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New study calls for shift to pre-pregnancy nutrition, to drive down stunting in Rwandan children under two-years-old
A scientific report published in April calls for a shift in interventions to tackle malnutrition in children in Rwanda under the age of two. Among...
Low-income communities need more affordable and nutritious food
A research project tackling malnutrition among vulnerable populations in Kenya and Uganda was launched in Nairobi on April 5th, 2016. The three-year...
Could “magic beans” help ease Malawi’s maize woes?
Whichever way you drive into or out of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, maize is everywhere. It flanks the roadsides for miles and miles; huge,...
CIAT & PABRA at the Pan-African Grain Legume conference
Over 450 of the world's most prominent grain legume researchers met in Livingstone, Zambia, earlier this month for the Pan-African Grain Legume and...
Global survey shows shortfall in research investment in pulses
Researchers attending the Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference in Livingstone, Zambia, this week have expressed concern at the lack...
Include pulses for a nutrition secure world
Blog post by Prof. Ruth Oniang’o There’s a saying in Kenya: If you haven’t eaten “ugali” (a common maize-based stiff porridge dish), then you...
Have you registered? 28 February to 4 March 2016, Livingstone, Zambia
Organisers of the Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference have announced eight thematic plenary sessions to be included in the...
How to stake climbing beans
Climbing beans have the potential to provide farmers with yields three times higher than bush beans - that's 3x more food on the table or 3x more...
Burundi: Breaking down barriers for beans
As part of our contribution to the United Nations’ International Year of Pulses, we’re starting a blog series called “Bean-Growing Country of the...
Breakthrough in Rwanda: Climbing to new heights
Ellen Tuyisenga (pictured below) has the answer. It came to her one day in the field, as she talked with friends about earnings from the previous...
“White gold” beans to beat drought in Ethiopia
New drought-resilient white beans – most commonly used to make baked beans – will be deployed to Ethiopia, as erratic weather threatens national...
New PABRA Infographic: Better beans to enhance food security, incomes, and health in Africa
The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) has accomplished a lot over the last few years. The Alliance, coordinated by CIAT and made up of over...
Beans to the rescue in the fight against child malnutrition and school absenteeism in Madagascar
Twelve-year-old Branza has lived in an orphanage in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital, since 2010, because his parents cannot afford to feed him....
Understanding Rwanda’s puzzling nutrition paradox
It’s October in Cyuve district, one of Rwanda’s most productive agricultural regions. Looking across the valley to the hills in the far distance,...
Bean recipe book published in Zambia
A Zambian book containing recipes for healthy bean-based meals is now available online. The book, created by the National Food and Nutrition...
Cameroon releases new five bean varieties
Last month (March 2015), Cameroon celebrated the release of five new bean varieties aimed at reducing malnutrition and raising farmer incomes. A...
Partnership – the heart of bean research
If you had to choose just one word that captures the essence of bean research in Sub-Saharan Africa it is ‘partnership’ – between researchers,...
Raising the profile of legumes – starting with seed systems in Eastern Africa
“Grain legumes don’t get the attention or investment that they deserve”, so say more than 50 grain legume experts and value chain actors who...
Building stronger bean systems
Strong seed systems are essential to ensure farmers can access quality seed and new crop varieties. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the seed systems that...
Nutritious, cheap and… convenient? Capitalising on untapped bean markets
The project – ‘Enhancing food and nutrition security and income generation through post-harvest value addition: A case of precooked beans’ – is a...
Syngenta Foundation – sowing the seeds for stronger seed systems
The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture is backing CIATs efforts, through PABRA, to strengthen bean seed systems in sub-Saharan Africa...