by Yohane Chideya | Nov 12, 2024 | Africa, Beans, Tanzania
Atupokile Mwakatwila1*, Joseph Kimisha3, Justus Ochieng1, Martin Majambele1, Radegunda Kessy1, Daud Mwanambuu3, Anthony Bujiku4, Gerald Alex4, Joachim Madeni4, Areth Kibaraza5, Jean Claude Rubyogo1, Noel Templer2, Lilian Gichuru2, Chris O. Ojiewo2 1 The Alliance of...
by Yohane Chideya | Nov 11, 2024 | Africa, Beans, PABRA, Rwanda
By Yvonne Munyangeri, Eliud Birachi, Yohane Chideya & Jean Claude Rubyogo “Beans are a crucial part of daily meals in Rwandan households. They are essential food,” says Dr. Olivier Kamana, Permanent Secretary of Rwanda’s Ministry of Agriculture and Animal...
by Yohane Chideya | Nov 7, 2024 | Africa, Beans, News, Zambia
By Yohane Chideya1, Wilson Nkhata1, Mwiinga Mulube2, Paul Aseete1, Carl Jensen3 and Jean Claude Rubyogo1 1 Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/PABRA 2 Zambia Agricultural Research Institute 3 Good Nature Agro Zambia’s largely rural population depends heavily...
by Yohane Chideya | Nov 4, 2024 | Africa, Malawi
By Yohane Chideya, Justice Munthali, Eliud Birachi and Jean Claude Rubyogo In 2016, Victoria Mwafulirwa took her first steps into Malawi’s small scale agrifood processing landscape. Her venture, Homes Industries, began almost by accident in the northern district...
by Yohane Chideya | Oct 24, 2024 | Africa, DRC
By Lydie Mulonda, Hosny Dunia, Napoléon Kajunju, Julie Ntawinja, Lucky Kalisya, Paulin Njingulula, & Bola Amoke Awotide Local seed multipliers in the Tanganyika, North Kivu, and South Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were all smiles as the...
by Yohane Chideya | Oct 23, 2024 | Tanzania
By Martin Majambele, Radegunda Kessy, Atupokile Mwakatwila and Justus Ochieng In Tanzania, a silent revolution is taking place in the fields, where women and youth farmers are leading the charge. With the introduction of Multi-Crop Threshing Machines (MCTs), a...
