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Alternative income for rural women in Zimbabwe in the wake of COVID 19
By Nyarai Chisorochengwe Agriculture is primarily the backbone of Zimbabwe’s economy. To cope with the sting of poverty, most people, especially...
Putting digital agro-climatic services in the hands of bean value chain actors
By: Desire M. Kagabo, Yvonne U. Munyangeri, Patrick Mvuyibwami, Livingstone Byandaga, Boaz Waswa, Louis Butare, Teshale A. Mamo, Rowland Chirwa,...
Women Building Resilience In Sub Saharan Africa
These articles first appeared in the Gender Newsletter dated 30 Sept 2020 by Eileen Nchanji - PABRA Gender Specialist in collaboration with gender...
Bundling inputs and agricultural extension services in a gender equitable manner to increases bean production in the lower Rift of Kenya
By Patricia Onyango, Boaz Waswa, Eileen Nchanji, Josey Kamanda, and Collins Leboo Across Africa, farmers’ access to agricultural advisory...
Little spaces promise more food and nutrition security for households in Kenya
Boaz Waswa. Josey Kamanda and Patricia Onyango Did you know that with just a small space you can set up a kitchen garden with various crops...
Capitalizing on digital tools to sustain bean production, trade and consumption amidst COVID-19
This blog was published by Sylvia Kalemera, Patricia Onyango, Enid Katungi, Boaz Waswa, Eliud Birachi, Noel Templer, Fadhili Kasubiri, Kessy...
Engaging Kenyan youth in bean business to boost income
By Eileen Nchanji and Patricia Onyango For Ms. Grace Wambui getting into agriculture did not come as her first option. A chance encounter got...
Webinar: High-yielding, climate-resilient beans kick-start business in Zimbabwe
SDC flagship project end line report 2020 22 July 2020, 15:00-17:00 hrs (East Africa Time) Objectives a. Share the highlights from...
Webinar: How beans are beating hunger and malnutrition in Burundi
SDC flagship project end line report, 2020 20 July 2020, 15:00–17:00 hrs (East Africa Time) Objectives a. Share the highlights of the...
Yellow Bean Corridor: Seed & Grain Trade Potential
This post is written by Eliud Birachi, Mercy Mutua, Clare Mukankusi, Noel Templer, Louise Sperling, Patricia Onyango, Sylvia Kalemera, Robin...
Private Sector Partnerships to boost bean production in Africa
The increase in the productivity of the agricultural sector is prioritized by many countries in Africa and the private sector plays a key role in...
Digitally Tracking Dissemination & Targeting Markets: High Iron Bean Seeds in Kenya
This post is written by Bhramar Dey, Justin Machini, Michael Wilcox, and Jean Claude Rubyogo. After millions of dollars are invested...
Distributing high iron and zinc bean varieties to women farmers in Kenya during COVID-19
By Eileen Nchanji Achieving food and nutritional security and economic prosperity is possible even during this pandemic if men and women are given...
Beans, the new ‘cowpea’ in Ghana
The Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CRI-CSIR), has introduced four new common bean (baked beans)...
Covid-19: Comment les haricots peuvent dresser les défis de l’alimentation, de la nutrition et de la pauvreté pendant la pandémie.
by Robert Fungo La pandémie du COVID-19, a causé des crises considérables dans les systèmes alimentaires, en particulier dans les pays les plus...
How beans can address food, nutrition and income challenges during COVID 19.
By Robert Fungo The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant disruptions in food systems, especially on the poorest nations of Africa and Asia. PABRA...
Mourning the passing of Dr. Rodah Morezio Zulu – Nutrition Specialist
The PABRA Family has lost one of its own! It is with profound sorrow and sadness that we announce the passing on of Dr. Rodah Morezio Zulu on 4 May...
Women entrepreneurs empowered through beans – Christella, Sheila
Sheila Alumo, East Africa Development Company, Uganda Sheila Alumo is the Managing Director of the Eastern Agricultural Development Company Ltd...
Beans making rural schools in Tanzania a better place to learn and thrive
by Patricia Onyango A large proportion of school children in Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from malnutrition, adversely affecting their physical growth...
Farmer digital platform delivers financial inclusion: a case of KADERES in partnership with Tanzanian farmers and banks
“The least that governments can do is to support digitizing the operations of small-scale farmers because it is going to transform agriculture.”...
Youth economic empowerment through mechanization in Tanzania
In one hour the machine threshes 8 bags of beans, consuming one litre of petrol with a maximum of 3 people to operate. About one-third of Africa’s...