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Banking on beans: Improving nutrition and addressing gender inequality in Africa’s bean value chains
CultiAF precooked beans project is working to improve nutrition and address gender inequality in Kenya and Uganda. Beans enrich Ugandan households On the slope of a small hill in Kambugu village in Kiboga, Uganda, Jennifer Nakaye’s green, leafy bean farm stretches over 1.2 ha. Nakaye, 61, keeps her thick, red beans in 90 kg sacks
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Building resilience for women bean farmers in Kenya in the wake of COVID 19 pandemic
By David Karanja, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Eileen Nchanji, and Jean Claude Rubyogo When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya, it exacerbated the already struggling food system. Cognizant of multiple uses of beans, the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) embarked on the promotion of wider use of beans to increase food
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New digital Atlas flags higher temperatures as key threat to bean production in Africa
By Rachel Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, Sean Mattson, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Elliot Gee, Andrew Farrow, Robin Buruchara and Jean Claude Rubyogo The digital atlas models changes in suitability for bean production in Africa over the next ten to twenty years and discovers that temperature is more important in determining beans distribution
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Grain Market: A Pull for Seed Businesses across Bean Corridors in Tanzania Webinar
The Feed the Future Global Supporting Seed Systems for Development (S34D) activity is implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its consortium of partners. The analysis of the yellow bean corridor in Tanzania was conducted under S34D by a team of researchers at Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), the Alliance of Biodiversity International
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Bean Business Innovation Platforms
For reduced market barriers, diversified enterprise and livelihood opportunities, and increased availability of diverse nutrient-rich foods What are Bean Business Innovation Platforms? Bean Business Platforms are vehicles designed to implement program interventions by bringing together diverse and critical actors to improve business ecosystems and incentivize actors in bean corridors. This
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New bean hub in Cameroon set to meet national and regional food demand in West and Central Africa
by Siri Bella, Oumarou Palou Madi, Choh Andison, Eileen Nchanji, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani Extensive bean research has been happening over the past decade in Cameroon, specifically in two major bean production hubs of West and Northwest regions besides other production areas with favorable climatic conditions such as the Adamawa
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