Bean Atlas 2.0 Launch

You are invited to the launch of the Bean Atlas 2.0. A team of specialists involved in creating the atlas will discuss how this tool will be a key reference…

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Farmer preferred, market demanded and highly nutritious beans to boost Rwanda’s household diets and wealth

Rwanda has one of the highest per capita consumption in the world, confirming that beans are a key crop for food security in the country. Common bean is an…

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Bean threshers transforming post-harvest and food safety handling in Kenya

Boaz Waswa, Josey Kamanda, Justin Mabeya, Eileen Nchanji, David Karanja, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani She wonders why she has to go through the tedious ritual of hitting the bean harvest…

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Cultural expectations in women’s economic empowerment: Case of women and men farmers in Uganda

By Eileen Nchanji, Grace Nanyonjo, and Isaac Muggaga Common beans are a valuable crop across sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to food nutrition security and income for smallholder farmers. It was considered…

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PABRA mentors award winning scientist on Improving smallholder farmers’ food security through disease resistant common beans

Bean researchers are almost always cooped up in the laboratory and farm trials looking into various ways of improving production and productivity. They spend months and even years looking…

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Bundling inputs and agricultural extension services in a gender equitable manner to increases bean production in the lower Rift of Kenya

By Patricia Onyango, Boaz Waswa, Eileen Nchanji, Josey Kamanda, and Collins Leboo   Across Africa, farmers’ access to agricultural advisory services is limited due to the weak extension systems. This is…

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Capitalizing on digital tools to sustain bean production, trade and consumption amidst COVID-19

This blog was published by Sylvia Kalemera, Patricia Onyango, Enid Katungi, Boaz Waswa, Eliud Birachi, Noel Templer, Fadhili Kasubiri, Kessy Radegunda, Elvira Omondi, Eward Mushi and Jean Claude Rubyogo   When…

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How beans can address food, nutrition and income challenges during COVID 19.

By Robert Fungo The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant disruptions in food systems, especially on the poorest nations of Africa and Asia. PABRA explores how the bean crop can be…

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Women entrepreneurs empowered through beans – Christella, Sheila

Sheila Alumo, East Africa Development Company, Uganda Sheila Alumo is the Managing Director of the Eastern Agricultural Development Company Ltd…

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Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance receives award for its contribution towards Food Security through bean research

Africa’s development relies heavily on agriculture, and beans are a key to the sector’s prosperous and nutritious future. But to increase productivity and food security, funding for research on…

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