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Beans that heal: Journey to better nutrition in Rwanda’s Western Province
By Eliud Birachi, Yvonne Uwase Munyangeri, Blanche Murera At the break of dawn in Rwanda’s Western Province, life stirs into motion. The sun lifts...
From baking to building: Esther’s transformational seed-driven agri-food venture
By Justus Ochieng, Radegunda Kessy, and Atupokile Mwakatwila (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/PABRA); Esther Majija (Fortlene) When...
PABRA at 30: If beans could speak, what would 30 years sound like?
Colleagues, As we look ahead to PABRA’s 30th Anniversary in September 2026, this moment invites reflection on how far the network has come, and the...
Tanzania advances seed digitization with Research Business Management System
By Martin Majambele1, Yohane Chideya1, Victor Leseedy1, Edith Kadege2, Joachim Madeni2, Lilian N. Gichuru3 and Justus Ochieng1 1International Center...
How bean seed distribution is changing lives in Eastern DRC
By Lydie Mulonda, Bola Amoke Awotide, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Napoleon Kajunju, Hosny Dunia, Lulu Lwamba, Richard Kataliko...
The Business of Plant Breeding in Africa
From the original post published on Crawford Fund for Food Security The Crawford Fund for Food Security and ANU’s Fenner School of Environment and...
Beans driving change: Malawi smallholder farmers turning yields into wealth
By Yohane Chideya, Eunice Magwaya, Wilson Nkhata, Jean Claude Rubyogo In Malawi, bean production among smallholder farmers is often marked by low...
From hard labor to higher profits: Tanzania’s smallholders win big through mechanized threshing power
By Yohane Chideya, Justus Ochieng, and Radegunda Kessy For years, smallholder farmers across Tanzania toiled under the sun from dawn to dusk, their...
Read our 4th Edition of PABRA Friends Newsletter!
Catch up on the latest updates from PABRA Friends — including a new project update, a World Food Day Q&A, and much more! Read here
In East and Southern Africa, PABRA pilots the first regional Product Advancement Meeting for beans
From the original article published by CGIAR The demand for common beans is growing fast as more consumers embrace plant-based diets. Once mostly...
Beans in classroom: Teachers fuel nutrition and empowerment in eastern DRC
By Napoleon Kajunju, Lucky Kalisya, Lydie Mulonda, Bola Amoke Awotide, Jean Claude Rubyogo Skies of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have...
Beans that break the cycle: Food, freedom, and female power in DRC
By Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntawinja, Lydie Mulonda, Yohane Chideya, Hosny Dunia, Richard Kataliko, Lucky Kalisya, and Jean Claude Rubyogo Once...
PABRA empowers Rwanda’s school nutrition with 3-tons High-Iron Bean seeds
By Yvonne Munyangeri, Eliud Birachi, Jean Claude Rubyogo What if the key to better school performance, stronger communities, and healthier futures...
Rooted in beans, rising in business: How a family in Goma is growing bean empire
By Napoleon Kajunju, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Bola Awotide, Lydie Mulonda, Paulin Njingulura, Julie Ntamwinja, Lucky Kalisya, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina In...
PABRA and Spice World forge new path for Africa’s high value beans
By Dennis Ong’or, Warren Arinaitwe, Sylvia Kalemera, Radegunda Kessy, Justus Ochieng, Eliud Birachi, Agness Manthi, Jean Claude Rubyogo The story of...
From parched land to productive farms: AID-I paves the way in Malawi
By Eunice Magwaya, Wilson Nkhata, and Jean Claude Rubyogo In the early morning light of Mdere, a quiet farming community tucked into Malawi’s...
Rwandan govt pushes for nutrient-rich beans into school menus
From an original article published on New Times Rwanda by Michel Nkurunziza The ministries of Education and Agriculture have urged schools across...
One mother’s movement: Turning struggle into nutrition for all
By Napoleon Kajunju, Justice Munthali, Yohane Chideya, Paulin Njingulula, Eliud Birachi and Jean Claude Rubyogo It all began in a modest kitchen in...
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Beans, Breakthroughs and Beyond Catch stories of innovation, impact and inspiration from the PABRA Family in this Latest Edition of PABRA Friends...
PABRA, U.S. Dry Bean Council forge strategic partnership to boost bean innovation in Africa
By Keta Mwangala, Warren Arinaitwe, Jean Claude Rubyogo A strategic partnership between the United States Dry Bean Council (USDBC) and the...
Digital inclusion for impact: Unlocking opportunities for Tanzania’s agro-traders
By Atupokile Mwakatwila*, Justus Ochieng, Victor Lesedy, Radegunda Kessy, and Martin Majambele *Corresponding author: a.mwakatwila@cgiar.org Over...