by Yohane Chideya | Apr 1, 2026 | Africa, PABRA, Publications, Women
For PABRA, celebrating women lives on in every season. From research labs to farms, from aggregation hubs to value addition enterprises, women are the backbone of the bean value chain. Across Africa, their contributions are powerful yet often under-recognized, even...
by Yohane Chideya | Mar 26, 2026 | Africa, CIAT, Kenya, Partnership
By Warren Arinaitwe1, Ayuka Fombong2, Emmanuel Peter2, Dennis Ongor1, Eileen Nchanji1, Anastacia Wanjiru1, Sunday Ekesi2, Jean Claude Rubyogo1 1 Alliance of Bioversity of International and CIAT 2 International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) ...
by Yohane Chideya | Mar 16, 2026 | Beans, Partnership, Rwanda, School Feeding
By Janviere Umurungi, David Muhawenimana, Yvonne Munyangeri, Eliud Birachi Rwanda joined other African countries to celebrate African School Feeding Day, reaffirming the country’s commitment to improving children’s nutrition, education, and wellbeing through school...
by Yohane Chideya | Mar 9, 2026 | Africa, Beans, Partnership
By Anastacia Theuri What makes a bean “breakthrough”? Is it a higher yield? Faster cooking time? Resistance to drought and disease? Or is it something more such as a variety designed not just to perform in research trials, but to succeed in farmers’ fields and...
by Yohane Chideya | Mar 5, 2026 | Beans, Kenya, Women
By Dennis Ong’or, Warren Arinaitwe, Jean Claude Rubyogo If you ask Lucy Wairimu Mbugua about beans, she does not start with the technical details or yield figures. She starts with the weather. “Our seasons are not the same anymore,” she says, recalling years...
