by Administrator | Aug 29, 2016 | Beans, Kenya, PABRA, Uganda
A research project tackling malnutrition among vulnerable populations in Kenya and Uganda was launched in Nairobi on April 5th, 2016. The three-year initiative targeting women aged 15-49 years of reproductive age, and children aged 6−59 months, aims to develop a...
by Administrator | Aug 21, 2016 | Beans, PABRA
Whichever way you drive into or out of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, maize is everywhere. It flanks the roadsides for miles and miles; huge, undulating expanses disappear into the distance. You’d be forgiven for thinking the country was preparing for a bumper...
by Administrator | Mar 17, 2016 | Beans, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Uncategorized
Over 450 of the world’s most prominent grain legume researchers met in Livingstone, Zambia, earlier this month for the Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference, a signature event of the UN-declared International Year of Pulses 2016. Organised by...
by Administrator | Mar 3, 2016 | CIAT, PABRA, Partnership, Uncategorized
Researchers attending the Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference in Livingstone, Zambia, this week have expressed concern at the lack of funding of research in pulses. Annual funding in pulse research, which covers 13 different crops, hovers at $175m,...
by Administrator | Feb 9, 2016 | Beans, CGIAR, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership
Blog post by Prof. Ruth Oniang’o There’s a saying in Kenya: If you haven’t eaten “ugali” (a common maize-based stiff porridge dish), then you haven’t eaten. Substitute ugali for rice, cassava, matoke (starchy bananas), sweet or Irish potato or any other starch staple...
