by Yohane Chideya | Sep 22, 2026 | Africa, PABRA30
By Yohane Chideya, Sylvia Maria Pineda, Janviere Umurungi Africa is fast-changing. By 2050, around two-thirds of Africa’s population is expected to live in urban areas. That shift will reshape not only where people live, but also how food is produced, traded and...
by Yohane Chideya | Jul 10, 2026 | Africa, Beans, CIAT, PABRA30
By Luisa Fernanda Prieto Campo As PABRA celebrates its 30th anniversary, former CIAT Director General Rubén Echeverría reflects on the strategic decisions that strengthened bean research in Africa and helped position PABRA as a leading platform for agricultural...
by Yohane Chideya | Jul 9, 2026 | Africa, Partnership, Tanzania
By Emmanuel Mwenda, Eliud Kongola, Joachim Madeni (Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute, Dodoma), Juma Kapiligi, Radegunda Kessy, and Justus Ochieng (Alliance of Bioversity international and CIAT, Arusha, Tanzania) Transforming Seed Access in Tanzania’s Drylands...
by Yohane Chideya | Jul 8, 2026 | Africa, Tanzania, Youth Empowerment
By Yohane Chideya, Radegunda Kessy, Justus Ochieng, Sylvia Kalemera, Jean Claude Rubyogo The harvest had always been the hardest part. For countless farming families across Tanzania, bringing crops from the field was only half the battle. The real struggle began after...
by Yohane Chideya | Jun 8, 2026 | Africa, Beans, PABRA30, Publications
2026 marks 30 years of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) – three decades of innovation, impact, and transformation across Africa. From improving nutrition to strengthening livelihoods and building resilience for millions of farmers and families, beans have...
by Yohane Chideya | May 6, 2026 | Africa, Tanzania
From the original article published on https://cessa.agra.org/ In February 2026, I participated in the Accelerated Varietal Turnover for Open Pollinated Crops (ACCELERATE) Project annual planning meeting in Arusha, Tanzania. The ACCELERATE Project, supported by the...
