by Patricia Onyango | Jan 6, 2022 | IDRC, Latest News, Uganda, Uncategorized
CultiAF precooked beans project is working to improve nutrition and address gender inequality in Kenya and Uganda. Beans enrich Ugandan households On the slope of a small hill in Kambugu village in Kiboga, Uganda, Jennifer Nakaye’s green, leafy...
by Patricia Onyango | May 27, 2021 | Africa, Latest News, Uganda, Women
By Eileen Nchanji, Grace Nanyonjo, and Isaac Muggaga Common beans are a valuable crop across sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to food nutrition security and income for smallholder farmers. It was considered a subsistent crop mainly grown by women for food; with the...
by Administrator | Jan 22, 2018 | Africa, Beans, Uganda
Climate-resilient ‘super beans’ boost food rations for refugees in Uganda Non-GMO and fast-growing, a high-yield bean variety is helping South Sudanese refugees feed their families and cultivate new livelihoods South Sudanese refugees in Uganda are being...
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...
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...
by Administrator | Oct 9, 2017 | Beans, KALRO, Kenya, NARO, Uganda
When Tei Mukunya, Director of Azuri Health, prepared meals for her 112 year old grandmother, she had a realization.”It wasn’t easy to find a good range of nutritious, easily digestible foods that she liked. Most flour was made from maize, and having a range...
