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Putting digital agro-climatic services in the hands of bean value chain actors

Posted by Patricia Onyango on October 2, 2020

By: Desire M. Kagabo, Yvonne U. Munyangeri, Patrick Mvuyibwami, Livingstone Byandaga, Boaz Waswa, Louis Butare, Teshale A. Mamo, Rowland Chirwa, Jean Claude Rubyogo, and Patricia Onyango “The app is just…
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Women Building Resilience In Sub Saharan Africa

Posted by Patricia Onyango on September 30, 2020

These articles first appeared in the Gender Newsletter dated 30 Sept 2020 by Eileen Nchanji – PABRA Gender Specialist in collaboration…
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Covid-19: Comment les haricots peuvent dresser les défis de l’alimentation, de la nutrition et de la pauvreté pendant la pandémie.

Posted by Patricia Onyango on May 11, 2020

by Robert Fungo La pandémie du COVID-19, a causé des crises considérables dans les systèmes alimentaires, en particulier dans les pays les plus pauvres d’Afrique et d’Asie. Ci-dessous, nous explorons…
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Bean based products changing diets in Africa #EachforEqual

Posted by Patricia Onyango on February 24, 2020

By Eileen Nchanji, Gender Specialist – Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT With increasing urbanization, population growth and high cost of living, the diets in the urban areas are changing. Most…
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Kenya partners review the future of High Iron Beans

Posted by Patricia Onyango on October 14, 2019

Kenya gets most of its beans from Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, and DRC as imports. This shows that Kenya is a big market and consumer of beans. If bean productivity…
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High Iron and zinc beans: The new panacea for malnutrition in Zimbabwe

Posted by Patricia Onyango on July 25, 2019

by Eileen Nchanji and Bruce Mutari Most rural households in Zimbabwe are vulnerable from multiple climatic shocks, cash shortages, price changes, health issues resulting in 33% of the households not…
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Healthier and Prosperous Africa: ‘AVISA’ Project launched for faster agriculture gains in seven countries

Posted by Patricia Onyango on March 3, 2019

Tanzanian Minister for Agriculture calls for more public-private collaboration Greater yields, higher incomes, and improved livelihoods – these will be the results farmers in seven countries across Africa could get…
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Beans boosting nutrition and keeping Kenyan students in school

Posted by Patricia Onyango on January 19, 2019

Bean production initiative at Mwireri Secondary School started in 2017 with a small demonstration to assess the suitability of two varieties for the area. From the success observed, the…
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Policymakers at the center of High Iron Bean promotion in Kenya

Posted by Patricia Onyango on November 19, 2018

Policymakers at the center of High Iron Bean promotion in Kenya The Big 4 Agenda is at the heart of the President of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta’s flagship projects that…
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The Kenya Academic Year of the Bean

Posted by Administrator on May 3, 2018

On a Thursday afternoon, a group of 38 students of Mwireri Secondary School, Mweiga Nyeri are busy in school farm with their agriculture and head teacher, Mr. George Murage,…
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