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Exploring the potential of bean-based products through public-private partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms in Malawi and Zambia

Exploring the potential of bean-based products through public-private partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms in Malawi and Zambia

by Alejandro M | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized

By Justice Munthali, Robert Fungo, Patricia Onyango, and Janet Fierro Malawi and Zambia have shared history and culture, including diet patterns. In terms of common bean consumption, people in both countries consume the beans, mostly as a relish, by boiling the beans...
Getting Lifeline Through Improved Bean Variety

Getting Lifeline Through Improved Bean Variety

by Patricia Onyango | Apr 11, 2023 | Uncategorized

By Yohane Chideya Even though she has been farming beans for many years, raking yields seasons-in-seasons-out Esther Jere was still not satisfied. Her yields were never enough for her family of six to make ends meet. Today, the middle aged farmer from Emfeni area in...
Low-cost phenotyping of root rot diseases for common bean

Low-cost phenotyping of root rot diseases for common bean

by Patricia Onyango | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorized

by Kato, F., Male, A., Amongi, W., Odama, R., Musoke, S., Acam, C., Nababi, H., Nakyazi, B., Naluwooza, C., Kabwama, A., Wekhichu, J., Ndati, J. and Mukankusi, C. The root rot infections are complex diseases caused by pathogens that occur within the soil rhizophere or...
Affordable phenotyping for evaluating foliar diseases in common bean

Affordable phenotyping for evaluating foliar diseases in common bean

by Patricia Onyango | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorized

by Kato, F., Male, A., Amongi, W., Odama, R., Musoke, S., Acam, C., Nababi, H., Nakyazi, B., Naluwooza, C., Kabwama, A., Wekhichu, J., Ndati, J. and Mukankusi, C. Disease phenotyping is a technique to characterize the diseases of the crops using the physical methods...
How Can Multi-Stakeholder Platforms Drive Bean Seed Systems to Respond to Market Demand?

How Can Multi-Stakeholder Platforms Drive Bean Seed Systems to Respond to Market Demand?

by Patricia Onyango | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized

Smallholder farmers in Malawi struggle to find reliable buyers and fair prices for their crops, while grain traders struggle to find the necessary quantities of quality grain demanded in the market. One solution that has helped both grain sellers and buyers is the...
25 years of PABRA’s bean transformation in Africa

25 years of PABRA’s bean transformation in Africa

by Patricia Onyango | Sep 10, 2022 | Africa, Latest News, Rwanda, Uncategorized, Women

During the inaugural AGRF meeting in Kigali Rwanda, Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance Improved yields, incomes and nutrition, from the beans. “Hearing from the mothers and grandmother in Siaya county in Kenya of how the income from beans is paying for the children’s...
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