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Taking the PABRA’s multi-stakeholders platform model to transform Nepal’s lentil value chain

Taking the PABRA’s multi-stakeholders platform model to transform Nepal’s lentil value chain

by Patricia Onyango | May 9, 2023 | Latest News, News, PABRA

by: Radegunda Kessy, Eliud Birachi, Jean Claude Rubyogo Lentil (Lens culinaris) also called dal is a leading legume in Nepal as staple for food and incomes through local trade and export. It is grown in the cool/winter season and accounts for 63% of total pulse area...
PABRA’s ‘beans without borders’

PABRA’s ‘beans without borders’

by Patricia Onyango | Apr 24, 2023 | Africa, Beans, Latest News, Partnership, Women

Collaborating across Africa to tackle climate change, gender inequality & malnutrition How PABRA is harnessing the power of climate-smart beans, gender equality, and collaborative governance to spread fairness and prosperity across Africa and increase bean...
Common bean breeding in Africa takes new and more rapid innovative techniques

Common bean breeding in Africa takes new and more rapid innovative techniques

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...
Traditional knowledge helping research in identifying faster cooking bean varieties

Traditional knowledge helping research in identifying faster cooking bean varieties

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...
Irrigation schemes promise high bean yields in Zimbabwe

Irrigation schemes promise high bean yields in Zimbabwe

by Patricia Onyango | Apr 17, 2023 | Beans, Latest News, Zimbabwe

By Nyarai Chisorochengwe, Shylet Tsekenedza, Eileen Nchanji, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani Zimbabwean farmers are reaping good bean harvest from the irrigation sites in the country. Irrigation, as opposed to rainfed agriculture, acts as a mitigating measure against...
Making the Bean Corridor work: Lessons from Zambia

Making the Bean Corridor work: Lessons from Zambia

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...
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