GREAT Blog
27 March 2021
This article originally appeared on the website of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University. Read the original post here.
By Esther Namitala and Elizabeth Asiimwe
Following a two-week training session dubbed “GREAT Theme 5 course,” more than 50 researchers from... more
19 March 2021
This article originally appeared on the website for the School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University. Read the original post here.
By the School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University
As the world celebrated International Women’s Day 2021, which focused on “choosing to end all... more
03 February 2021
On November 23rd and 24th, 2020, the Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project hosted its first virtual symposium on the theme Gender-Responsive Crop Breeding: Sharing evidence and experience from the field. The convening brought together 60 GREAT... more
20 January 2021
TRIBUTE TO A BROTHER, FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE: DR. BRIGHT BOAKYE-PEPRAH
By: GREAT Ghana Team; CSIR-Crops Research Institute.
TRIBUTE TO A BROTHER, FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE: DR. BRIGHT BOAKYE-PEPRAH
“The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."
Job 1:21
“Tears keep... more
17 November 2020
On Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) will host its first virtual Symposium on Gender Responsive Crop Breeding: Community Research Showcase. The live event will be accessible by Zoom and Facebook Live. The broadcast will begin at... more
08 July 2020
The following discussion with Nigerian wheat breeder Kachalla Kyari Mala, Lake Chad Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, is an excerpt from a GREAT Medium post. Read the original post in its entirety.
In Northeast Nigeria, where agriculture forms the backbone of rural... more
07 May 2020
This post originally appeared as an article on the GREAT Medium channel. See the original article in its entirety...
Emerging public discourses around the COVID-19 crisis characterise it as unprecedented and disruptive. How exactly does this disruption affect masculinities? World over, the... more
14 April 2020
This post originally appeared as an article on the GREAT Medium channel. See the original article in its entirety...
Who holds the camera helps determine what we see, and what the outcomes are. Overcoming ‘gender blindness’ requires society to see from different perspectives. Photo: Marie Arago... more
15 January 2020
This article originally appeared on the Excellence in Breeding Platform website (here), and cross posted on the Gender & Breeding Initiative website (here).
By Sam Storr, Excellence in Breeding Platform
A pilot study to validate tools that will help breeders to pay more attention to... more
01 November 2020
This article was originally posted on the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) website.
By Joseph Opoku Gakpo, BGRI
In 2010, when Hale Ann Tufan was awarded a Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum award, she was a PhD student working with Lesley Boyd at the John Innes Centre in the U.K.,... more