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PABRA20 Timeline: At a Glance – 20 Years of Growth
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Defining a new approach: better beans for Africa
By Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) Editorial of PABRA Annual Report 2016 - 20th Anniversary Special...
When spiders unite, they can tie up a lion
By Debisi Araba, Regional Director for Africa, CIAT There’s an Ethiopian proverb: “When spiders unite, they can tie up a lion.” I’ve always been...
Finding white gold
By Dr. Jean-Claude Rubyogo, Seed Systems Specialist and East and Central Africa Bean Research Network (ECABREN) Coordinator There was a time when,...
Commodity Corridors: A paradigm shift in PABRA’s business
In the last 20 years, PABRA researchers have found that novel approaches are needed to eliminate bean production bottlenecks. We have made...
Transforming agriculture for better incomes and diets in Africa
Citation PABRA. 2017. Transforming agriculture for better incomes and diets in Africa. Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance - PABRA . Uganda. 4 p....
News update
News update This year, the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) celebrates 20 years of better beans for Africa For 20 years, PABRA has helped...
Scaling success: leading change with the Syngenta Foundation
The catalyst for change came from catastrophe in Kenya, when farmers in the western part of the country lost their maize harvest to disease in 2012....
R&D helping Africa have special beans to fight anaemia
Dr. Mercy Lung’aho, a nutritionist at CIAT and member of the Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) network, talks to Scidev.net about high iron...
The Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) wrapped up its joint steering committee planning workshop, Nairobi, Kenya earlier this month, January 20th – February 2nd
The workshop brought together more than 100 participants from across Africa, to plan the next phase of their research activities. Novel approaches...
The world without beans: opinion piece
By Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) This opinion piece was first published by the Pan-African Media...
Snack bars with a winning twist: beans in the international spotlight
When Harriet Aber entered the LovePulses Showcase competition with her special bean-amaranth energy bar, she never imagined it...
Bean researchers in Ethiopia win highest accolade
The Ethiopia Bean Research Programme led by the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) has won the highest scientific award in the...
Clare Mukankusi, Bean Breeder at CIAT, Kawanda, Uganda
In the dry afternoon breeze, Clare Mukankusi pulls on a light khaki lab coat. The 18 acre plot at Kawanda, part of Uganda’s National Agricultural...
First drought-resilient, high iron beans for Uganda released
Five new bean varieties bred with high iron and resilience to the impacts of drought were released in Uganda for the first time on Friday 22nd July....
Derese Eshete, Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia
As a senior research technician, Derese Eshete has spent his career with one goal in mind: to improve the living conditions of the farmers he...
Eating high-iron beans reduces iron deficiency in just a few months
Eating specially-bred, high-iron beans twice-a-day for just four-and-a-half months reduced iron deficiency and anaemia in young women in Rwanda,...
Mary Ndimbo, Bean Breeder, Uyole Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania
Mary Ndimbo knows what beans mean for millions of smallholder farmers in Tanzania – particularly women. Her work at Agricultural Research...
Annuarite Uwera: Research Technician and Bean Breeder, Rwanda Agriculture Board, Rwanda
Annuarite Uwera cuts a tall, elegant figure as she puts on her white lab coat. Sporting pink nail varnish and sparkling blue pumps, she stands out...
Michael Kilango, Head of the Bean Research Program, Agricultural Research Institute – Uyole, Tanzania
The sun peers through the early morning mist as Michael Kilango passes through the doors of the Agricultural Research Institute - Uyole, in...
Why getting the right food on the table is central not just to the health of our children, but to the health of our continent
Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director for Africa for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, talked about need to tackle malnutrition at the...