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Climate-resilient ‘super beans’ boost food rations for refugees in Uganda
Climate-resilient 'super beans' boost food rations for refugees in Uganda Non-GMO and fast-growing, a high-yield bean variety is helping South...
From theory to practice
Ndu subdivision, Ntumbaw (ntu means hills and mbaw means valleys) village in North-West Cameroon is generally cold in the hills and hot in the...
Empowering women to take leadership roles in bean business platforms in Rwanda
Participants of the bean business platform workshop in Kigali, Rwanda. (Credit; Lilies Gachanja) by Eileen Nchanji, Eliud Birachi, Mercy Mutua,...
Closing the gender gap in farming households: An entry point towards agricultural transformation in Africa
By Eileen Nchanji, Chantal Ingabire and Eliud Birachi Agricultural transformation is one of the leading efforts for poverty reduction and food...
The business of plant breeding; The business case for new variety development
The Business of Plant Breeding is the result of a study on demand-led plant variety design for markets in Africa, sharing the best practices from...
Iron-Fortified Beans Winning Customers in Rwanda, Uganda
Iron-Fortified Beans Winning Customers in Rwanda, Uganda A recent study by the Global Nutrition Report 2017 shows that eating beans bred to contain...
How Can Ugandan Farmers Ease South Sudan Hunger Crisis?
by Georgina Smith | Dec 13, 2017 This is post is part of our climate campaign in Africa. The story has appeared in several news outlets...
First Study Shows Eating High-Iron Beans Improves Memory and Attention Span in Female University Students in Rwanda
by Georgina Smith | Nov 22, 2017 Eating beans bred to contain higher iron can boost memory and attention span in female university students in...
The road out of poverty depends on feeding our children nutritious food first
by Mercy LungahoAt the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue this week, October 18-20, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho says feeding our youth more nutritious food is critical...
Transforming Landscape and Doubling Incomes
Farmers actually wanted to own the new improved bean varieties; to be part of the success in seeing them spreading across the landscape.Gutsa...
Village of Nutrition
The “Village of Nutrition” is an initiative in Madagascar by PABRA and local partners to fight malnutrition.The initiative has two objectives:...
Building partnerships to fight malnutrition
In spite of its fragile state, Burundi saw much progress in nutrition in 2016. A strong partnership between the Ministry of Health (PRONIANUT) and...
More nutritious flour for urban consumers and a better price for farmers
When Tei Mukunya, Director of Azuri Health, prepared meals for her 112 year old grandmother, she had a realization."It wasn’t easy to find a...
Drought beating beans triple yields
George Oketch Achola is a farmer on the banks of Lake Victoria, Western Kenya, earns 70 percent of his income from beans. He supplies Lasting...
Nutritious meals for cash-strapped and busy mothers launched in Kenya
Fast-cooking beans and nutritious bean snacks have hit supermarket shelves in Western Kenya. The products target women who may need to prepare meals...
Beans without Borders
Beans are essential in sub-Saharan Africa. In East Africa alone, they are among the most-traded commodity.Dr. Clare Mukankusi, Regional Bean...
Lessons from field day in Tanzania
By Jean Claude Rubyogo More than 300 farmers, companies, extension agents and media attended a field day at the Agriculture Seed Agency (ASA) seed...
New, improved bean varieties enhance food security and diet diversity in Malawi
By Enid Katungi Our recent study, conducted to evaluate the performance of PABRA over the last two decades, shows remarkable achievements in terms...
Drought, pests and disease on the rise hit harvests in Zimbabwe
By Enid KatungiFor the past two decades, the Pan-Africa Bean Research alliance (PABRA), has stepped-up efforts in Zimbabwe to help farmers boost...
Derese Eshete, Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia
As a senior researcher, Derese Eshete has spent his career with one goal in mind: to improve the living conditions of the farmers he believes he is...
Business Unusual
I’ve already seen how small changes in eating habits can be life-changing.I’m passionate about working in nutrition. I do what I do because I know...