by Administrator | Dec 22, 2017 | Beans, Rwanda, Uganda
Iron-Fortified Beans Winning Customers in Rwanda, Uganda A recent study by the Global Nutrition Report 2017 shows that eating beans bred to contain more iron boosts memory and attention in college-going women in Rwanda. The specially biofortified beans could prove...
by Administrator | Dec 14, 2017 | Africa, Beans, Burundi, CIAT, Ethiopia, NARO, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda
by Georgina Smith | Dec 13, 2017 This is post is part of our climate campaign in Africa. The story has appeared in several news outlets including Associated Press, the New York Times and others. Earlier this year, South Sudan fell victim to the first famine declared...
by Administrator | Nov 22, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho
by Georgina Smith | Nov 22, 2017 Eating beans bred to contain higher iron can boost memory and attention span in female university students in Rwanda, the study shows. Policy makers could consider including iron-biofortified beans as part of national strategies to...
by Administrator | Oct 22, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CIAT, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho, PABRA, Partnership, Rwanda
by Mercy LungahoAt the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue this week, October 18-20, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho says feeding our youth more nutritious food is critical for a prosperous Africa. Her opinion piece was first published by Inter Press Service News Agency. One drizzly morning in...
by Administrator | Oct 19, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CIAT, PABRA, Zimbabwe
Farmers actually wanted to own the new improved bean varieties; to be part of the success in seeing them spreading across the landscape.Gutsa Freeman, Principal Research Economist at the Harare Research Station.In Zimbabwe, nutritional deficiencies and chronic...
