Bean seed multiplication business attracting more investment

by Patricia Onyango | Nov 17, 2022 | Burundi, Latest News, PABRA, Women

By Authors: Sylvia Kalemera, Blaise Ndabashinze and Eric Nduwarugira, Astere Bararyenya, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani and Jean Claude Rubyogo Mr. Leonidas Nimpagaritse, is a hardworking man. He is a common bean seed producer based in Gitega province in Burundi....

Participatory Approaches and Demand-Led Research Making Bean Seed Accessible to Millions of Smallholders in Burundi

by Patricia Onyango | Feb 8, 2022 | Burundi, Latest News, PABRA, SDG, Uncategorized

by Sylvia Kalemera, Eric Nduwarugira, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Blaise Ndabashize, Noel Templer, Kessy Radegunda, Fadhili Kasubiri, Patricia Onyango and Jean Claude Rubyogo. Burundi is a landlocked country. Its economy depends mainly on agriculture, which contributes...

Empowering women entrepreneurs to deliver quality bean seed in Burundi

by Patricia Onyango | Jan 25, 2022 | Burundi, Latest News, Uncategorized

Eric Nduwarugira, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Blaise Ndabashize, Patricia Onyango, Eileen Nchanji and Jean Claude Rubyogo Common beans are a major food and cash crop for more than 90% of smallholder farmers in Burundi. However, access to quality seed of improved...

Women in Burundi supported to save time and improve children’s nutrition

by Patricia Onyango | Jul 7, 2021 | Burundi, Latest News

by Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Eric Nduwarugira, Patricia Onyango, Jean Claude Rubyogo Malnutrition is a public health concern in Burundi, with the highest level of hunger among all 76 countries in the 2014 Global Hunger Index. Forty-nine percent of children under five...

Capitalizing on digital tools to sustain bean production, trade and consumption amidst COVID-19

by Patricia Onyango | Aug 17, 2020 | Africa, Burundi, Latest News, Uncategorized

This blog was published by Sylvia Kalemera, Patricia Onyango, Enid Katungi, Boaz Waswa, Eliud Birachi, Noel Templer, Fadhili Kasubiri, Kessy Radegunda, Elvira Omondi, Eward Mushi and Jean Claude Rubyogo   When COVID-19 hit globally, travel restrictions curtailed...

How Can Ugandan Farmers Ease South Sudan Hunger Crisis?

by Administrator | Dec 14, 2017 | Africa, Beans, Burundi, CIAT, Ethiopia, NARO, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda

by Georgina Smith | Dec 13, 2017 This is post is part of our climate campaign in Africa. The story has appeared in several news outlets including Associated Press, the New York Times and others.   Earlier this year, South Sudan fell victim to the first famine declared...