by Administrator | Dec 16, 2015 | Beans, CIAT, PABRA
Organisers of the Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference have announced eight thematic plenary sessions to be included in the programme. Ecological approaches to integrated pest management in grain Legumes. Enhancing yield potential and...
by Administrator | Dec 4, 2015 | Beans, PABRA
Climbing beans have the potential to provide farmers with yields three times higher than bush beans – that’s 3x more food on the table or 3x more money in the pocket for the millions of smallholder farmers who rely on agriculture for their living. But...
by Administrator | Nov 26, 2015 | Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA, Partnership
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 a country that is rebuilding its bean research programme with assistance from the...
by Administrator | Nov 19, 2015 | Beans, CIAT, PABRA, Partnership, Rwanda
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 lady recounted that she had made more than US$1,000. Then her husband took the money away, leaving her...
by Administrator | Oct 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
New drought-resilient white beans – most commonly used to make baked beans – will be deployed to Ethiopia, as erratic weather threatens national production and farmers’ incomes. Severe drought in Ethiopia, Africa’s largest exporter of the bean used to make baked...
