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 | 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...
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...
