks the International Women’s Day today, Sunday, March 8, 2026 a recent report on the status of women in agrifood systems in…
Farming enabled me to educate my children – agrifood champion
By Christine Ochogo | christawine@yahoo.com “I was born into a family of farmers and at the tender age of 12 years, I began helping my father in our village farm. It…
Researcher: Household chores stifle women’s ability to engage in agricultural production
By Beryl Bridgit Odhiambo | berylbridgitodhaiambo@gmail.com Unpaid care and domestic responsibilities hinder women’s participation in agriculture, a researcher has said. While addressing participants at this years International Women’s Day celebration,…
Kenya’s women-led climate initiative becomes globally recognised study site
By Ruth Keah | rkeahkadide@gmail.com When three women groups in Gazi village, Kwale County, coastal part of Kenya, came together to start a project of conserving mangroves by making it…
How Kenya’s Kamser women power Lake Victoria’s fishing industry
By Cece Ciago | siagocece@gmail.com Fishing is a main economic activity on the shores of Lake Victoria across East Africa. While the act itself is largely associated with men, this…
Malawi’s Ntandile women lead a community biogas revolution
By Catherine Tembo | cathytembo88@gmail.com At 6 a.m, when dawn is still rubbing sleep from its eyes, Nora Basiwell used to slip out of her mud-brick kitchen with an empty…
Inside the struggle for affordable biogas
By Catherine Tembo | cathytembo88@gmail.com In the heart of Malawi’s Chibvala Village, Dowa district, the smell of fresh milk mingles with the earthy scent of cow dung drying under the…
Beyond the margins: The push for inclusive climate journalism in Africa
By Juliet Akoth | julietakoth19@ gmail.com The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that African women are responsible for up to 80% of the continent’s food production. Yet, when it…
Action research on climate change reporting in Africa
By Christine Ochogo | christawine@yahoo.com Media for Environment Science Health and Agriculture (MESHA), through its Action Research to Enhance Effective Coverage of Climate Change Issues in Africa (ARECCCA) project, is…
From pests to prosperity: Rwandan women clutch onto climate-smart agriculture to survive and grow
By Seif Gracien Hasingizwimana Six years ago, just after sunrise, Mariana Mukandungutse, a member of the Abadasobanya Farmers Group, stood at the edge of her field in Gashora Sector, Bugesera…
