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Rethinking seed aid in times of disaster
Drought in Ethiopia, flooding in Pakistan, earthquake in Haiti, conflict in Congo… Every year, the worlds’ vulnerable are hit by natural and manmade...
Breeding better beans in Tanzania
Kablanketi is a popular bean in Tanzania, known for its fast cooking time and palatable taste. It is thought to have been introduced into the...
Unlocking Kenya’s bean value chain
In western Kenya’s drought-prone Narok District, Pastor Stanley Shunkuru (pictured) surveys his land. Today it lies barren, the sun burnt leaves of...
Adapting beans to a changing climate
Adapting agriculture to the adverse effects of climate change is vital, none more so for smallholder farmers who tend to suffer the brunt of varying...
Good things come in small packages
Smallholder farms are just that, small. Small farms, and, invariably, small incomes.While the one of the aims of agricultural research is to...
Climbing beans reach new heights in Rwanda
Already one of the most densely populated countries in the world, the United Nations predicts that Rwanda’s population of around 11 million people...
On the trail of DR Congo’s Purple “Gorillas”
HarvestPlus is one of PABRA’s many partners working to increase micronutrient-rich bean production and consumption in DR Congo. This story was...