by Administrator | Sep 29, 2017 | Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA, Tanzania
By Jean Claude Rubyogo More than 300 farmers, companies, extension agents and media attended a field day at the Agriculture Seed Agency (ASA) seed farm at Ngaramtoni in Arusha, Tanzania, to raise awareness among smallholder farmer about the value of planting improved...
by Administrator | Apr 12, 2017 | Africa, PABRA
News update This year, the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) celebrates 20 years of better beans for Africa For 20 years, PABRA has helped to breed more nutritious, resilient beans for Africa. Stay tuned by following this hashtag #PABRA20 and find out more...
by Administrator | Mar 2, 2017 | Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Uncategorized
The catalyst for change came from catastrophe in Kenya, when farmers in the western part of the country lost their maize harvest to disease in 2012. At that time, Jacinta Majimbo, a bean farmer from Bungoma district in Western Kenya, could never be sure what her...
by Administrator | Feb 16, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA
Dr. Mercy Lung’aho, a nutritionist at CIAT and member of the Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) network, talks to Scidev.net about high iron beans – and how they can be a key weapon in the fight against malnutrition and anemia in Africa:...
by Administrator | Feb 16, 2017 | Africa, Beans, Ethiopia, Kenya, PABRA
The workshop brought together more than 100 participants from across Africa, to plan the next phase of their research activities. Novel approaches to leverage better beans for more people included the “bean” corridor approach,” which was discussed and built upon....
