by Administrator | May 22, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA, PABRA20
By Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) Editorial of PABRA Annual Report 2016 – 20th Anniversary Special Edition Venture onto any small farm in Rwanda or Uganda at meal time, and I can guarantee you that you will find...
by Administrator | May 22, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA, PABRA20
By Debisi Araba, Regional Director for Africa, CIAT There’s an Ethiopian proverb: “When spiders unite, they can tie up a lion.” I’ve always been fascinated with the potential of sustained thinking and collaborative effort. PABRA is a great example of both. That’s...
by Administrator | May 22, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA, PABRA20
By Dr. Jean-Claude Rubyogo, Seed Systems Specialist and East and Central Africa Bean Research Network (ECABREN) Coordinator There was a time when, as researchers, our focus was on breeding beans to have varieties resilient to challenges like soil fertility, or disease...
by Administrator | May 22, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA, PABRA20
In the last 20 years, PABRA researchers have found that novel approaches are needed to eliminate bean production bottlenecks. We have made significant progress towards getting better beans to more consumers, allowing farmers to access better seeds. Our assessment of...
by Administrator | Mar 2, 2017 | Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Uncategorized
The catalyst for change came from catastrophe in Kenya, when farmers in the western part of the country lost their maize harvest to disease in 2012. At that time, Jacinta Majimbo, a bean farmer from Bungoma district in Western Kenya, could never be sure what her...
by Administrator | Feb 16, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA
Dr. Mercy Lung’aho, a nutritionist at CIAT and member of the Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) network, talks to Scidev.net about high iron beans – and how they can be a key weapon in the fight against malnutrition and anemia in Africa:...
