by Administrator | Mar 17, 2016 | Beans, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Uncategorized
Over 450 of the world’s most prominent grain legume researchers met in Livingstone, Zambia, earlier this month for the Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference, a signature event of the UN-declared International Year of Pulses 2016. Organised by...
by Administrator | Feb 9, 2016 | Beans, CGIAR, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership
Blog post by Prof. Ruth Oniang’o There’s a saying in Kenya: If you haven’t eaten “ugali” (a common maize-based stiff porridge dish), then you haven’t eaten. Substitute ugali for rice, cassava, matoke (starchy bananas), sweet or Irish potato or any other starch staple...
by Administrator | Dec 4, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Rwanda
Strong seed systems are essential to ensure farmers can access quality seed and new crop varieties. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the seed systems that feed bean production are unable to meet farmers’ needs, especially when compared to more commercial crops, such as...
by Administrator | Jun 30, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership
Despite major successes in the continuous battle against the pests and diseases that blight agricultural production, millions of farmers across the world still lose part or their entire crop every year, affecting food security and livelihoods. Take cassava for...
by Administrator | Feb 4, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, Kenya, Partnership
In western Kenya’s drought-prone Narok District, Pastor Stanley Shunkuru (pictured) surveys his land. Today it lies barren, the sun burnt leaves of the last of his bean crop swaying in the breeze. And yet he smiles. The bean season is over and his crop has already...
by Administrator | Dec 10, 2013 | Beans, CGIAR, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Uganda
Adapting agriculture to the adverse effects of climate change is vital, none more so for smallholder farmers who tend to suffer the brunt of varying temperatures and rainfall patterns. PABRA bean breeder, Clare Mukankusi, reports on how a participatory action research...
