by Patricia Onyango | Apr 18, 2023 | Africa, Latest News, Uganda
by Helen Keti, Patricia Onyango Beans in Bomet county in Kenya are mostly grown for home consumption. If excess is available, the extra beans are sold in the local market or at the farm gate, especially among women, who have limited access to markets due high cost of...
by Patricia Onyango | Apr 17, 2023 | Africa, Beans, Latest News
by Winnie Nanteza1, Nkalubo Stanley1 Patricia Onyango2, Wallace Cowling3 and Mukankusi Clare2 1National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)-Uganda 2Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT 3University of Western Australia (UWA) Bean scientists are adopting a...
by Patricia Onyango | Apr 17, 2023 | Africa, Beans, Latest News, Uganda
by Job Wekhichu, Andrew Kabwama, Winnyfred Amongi, Clare Mukankusi, Patricia Onyango In ancient days, beans would take long to cook, this meant using more firewood and charcoal to boil, resulting in deforestation which leads to environmental degradation and global...
by Patricia Onyango | Mar 20, 2023 | Africa, Latest News, News
Authors: Mwiinga Mulube, Kennedy Muimui, Robert Lungu, Wilson Nkhata, Eliud Birachi, Patricia Onyango, Rachel Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, Noel Templer, Sylvia Kalemera, Paul Aseete, and Jean Claude Rubyogo Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important grain legume...
by Patricia Onyango | Nov 22, 2022 | Africa, Beans, Latest News
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), a global initiative launched last November at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) by the United Arab Emirates and the United States, recently at the COP 27 announced a doubling of...
by Patricia Onyango | Nov 7, 2022 | Africa, Beans, Latest News, Zambia
By Mulube Mwiinga , Rachel Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, and Wilson Nkhata. The Zambian bean sector has been on a growth spurt for the past couple of years. The increase in partnerships with value chain actors, Zambian farmers bean yield was very low averaging about 0.45...
