Empowering women to take leadership roles in bean business platforms in Rwanda

by Administrator | Jan 15, 2018 | Beans, PABRA, Rwanda

Participants of the bean business platform workshop in Kigali, Rwanda. (Credit; Lilies Gachanja) by Eileen Nchanji, Eliud Birachi, Mercy Mutua, Leonidas Dusenge and Lilies Gachanja Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) carried out a bean business platform at the...

Closing the gender gap in farming households: An entry point towards agricultural transformation in Africa

by Administrator | Jan 12, 2018 | Beans, PABRA, Rwanda

By Eileen Nchanji, Chantal Ingabire and Eliud Birachi Agricultural transformation is one of the leading efforts for poverty reduction and food security in Africa. Governments, development agencies and researchers agree on the role that can be played by agricultural...

Iron-Fortified Beans Winning Customers in Rwanda, Uganda

by Administrator | Dec 22, 2017 | Beans, Rwanda, Uganda

Iron-Fortified Beans Winning Customers in Rwanda, Uganda A recent study by the Global Nutrition Report 2017 shows that eating beans bred to contain more iron boosts memory and attention in college-going women in Rwanda. The specially biofortified beans could prove...

How Can Ugandan Farmers Ease South Sudan Hunger Crisis?

by Administrator | Dec 14, 2017 | Africa, Beans, Burundi, CIAT, Ethiopia, NARO, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda

by Georgina Smith | Dec 13, 2017 This is post is part of our climate campaign in Africa. The story has appeared in several news outlets including Associated Press, the New York Times and others.   Earlier this year, South Sudan fell victim to the first famine declared...

The road out of poverty depends on feeding our children nutritious food first

by Administrator | Oct 22, 2017 | Africa, Beans, CIAT, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho, PABRA, Partnership, Rwanda

by Mercy LungahoAt the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue this week, October 18-20, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho says feeding our youth more nutritious food is critical for a prosperous Africa. Her opinion piece was first published by Inter Press Service News Agency. One drizzly morning in...

Beans without Borders

by Administrator | Oct 9, 2017 | Beans, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Rwanda, SDG, Tanzania, Uganda

Beans are essential in sub-Saharan Africa. In East Africa alone, they are among the most-traded commodity.Dr. Clare Mukankusi, Regional Bean BreederMy dream has always been to reach the poorest in Africa through science. And now, as a “doctor of plants,” as my...