Can Informal Traders Drive Seed Security? A Case of Eastern DRC’s Bean and Cassava Business

by Patricia Onyango | Feb 8, 2022 | Africa, Latest News, News, Uncategorized

This post is by Noel Templer, Mercy Mutua, Eliud Birachi, Sylvia Kalemera, Kijana Ruhebuza, Benjamin Wimba, Radegunda Kessy, Eileen Nchanji, Patricia Onyango and Jean-Claude Rubyogo. Figure 1. Bean and Cassava Production Zones in DRC. The eastern Democratic...

Participatory Approaches and Demand-Led Research Making Bean Seed Accessible to Millions of Smallholders in Burundi

by Patricia Onyango | Feb 8, 2022 | Burundi, Latest News, PABRA, SDG, Uncategorized

by Sylvia Kalemera, Eric Nduwarugira, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Blaise Ndabashize, Noel Templer, Kessy Radegunda, Fadhili Kasubiri, Patricia Onyango and Jean Claude Rubyogo. Burundi is a landlocked country. Its economy depends mainly on agriculture, which contributes...

Empowering women entrepreneurs to deliver quality bean seed in Burundi

by Patricia Onyango | Jan 25, 2022 | Burundi, Latest News, Uncategorized

Eric Nduwarugira, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Blaise Ndabashize, Patricia Onyango, Eileen Nchanji and Jean Claude Rubyogo Common beans are a major food and cash crop for more than 90% of smallholder farmers in Burundi. However, access to quality seed of improved...

Banking on beans: Improving nutrition and addressing gender inequality in Africa’s bean value chains

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...

Building resilience for women bean farmers in Kenya in the wake of COVID 19 pandemic

by Patricia Onyango | Dec 21, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized

By David Karanja, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Eileen Nchanji, and Jean Claude Rubyogo When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya, it exacerbated the already struggling food system. Cognizant of multiple uses of beans, the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)...

New digital Atlas flags higher temperatures as key threat to bean production in Africa

by Administrator | Dec 16, 2021 | Uncategorized

By Rachel Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, Sean Mattson, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Elliot Gee, Andrew Farrow, Robin Buruchara and Jean Claude Rubyogo The digital atlas models changes in suitability for bean production in Africa over the next ten to twenty years and...