CALL FOR CASES: OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A GRANT FOR INTEGRATING PLANT BREEDING WITH GENDER EQUITY admin_apaari September 13, 2022

CALL FOR CASES: OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A GRANT FOR INTEGRATING PLANT BREEDING WITH GENDER EQUITY

C all for cases: Integrating gender into breeding objectives and decisions – what works, where and why?

Do you know of a plant breeding effort that is trying to have more gender equitable impact? Submit a brief description for a chance to receive a grant of USD$10,000 

To help make breeding efforts more gender responsive, the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, in collaboration with the International Potato Center (CIP) and Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT), seeks to identify experiences across the globe in integrating considerations of gender differences into plant breeding, to understand what worked, where, for whom, how, and why.

Who can nominate?
Nominations for cases can come from anyone who has been involved with or knows well a breeding program that purposefully made efforts to integrate gender in breeding objectives.

Submission process and deadlines
To participate in the call, complete the form online here.
Alternatively, you can download the questionnaire and submit it via email here.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Submissions will be reviewed by an expert panel. All submissions eligible for consideration for a grant will be included in a user-friendly directory of gender and breeding initiatives designed to promote exchange and knowledge sharing among those who submit and more broadly across this field of inquiry.

To know more about the award, eligibility, selection process, timelines and so on, visit the website