Burundi: Breaking down barriers for beans

As part of our contribution to the United Nations’ International Year of Pulses, we’re starting a blog series called “Bean-Growing Country of the Month.” This first article focuses on…

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Breakthrough in Rwanda: Climbing to new heights

Ellen Tuyisenga (pictured below) has the answer. It came to her one day in the field, as she talked with friends about earnings from the previous bean harvest. One…

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New PABRA Infographic: Better beans to enhance food security, incomes, and health in Africa

The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) has accomplished a lot over the last few years. The Alliance, coordinated by CIAT and made up of over 350 partners, has…

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Beans to the rescue in the fight against child malnutrition and school absenteeism in Madagascar

Twelve-year-old Branza has lived in an orphanage in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital, since 2010, because his parents cannot afford to feed him. Madagascar is known for its sunny beaches and scuba…

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Cameroon releases new five bean varieties

Last month (March 2015), Cameroon celebrated the release of five new bean varieties aimed at reducing malnutrition and raising farmer incomes. A ceremony, opened by the Minister of Scientific Research and…

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Building stronger bean systems

Strong seed systems are essential to ensure farmers can access quality seed and new crop varieties. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the seed systems that feed bean production are unable to meet…

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Syngenta Foundation – sowing the seeds for stronger seed systems

The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture is backing CIATs efforts, through PABRA, to strengthen bean seed systems in sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with CIAT (through PABRA) and partners. The…

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Battling pests and diseases in Western Kenya

Despite major successes in the continuous battle against the pests and diseases that blight agricultural production, millions of farmers across the world still lose part or their entire crop…

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New approach launched to fight malnutrition in Rwanda

Rwanda’s fight against malnutrition, which affects nearly half of all children under two, stepped up a notch this month. A new survey targeting children under 24 months and women of…

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Unlocking Kenya’s bean value chain

In western Kenya’s drought-prone Narok District, Pastor Stanley Shunkuru (pictured) surveys his land. Today it lies barren, the sun burnt leaves of the last of his bean crop swaying…

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