by Patricia Onyango | Apr 18, 2023 | Africa, Latest News, Uganda
by Helen Keti, Patricia Onyango Beans in Bomet county in Kenya are mostly grown for home consumption. If excess is available, the extra beans are sold in the local market or at the farm gate, especially among women, who have limited access to markets due high cost of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Patricia Onyango | Feb 27, 2023 | Latest News, Women
Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) in collaboration with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) hosted a high-level delegation from the Canadian government at Duduville campus in icipe. The delegation led by Ms. Ioanna Sahas Martin,...
