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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...
Banking on a Sustainable Future: From one diverse continent to another
Common beans evolved in often extreme environments. They offer important opportunities for breeders across Africa to breed beans in varied...
PABRA Annual Report 2016/2017 – 20th Anniversary Special Edition
Citation PABRA. 2017. PABRA Annual Report 2016/2017 - 20th Anniversary Special Edition . Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance - PABRA . Nairobi, KE. 41...
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...