by Patricia Onyango | Oct 30, 2021 | Africa, Latest News, Uncategorized
25-29 October, Kigali. The Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) joined various plant breeding professionals, private sector players across Africa for the second edition of the Africa Plant Breeders Conference. The hybrid event was held in Rwanda where delegates...
by Patricia Onyango | Oct 12, 2021 | Africa, Latest News
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 for everyone across the Africa bean value chain, including farmers, buyers, researchers, and supporters of the...
by Patricia Onyango | Jun 26, 2021 | Africa, Latest News
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 important food crop for Rwandese. It is often referred to as the meat of the poor. On 24 June 2021, the Rwanda...
by Patricia Onyango | Jun 21, 2021 | Africa, Latest News
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 using sticks to put food on her family’s table! “My hands are hard and...
by Patricia Onyango | May 27, 2021 | Africa, Latest News, Uganda, Women
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 a subsistent crop mainly grown by women for food; with the...
by Patricia Onyango | Nov 26, 2020 | Africa, Latest News
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 at solutions that will maximize bean yields to ensure food and nutrition...
