by Yohane Chideya | Jul 8, 2025 | Africa, Beans, CIAT, PABRA
By Keta Mwangala, Warren Arinaitwe, Dennis Ong’or, and Jean Claude Rubyogo (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT); Ayuka Fombong, and Sunday Ekesi (icipe) “Farming is like raising a child. You nurture, protect, and when it’s ready, let it grow into something...
by Yohane Chideya | Jun 25, 2025 | Africa, CIAT, Rwanda, School Feeding
By Yohane Chideya, Yvonne Munyangeri, Eliud Birachi, Justice Munthali, Justin Mabeya, Justus Ochieng, Agnes Manthi, Warren Arinaitwe, Ayuka Fombong (Icipe) and Jean Claude Rubyogo As Rwanda continues with her efforts towards eradication of malnutrition, the bean crop...
by Yohane Chideya | May 22, 2025 | Africa, News, Tanzania
By Martin Majambele, Esther Cheyo, Radegunda Kessy, Atupokile Mwakatwila, Justus Ochieng & Maximillian Saku Beneath vast Tanzanian skies, where fields stretch like patchwork quilts of promise, a quiet revolution is taking root. It doesn’t shout—but whispers change...
by Yohane Chideya | May 2, 2025 | Africa, CIAT, PABRA, Partnership
By Yohane Chideya, Justin Mabeya Machini, and Jean Claude Rubyogo Silence. Anticipation. Excitement. Then—applause. Cheers break out. Such was the electric mood at the Biodiversity Bites Dinner in Nairobi, Kenya on 8th April 2025, when Jean Claude Rubyogo—Global Bean...
by Yohane Chideya | Apr 30, 2025 | Africa, Beans, CIAT, PABRA, Uganda
By Winnyfred Amongi, Allan Ssekamate, Fred Kato, and Roy Odama Kenya is taking bold steps to transform its bean research landscape through renewed collaboration, innovation, and capacity building. At the heart of this transformation is a growing partnership between...
by Yohane Chideya | Apr 12, 2025 | Africa, Beans, CIAT, DRC
By Bola Amoke Awotide, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Julie Ntamwinja, Lucky Kalisya, Amisi Nyengo Gilbert, Jean-Claude Cirhuza Makenda Through training delivered in collaboration with partners—including ‘Union Pour L’emancipation de la Femme Autochtone’ (UEFA), ‘Initiative des...
