by Administrator | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mr. Dopavugui Siba 1, who has been the WECABREN chairman since the last meeting gave an update on what has been done since the last steering committee meeting. Dr. Robin Buruchara gave an update of what PABRA has been doing in the region and the network. Ms....
by Administrator | Oct 9, 2017 | Beans, Burundi, CGIAR, CIAT, PABRA, Uncategorized
In spite of its fragile state, Burundi saw much progress in nutrition in 2016. A strong partnership between the Ministry of Health (PRONIANUT) and the Ministry of Agriculture (ISABU) has led to 11 farmer cooperatives receiving training on how to produce nutritious...
by Administrator | May 14, 2017 | Beans, CGIAR, Ethiopia, Kenya, PABRA20, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Uncategorized
Citation PABRA. 2017. Transforming agriculture for better incomes and diets in Africa. Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance – PABRA . Uganda. 4 p. Permanent link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/80443 AGROVOC Keywords BEANS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.; PLANT...
by Administrator | Mar 2, 2017 | Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Uncategorized
The catalyst for change came from catastrophe in Kenya, when farmers in the western part of the country lost their maize harvest to disease in 2012. At that time, Jacinta Majimbo, a bean farmer from Bungoma district in Western Kenya, could never be sure what her...
by Administrator | Aug 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
The sun peers through the early morning mist as Michael Kilango passes through the doors of the Agricultural Research Institute – Uyole, in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. The station, in the heart of sunflower plots and bean fields, is teeming with researchers...
by Administrator | Aug 29, 2016 | Beans, PABRA, Rwanda, Uncategorized
A scientific report published in April calls for a shift in interventions to tackle malnutrition in children in Rwanda under the age of two. Among recommendations, authors urge renewed focus to “fast-track” pre-pregnancy nutrition. Adolescent nutrition before...
