by Patricia Onyango | Nov 11, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized
By Edouard Rurangwa, Owen Kimani, Patricia Onyango, Jean-Claude Rubyogo, Eliud Birachi, and Teshale Mamo In Rwanda, beans are the main staple food providing households with 32% of required calories and 65% of protein across the country. Rwandans have the highest per...
by Patricia Onyango | Oct 30, 2021 | Africa, Latest News, Uncategorized
25-29 October, Kigali. The Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) joined various plant breeding professionals, private sector players across Africa for the second edition of the Africa Plant Breeders Conference. The hybrid event was held in Rwanda where delegates...
by Patricia Onyango | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Did you know that almost 80 percent of Benin’s 11.2 million people earn a living from agriculture, the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) states? Despite being a subsistence sector, agriculture contributes about 34 percent to this west...
by Patricia Onyango | May 1, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Annuarite Uwera, Eileen Nchanji, Clare Mukankusi, and Patricia Onyango Participatory plant breeding is not new in Rwanda. Its history can be traced between 1988 to 1990 when local experts drawn from the pool of older women carried out the process (Sperling 1992;...
by Patricia Onyango | Mar 1, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized
by Desire Kagabo, Yvonne Munyangeri, Patrick Mvuyibwami, Patricia Onyango With a per capita consumption of more than 150g per person per day, beans are the most consumed and important source of protein and essential micro-nutrients in Rwanda. Its Eastern Province is...
by Patricia Onyango | Jan 27, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized
By Charles Katabalwa (CEDO), Gabrielle Birwa Luyima (NARO), Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Eileen Nchanji, Justin Machini, Jean Claude Rubyogo Fresh pod beans are becoming a popular source of protein among urban dwellers in Uganda. They are considered highly...
