by Administrator | Apr 5, 2018 | Beans
The PABRA 2018 steering committee meeting was held at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, Uganda between the 20th and 22nd March 2018. Appropriately themed Bean Commodity Corridors as an Approach for Enhancing Productivity, Markets and Nutrition, the meeting brought together...
by Administrator | Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) conducted a rapid market assessment (RMA) study in Kenya and Uganda between July and September 2016. The Survey was conducted in urban centers of Nairobi, Kenya; Kibera, Mathare, Mukuru kwa Njenga, and Kawangware,...
by Administrator | Mar 12, 2018 | Africa, Beans, PABRA, Tanzania
High-iron beans are a special type of conventionally bred biofortified beans that contain high levels of iron and zinc. Biofortification enhances the nutritional value of staple food crops by increasing the density of vitamins and minerals in a crop through either...
by Administrator | Mar 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Eileen Nchanji and Lilies Gachanja Gender inequality in access to technologies, financial services, information and productive resources is not new. In as much as women face more constraints than men, men also face peculiar constraints and need to be empowered as...
by Administrator | Mar 1, 2018 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Walking down Kwamagana town in Rwanda, we find Alexis Nzeyimana on a motorcycle by one of his plots. Nicknamed ‘Rukirigitafaranga’, meaning tickling money in Kinyarwanda, Alexis has three farm sites on a 27 hectares piece of land, eight of which he owns...