by Yohane Chideya | Feb 24, 2026 | Beans, Malawi, PABRA, Partnership, Women
By Yohane Chideya, Eunice Magwaya, Wilson Nkhata, Dennis Ong’o’, Jean Claude Rubyogo When Grace Mijiga Mhango talks about Afriseed, she does not start with numbers or hectares. She starts with a simple realization she had nearly a decade ago. “If we want...
by Yohane Chideya | Feb 24, 2026 | Africa, Beans, PABRA, Rwanda, Women
By Yohane Chideya, Dennis Ong’or, Keta Mwangala, Yvonne Munyangeri, Eliud Birachi, Jean Claude Rubyogo If you take a moment to sit with Emma Uwera, you will quickly discover two things: her unwavering love for beans and her dedication to helping others cultivate...
by Yohane Chideya | Feb 20, 2026 | CIAT, PABRA, Partnership, Tanzania
Joachim Madeni¹, Anthony Bujiku¹, Gerald Alex¹, Justus Ochieng², Radegunda Kessy², Atupokile Mwakatwila², Rickards Chima³, Jean Claude Rubyogo², and Lilian Gichuru³ 1Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Naliendele, Mtwara, Tanzania 2 The Alliance of...
by Yohane Chideya | Jan 6, 2026 | PABRA, Tanzania, Women
By Justus Ochieng, Radegunda Kessy, and Atupokile Mwakatwila (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/PABRA); Esther Majija (Fortlene) When Esther Majija launched Fortlene Bakery Ltd in Babati township in 2022, her vision was simple but purposeful: to produce...
by Yohane Chideya | Dec 15, 2025 | PABRA, Partnership, Tanzania
By Martin Majambele1, Yohane Chideya1, Victor Leseedy1, Edith Kadege2, Joachim Madeni2, Lilian N. Gichuru3 and Justus Ochieng1 1International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT, Arusha Tanzania 2Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Dodoma, Tanzania...
by Yohane Chideya | Nov 26, 2025 | Africa, PABRA, Partnership
From the original post published on Crawford Fund for Food Security The Crawford Fund for Food Security and ANU’s Fenner School of Environment and Society were honoured to welcome on Monday, November 17 2025, Professors Gabrielle Persley and Kaye Basford from the...
