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Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) Wins Africa Food Prize 2023
PABRA was chosen from a field of 598 nominees from 47 countries by a preeminent panel of judges with experience and leadership in Africa...
Putting greens and beans at the center of nutritious and resilient food systems
Outcomes of the opening side event at the 2023 Africa Food Systems Forum 4 September 2023, Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es...
Bean farming potential in Malawi
Lydia Chirwa (right )from Mzimba District,Malawi selling beans to a customer. Photo - Yohane Chideya By Yohane Chideya, Jefferson Munyao &...
Seed Inspectors trained in bean production in Malawi
By Yohane Chideya, Eunice Magwaya, Jefferson Munyao, Wilson Nkhata, Jean Claude Rubyogo Bean seed inspectors during a training workshop in Malawi -...
Capacity Building of National Agricultural Research System (NARES) Partners on common bean breeding
As part of Alliance/PABRA’s initiative to modernize bean breeding, technicians and scientist from the Pan African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)...
Over 100 Field Officers Trained in Common Bean Agronomic Practices
By Yohane Chideya, Wilson Nkhata, Mary Singini, Adon Phiri, Jefferson Munyao & Jean Claude Rubyogo, Some of the Field officers trained on bean...
Revolutionizing the Bean Value Chain in Tanzania: Case of IKUWO General Enterprises
By Sylvia Kalemera, Wilson Nkhata, Esther Cheyo & Jefferson Munyao IKUWO Common bean business platform members in Sumbawanga, July 2023- Sylvia...
Media Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 2023 Media Advisory CALL FOR MORE POLICY COVERAGE TO CAPTIVATE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF BEANS, COWPEAS, AND PIGEON PEAS...
Killing two birds with one stone: Promotion of Nutritious bean-based blended flours to address malnutrition and economic challenges in Malawi.
By Yohane Chideya and Justice Munthali Fannie Gondwe’s name is not new among many local farmers and agripreneurs in Malawi, having worked with...
Defying Odds in Malawi’s Fledgling Food Processing Industry
By Yohane Chideya, Justice Munthali & Jefferson Munyao One of the products from beans in the pipeline: Picture courtesy of Mwaiwawo Kukada...
Seed multipliers cashing in on NUA 45 bean variety
By Yohane Chideya, Wilson Nkhata, Eliud Birachi & Jefferson Munyao Without exactly knowing what they were getting themselves into, Watson Chirwa...
Exploring the potential of bean-based products through public-private partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms in Malawi and Zambia
By Justice Munthali, Robert Fungo, Patricia Onyango, and Janet FierroMalawi and Zambia have shared history and culture, including diet patterns. In...
How women entrepreneurs are shaping bean farming in Malawi through Multistakeholder Platforms
By Yohane Chideya, Eluid Birachi, Wilson Nkhata, Jefferson Munyao & Jean Claude Rubyogo The time Thokozani Unyolo was starting her legume Seed...
Africa’s Beans: Big Benefits from SDC Support of an Innovative R&D Partnership
Beans are tiny but mighty! Beans are an important food protein and farm crop for more than 300 million Africans.ISABU bean breeding team making...
In Memory Of: Dr Roger Kirkby
Dear family, friends and loved ones of Roger Kirkby, At this time of deep sadness, the Crops for Nutrition and Health team wants to express their...
Taking the PABRA’s multi-stakeholders platform model to transform Nepal’s lentil value chain
by: Radegunda Kessy, Eliud Birachi, Jean Claude Rubyogo Lentil (Lens culinaris) also called dal is a leading legume in Nepal as staple for food and...
Beans is How announces Board, including PABRA, Google, The Kraft Heinz Company, WBCSD, and Chef Andrew Zimmern to support its mission of doubling global bean consumption by 2028
1 MAY 2023 - Seven new members have joined the Beans is How Board to steer, support and resource the ambitious campaign to double global bean...
PABRA’s ‘beans without borders’
Collaborating across Africa to tackle climate change, gender inequality & malnutrition How PABRA is harnessing the power of climate-smart beans,...
Woman’s seed business boosting community incomes and food security in Rwanda
by Emma Uwera, Edouard Rurangwa, Annuarite Uwera, Sylvia Kalemera, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Rachel Muthoni Andriatsitohaina Emma Uwera is a young seed...
Community fortune changes through bean trade in Kenya
by Helen Keti, Patricia Onyango Beans in Bomet county in Kenya are mostly grown for home consumption. If excess is available, the extra beans are...
Common bean breeding in Africa takes new and more rapid innovative techniques
by Winnie Nanteza1, Nkalubo Stanley1 Patricia Onyango2, Wallace Cowling3 and Mukankusi Clare2 1National Agricultural Research Organization...