by Yohane Chideya | Dec 17, 2025 | Africa, PABRA30
Colleagues, As we look ahead to PABRA’s 30th Anniversary in September 2026, this moment invites reflection on how far the network has come, and the impact it continues to deliver across Africa. If beans could speak, they would tell stories of farmers rebuilding...
by Yohane Chideya | Dec 15, 2025 | PABRA, Partnership, Tanzania
By Martin Majambele1, Yohane Chideya1, Victor Leseedy1, Edith Kadege2, Joachim Madeni2, Lilian N. Gichuru3 and Justus Ochieng1 1International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT, Arusha Tanzania 2Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Dodoma, Tanzania...
by Yohane Chideya | Nov 28, 2025 | Beans, DRC, Women
By Lydie Mulonda, Bola Amoke Awotide, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Napoleon Kajunju, Hosny Dunia, Lulu Lwamba, Richard Kataliko Bean bags weighing 25 kilograms are more than just containers of seed. In Bukavu, they feel almost alive, as they are...
by Yohane Chideya | Nov 26, 2025 | Africa, PABRA, Partnership
From the original post published on Crawford Fund for Food Security The Crawford Fund for Food Security and ANU’s Fenner School of Environment and Society were honoured to welcome on Monday, November 17 2025, Professors Gabrielle Persley and Kaye Basford from the...
by Yohane Chideya | Nov 14, 2025 | Beans, Malawi, PABRA
By Yohane Chideya, Eunice Magwaya, Wilson Nkhata, Jean Claude Rubyogo In Malawi, bean production among smallholder farmers is often marked by low yields due to limited access to high‑quality, climate‑resilient seed and minimal private sector involvement. Yet in the...
