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!”

Rethinking seed aid in times of disaster

by Administrator | Apr 1, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, PABRA, Partnership

Drought in Ethiopia, flooding in Pakistan, earthquake in Haiti, conflict in Congo… Every year, the worlds’ vulnerable are hit by natural and manmade disasters, the frequency of which is set to increase, according to the latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental...

Breeding better beans in Tanzania

by Administrator | Mar 24, 2014 | Beans, PABRA, Partnership, 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 country as far back as 1948. Today, bean breeders at the Tanzanian Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) are using...

Unlocking Kenya’s bean value chain

by Administrator | Feb 4, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, Kenya, Partnership

In western Kenya’s drought-prone Narok District, Pastor Stanley Shunkuru (pictured) surveys his land. Today it lies barren, the sun burnt leaves of the last of his bean crop swaying in the breeze. And yet he smiles. The bean season is over and his crop has already...

Adapting beans to a changing climate

by Administrator | Dec 10, 2013 | Beans, CGIAR, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Uganda

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 temperatures and rainfall patterns. PABRA bean breeder, Clare Mukankusi, reports on how a participatory action research...

Good things come in small packages

by Administrator | Dec 10, 2013 | Beans, PABRA, Partnership

Smallholder farms are just that, small. Small farms, and, invariably, small incomes.While the one of the aims of agricultural research is to increase productivity and create bigger incomes, when it comes to finding solutions, it often pays to think small – a tactic...