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Bundling inputs and agricultural extension services in a gender equitable manner to increases bean production in the lower Rift of Kenya

Posted by Patricia Onyango on September 23, 2020

By Patricia Onyango, Boaz Waswa, Eileen Nchanji, Josey Kamanda, and Collins Leboo Across Africa, farmers’ access to agricultural advisory services is limited due to the weak extension systems. This is…
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Capitalizing on digital tools to sustain bean production, trade and consumption amidst COVID-19

Posted by Patricia Onyango on August 17, 2020

This blog was published by Sylvia Kalemera, Patricia Onyango, Enid Katungi, Boaz Waswa, Eliud Birachi, Noel Templer, Fadhili Kasubiri, Kessy Radegunda, Elvira Omondi, Eward Mushi and Jean Claude Rubyogo When…
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How beans can address food, nutrition and income challenges during COVID 19.

Posted by Patricia Onyango on May 11, 2020

By Robert Fungo The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant disruptions in food systems, especially on the poorest nations of Africa and Asia. PABRA explores how the bean crop can be…
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Women entrepreneurs empowered through beans – Christella, Sheila

Posted by Patricia Onyango on April 22, 2020

Sheila Alumo, East Africa Development Company, Uganda Sheila Alumo is the Managing Director of the Eastern Agricultural Development Company Ltd…
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Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance receives award for its contribution towards Food Security through bean research

Posted by Patricia Onyango on February 12, 2020

Africa’s development relies heavily on agriculture, and beans are a key to the sector’s prosperous and nutritious future. But to increase productivity and food security, funding for research on…
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Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance announced finalist of US$1 million Al-Sumait prize

Posted by Patricia Onyango on December 2, 2019

The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) was awarded the 2019 edition of the US$1 million Al-Sumait Prize for African Development on November 25. PABRA, which is coordinated by…
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High Iron and zinc beans: The new panacea for malnutrition in Zimbabwe

Posted by Patricia Onyango on July 25, 2019

by Eileen Nchanji and Bruce Mutari Most rural households in Zimbabwe are vulnerable from multiple climatic shocks, cash shortages, price changes, health issues resulting in 33% of the households not…
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Healthier and Prosperous Africa: ‘AVISA’ Project launched for faster agriculture gains in seven countries

Posted by Patricia Onyango on March 3, 2019

Tanzanian Minister for Agriculture calls for more public-private collaboration Greater yields, higher incomes, and improved livelihoods – these will be the results farmers in seven countries across Africa could get…
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CBI bags presidential award for the first bio fortified beans in Zimbabwe

Posted by Patricia Onyango on February 16, 2019

As the world celebrated love, Crop Breeding Institute (CBI), was celebrating beans after receiving a prestigious award by the government of Zimbabwe in recognition of their outstanding contribution in…
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Policymakers at the center of High Iron Bean promotion in Kenya

Posted by Patricia Onyango on November 19, 2018

Policymakers at the center of High Iron Bean promotion in Kenya The Big 4 Agenda is at the heart of the President of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta’s flagship projects that…
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