by Administrator | Sep 29, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, PABRA
The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture is backing CIATs efforts, through PABRA, to strengthen bean seed systems in sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with CIAT (through PABRA) and partners. The three year pilot project will focus on three countries –...
by Administrator | Aug 19, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, PABRA
The idea that agriculture must not only feed us enough, it must also feed us well, has gained much traction on the development and research agenda in recent years. As with gender before it, nutrition has become part of the mainstream research agenda, not least within...
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 | Apr 29, 2014 | Beans, PABRA, Partnership, Rwanda
Rwanda’s fight against malnutrition, which affects nearly half of all children under two, stepped up a notch this month. A new survey targeting children under 24 months and women of reproductive age will root out the underlying causes of under nutrition, leading to...
by Administrator | Apr 1, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, PABRA, Partnership
Drought in Ethiopia, flooding in Pakistan, earthquake in Haiti, conflict in Congo… Every year, the worlds’ vulnerable are hit by natural and manmade disasters, the frequency of which is set to increase, according to the latest report from the UN’s...
by Administrator | Mar 24, 2014 | Beans, PABRA, Partnership, Tanzania
Kablanketi is a popular bean in Tanzania, known for its fast cooking time and palatable taste. It is thought to have been introduced into the country as far back as 1948. Today, bean breeders at the Tanzanian Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) are using...
