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Beans boosting nutrition and keeping Kenyan students in school
Bean production initiative at Mwireri Secondary School started in 2017 with a small demonstration to assess the suitability of two varieties for the...
Policymakers at the center of High Iron Bean promotion in Kenya
Policymakers at the center of High Iron Bean promotion in Kenya The Big 4 Agenda is at the heart of the President of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta’s...
Promoting Nutrition Transformative Change through gender in Kenya
by Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Scholastica Wambua, and Jacinta Simba Empowering a woman is empowering a nation, but empowering a family is...
Sustainable economic, food and nutrition for a better Africa.
The Pan African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), is a consortium of three regional bean research networks; East & Central Africa Bean Research...
Super Flour to boost nutrition in Uganda
Nutreal Ltd together with the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) Legumes Programme launched a nutrient dense porridge targeting low...
Sensitization on Gender-responsive nutrition in rural Uganda: A community approach
By Eileen Bogweh Nchanji and Grace Nanyonjo 'Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn.' Women empowerment is cited...
Technologies for Agricultural Transformation in High Iron Bean in Africa
We recently kicked off inception meetings in eight target countries for Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Programme. TAAT...
Digital Innovation: The way forward for women smallholder bean farmers
Beans are grown by millions of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa many of whom are women. They are grown mainly for consumption and only sold when the...
Improved high-iron and zinc bean varieties for better nutrition
Two bean varieties were recently launched in Arusha, Tanzania. These high iron and zinc climbing varieties of beans scientifically known as MAC44 -...
Women drink like our fathers and do not cook like our mothers: deconstructing leisure activities in rural-urban Kenya
By Eileen Nchanji Being in Kenya for barely three months, I was still grasping with the different ways in which gender plays out in the office and...
The Kenya Academic Year of the Bean
On a Thursday afternoon, a group of 38 students of Mwireri Secondary School, Mweiga Nyeri are busy in school farm with their agriculture and head...
How to empower, not to dis-empower
By Eileen Nchanji Gender equality is a buzzword not only tied to the agricultural and development sector but also in the entertainment and business...
Creating a revolution in bean production in Mwireri, Nyeri
One evening in October 2017 as a discussion over a cup of tea in a restaurant in Nairobi, Yosam Mugarura, and Mr. Nahashon Kariuki, the Chair of...
Types of Interventions within the Beans Corridor Hub
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PABRA 2018 steering committee; Bean Commodity Corridors as an Approach for Enhancing Productivity, Markets and Nutrition
The PABRA 2018 steering committee meeting was held at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, Uganda between the 20th and 22nd March 2018. Appropriately themed...
AZURI Health Limited; Natural Just Got Tastier
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) conducted a rapid market assessment (RMA) study in Kenya and Uganda between July and September...
Fighting Iron Deficiency; New Improved High-iron and Zinc Beans Released in Tanzania
High-iron beans are a special type of conventionally bred biofortified beans that contain high levels of iron and zinc. Biofortification enhances...
Different models of partnership in farm and household decision making #Progress4all
By Eileen Nchanji and Lilies Gachanja Gender inequality in access to technologies, financial services, information and productive resources is not...
Reaping the benefits of using certified bean seed
Walking down Kwamagana town in Rwanda, we find Alexis Nzeyimana on a motorcycle by one of his plots. Nicknamed 'Rukirigitafaranga', meaning tickling...
Transforming African agricultural through demand-led breeding: intersectional perspective
By Eileen Nchanji Breeders across Sub-Saharan Africa came together to attend a training workshop in Nairobi, Kenya between 11th and 13th December...
The West and Central Africa Bean Research Network (WECABREN) Steering Committee Meeting – in picture
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...