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Webinar: High-yielding, climate-resilient beans kick-start business in Zimbabwe
SDC flagship project end line report 2020 22 July 2020, 15:00-17:00 hrs (East Africa Time) Objectives a. Share the highlights from the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) b. Share the approach and impact of Flagship Initiative on the food security, nutrition and incomes of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe c. Share lessons learned and key implications from the
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Webinar: How beans are beating hunger and malnutrition in Burundi
SDC flagship project end line report, 2020 20 July 2020, 15:00–17:00 hrs (East Africa Time) Objectives a. Share the highlights of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) b. Share the approach and impact of Flagship Initiative on the food security, nutrition and incomes of smallholder farmers in Burundi c. Share lessons learned and key implications from the Flagship Initiative
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Yellow Bean Corridor: Seed & Grain Trade Potential
This post is written by Eliud Birachi, Mercy Mutua, Clare Mukankusi, Noel Templer, Louise Sperling, Patricia Onyango, Sylvia Kalemera, Robin Buruchara, Bhramar Dey and Jean Claude Rubyogo. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plays a key role in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Tanzania as a food and nutrition security
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Digitally Tracking Dissemination & Targeting Markets: High Iron Bean Seeds in Kenya
This post is written by Bhramar Dey, Justin Machini, Michael Wilcox, and Jean Claude Rubyogo. After millions of dollars are invested to develop, test, and release a new variety of seeds, hundreds of thousands are then invested in producing it for sale to farmers. When the seed of a new
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Distributing high iron and zinc bean varieties to women farmers in Kenya during COVID-19
By Eileen Nchanji Achieving food and nutritional security and economic prosperity is possible even during this pandemic if men and women are given equal opportunities within an equitable system where structural barriers are removed and traditional gender norms and stereotypes are broken. With additional stress on food security caused by
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Beans, the new ‘cowpea’ in Ghana
The Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CRI-CSIR), has introduced four new common bean (baked beans) varieties, for adoption by farmers. Hunger and malnutrition persist in Ghana, primarily in the north, as well as in many rural and peri-urban communities across the country. Around 24.2
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