PABRA News
Here you’ll find the latest on everything happening around our organization. From innovative projects to breakthroughs in bean production and distribution, stay up to date with everything happening at PABRA and its impact on agriculture and food security in Africa. Follow our news and be part of the change!”
Small seed, bigger harvest: How Waithera is winning Kenyan farmers’ trust
By Justin Mabeya1, David Karanja2, Vicky Korir2, Eileen Inyanji1, Jean Claude Rubyogo1, Anne Ngugi2, Wincaster Makoani2 1Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/PABRA 2 Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) In Kenya’s farms, change is...
Hunger meets its match: PABRA’s school feeding initiative reaches 509 Rwandan Schools
By Janviere Umurunji, David Muhawenimana, Yvonne Munyangeri, Eliud Birachi Hamimu Mbarushimana, a Head Teacher at GS Bugarama Cité School in Rusizi District in Rwanda’s Western Province, has learned to read hunger as easily as he reads a class register. In his school...
🎉Celebrate 30 years of PABRA!
2026 marks 30 years of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) – three decades of innovation, impact, and transformation across Africa. From improving nutrition to strengthening livelihoods and building resilience for millions of farmers and families, beans have...
How biofortified beans are transforming agriculture, nutrition in DRC’s Haut-Lomami
By Justin Mabeya, Alain Mudumbi, and Dr Daniel Lunze Under the generous sun of Kaniama, in the heart of Haut-Lomami Province – Southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the weather itself feels like a quiet partner in the farmers’ journey, sometimes nurturing,...
Kaniama harvests progress: Highlights and impacts of the PADCA-6P agricultural innovation journey
By Justin Mabeya, Alain Mudumbi, and Daniel Lunze In the territory of Kaniama, Haut-Lomami Province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a silent but profound transformation is underway. Under the Project to Support the Development of Agricultural Value Chains in Six...
From baking to building: Esther’s transformational seed-driven agri-food venture
By Justus Ochieng, Radegunda Kessy, and Atupokile Mwakatwila (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/PABRA); Esther Majija (Fortlene) When Esther Majija launched Fortlene Bakery Ltd in Babati township in 2022, her vision was simple but purposeful: to produce...
How bean seed distribution is changing lives in Eastern DRC
By Lydie Mulonda, Bola Amoke Awotide, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Napoleon Kajunju, Hosny Dunia, Lulu Lwamba, Richard Kataliko Bean bags weighing 25 kilograms are more than just containers of seed. In Bukavu, they feel almost alive, as they are...
Beans in classroom: Teachers fuel nutrition and empowerment in eastern DRC
By Napoleon Kajunju, Lucky Kalisya, Lydie Mulonda, Bola Amoke Awotide, Jean Claude Rubyogo Skies of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have witnessed decades of conflict and hardship that have taken a heavy toll, but amidst such struggles, a special revolution...
Beans that break the cycle: Food, freedom, and female power in DRC
By Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntawinja, Lydie Mulonda, Yohane Chideya, Hosny Dunia, Richard Kataliko, Lucky Kalisya, and Jean Claude Rubyogo Once marked by displacement and silence, the fields of Masisi are now alive with purpose. In this post-conflict corner of the...
Rooted in beans, rising in business: How a family in Goma is growing bean empire
By Napoleon Kajunju, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Bola Awotide, Lydie Mulonda, Paulin Njingulura, Julie Ntamwinja, Lucky Kalisya, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina In a city where food insecurity shadows daily life and opportunity feels just out of reach, Sadiki and his wife Huguette...
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