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!”
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...
From parched land to productive farms: AID-I paves the way in Malawi
By Eunice Magwaya, Wilson Nkhata, and Jean Claude Rubyogo In the early morning light of Mdere, a quiet farming community tucked into Malawi’s southern Machinga district, rows of green bean plants stretch across what was once parched, underutilized land. Hanifa...
PABRA, U.S. Dry Bean Council forge strategic partnership to boost bean innovation in Africa
By Keta Mwangala, Warren Arinaitwe, Jean Claude Rubyogo A strategic partnership between the United States Dry Bean Council (USDBC) and the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT was launched on June 29, 2025,...
BRAINS at one: Grit, growth, and innovation in Africa’s bean-insect-fruit trees value chains
By Keta Mwangala, Warren Arinaitwe, Dennis Ong’or, and Jean Claude Rubyogo (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT); Ayuka Fombong, and Sunday Ekesi (icipe) “Farming is like raising a child. You nurture, protect, and when it’s ready, let it grow into something...
Scaling nutrition impact: Schools serve up High-Iron Beans
By Napoleon Kajunju, Justice Munthali, Yohane Chideya, Eliud Birachi, and Jean Claude Rubyogo Over 2.7 million people have benefitted from biofortified beans disseminated through school meal programs in five African countries. Iron-rich beans can be integrated into...
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