by Administrator | Apr 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Justice Munthali, Napoleon Kajunju and Yohane Chideya Tcham Hotel, overlooking Lake Tanganyika in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), set the stage for a two-day training of trainers’ workshop, aimed at addressing micronutrient malnutrition through the...
by Administrator | Apr 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Justice Munthali, Napoleon Kajunju, Fadhili Kasubiri, Awotide Adebola, Yohane Chideya, and Lulu Lwamba On 18 and 19 March 2024, the Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), a bean program under the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in...
by J Munyao | Jul 27, 2023 | Africa, Latest News, Malawi, News, Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 2023 Media Advisory CALL FOR MORE POLICY COVERAGE TO CAPTIVATE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF BEANS, COWPEAS, AND PIGEON PEAS (BCP) VALUE CHAINS LILONGWE, Malawi – The Pan African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) program, operating under the...
by J Munyao | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Yohane Chideya, Justice Munthali & Jefferson Munyao One of the products from beans in the pipeline: Picture courtesy of Mwaiwawo Kukada Despite a pool of challenges, such as resistance by some consumers in Malawi to embrace locally made processed foods and...
by J Munyao | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Yohane Chideya, Wilson Nkhata, Eliud Birachi & Jefferson Munyao Without exactly knowing what they were getting themselves into, Watson Chirwa and his colleague Takula Kathumba took a risk and put together resources to venture into the bean seed multiplication....
by Alejandro M | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Justice Munthali, Robert Fungo, Patricia Onyango, and Janet Fierro Malawi and Zambia have shared history and culture, including diet patterns. In terms of common bean consumption, people in both countries consume the beans, mostly as a relish, by boiling the beans...