by Patricia Onyango | Feb 24, 2020 | Latest News, News
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 people are going for readily available, delicious, affordable and sometimes...
by Patricia Onyango | Feb 12, 2020 | Africa, Latest News, Partnership
Africa’s development relies heavily on agriculture, and beans are a key to the sector’s prosperous and nutritious future. But to increase productivity and food security, funding for research on beans – which are a key source of protein, iron and zinc – is critical. To...
by Patricia Onyango | Dec 10, 2019 | Latest News
KAMPALA, UGANDA, 10th, December 2019 – The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has launched a new project in six countries in East Africa to improve common bean varieties and provide shorter cooking time, higher protein and increased...
by Patricia Onyango | Oct 14, 2019 | Latest News, News
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 in Kenya can be doubled through high-yielding, climate-smart varieties and Good Agricultural Practices...
by Patricia Onyango | Jul 10, 2019 | Latest News, Uncategorized
CIAT and USADF provide funding and support for award-winning Mastercard solution Kampala, Uganda July 10, 2019 – Mastercard has today announced the signing of two public-private partnerships that will extend the reach of the Mastercard Farmers Network (MFN)...
by Patricia Onyango | May 30, 2019 | Latest News
A case of Ms. Christella Ndayishimye from Burundi The political unrest that rocked Burundi in 2015 plunged the country into a crisis of displaced population and food shortage. Through the Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU), the Canada-funded...