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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...
Bean based products changing diets in Africa #EachforEqual
By Eileen Nchanji, Gender Specialist – Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT With increasing urbanization, population growth and high cost of living, the...
Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance receives award for its contribution towards Food Security through bean research
Africa’s development relies heavily on agriculture, and beans are a key to the sector’s prosperous and nutritious future. But to increase...
Towards faster cooking varieties of beans: ACIAR launches an innovative breeding project in East Africa
KAMPALA, UGANDA, 10th, December 2019 – The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has launched a new project in six...
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance announced finalist of US$1 million Al-Sumait prize
The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) was awarded the 2019 edition of the US$1 million Al-Sumait Prize for African Development on November...
Kenya partners review the future of High Iron Beans
Kenya gets most of its beans from Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, and DRC as imports. This shows that Kenya is a big market and consumer of beans. If...