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Empowering Zinduka Women’s Group in Tanzania to Produce Quality Bean Seed and Better Their Community
This post is by Fadhili Kasubiri, Michael Kilango, Agnes Ndunguru, Mary Ndimbo, Kessy Radegunda, Sylvia Kalemera, Patricia Onyango, Noel Templer, Teshale Mamo, Eileen Nchanji and Jean Claude Rubyogo.
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Yellow Bean Corridor: Seed & Grain Trade Potential
This post is written by Eliud Birachi, Mercy Mutua, Clare Mukankusi, Noel Templer, Louise Sperling, Patricia Onyango, Sylvia Kalemera, Robin Buruchara, Bhramar Dey and Jean Claude Rubyogo. Common bean (Phaseolus…
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Fighting Iron Deficiency; New Improved High-iron and Zinc Beans Released in Tanzania
High-iron beans are a special type of conventionally bred biofortified beans that contain high levels of iron and zinc. Biofortification enhances the nutritional value of staple food crops by…
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Lessons from field day in Tanzania
By Jean Claude Rubyogo More than 300 farmers, companies, extension agents and media attended a field day at the Agriculture Seed Agency (ASA) seed farm at Ngaramtoni in Arusha, Tanzania,…
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Transforming agriculture for better incomes and diets in Africa
Citation PABRA. 2017. Transforming agriculture for better incomes and diets…
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Mary Ndimbo, Bean Breeder, Uyole Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania
Mary Ndimbo knows what beans mean for millions of smallholder farmers in Tanzania – particularly women. Her work at Agricultural Research Institute Uyole, in the country’s Southern Highlands,…
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Breeding better beans in 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…
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