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…
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…
Cover crops transforming gender roles and food security in Kenya
By Milliam Murigi I healthjournalist3@gmail.com Veronicah Ndetu, 62, resident of Kavuka village, Kilome sub-county, Makueni County, never imagined that some delicacies she once only ate in hotels or during major…
From pests to prosperity: Rwandan women clutch onto climate-smart agriculture to survive and grow
By Seif Gracien Hasingizwimana | hasingizwimanashaggy@gmail.com Six years ago, just after sunrise, Mariana Mukandungutse, a member of the Abadasobanya Farmers Group, stood at the edge of her field in Gashora…
