by Patricia Onyango | May 2, 2023 | Latest News, PABRA
1 MAY 2023 – Seven new members have joined the Beans is How Board to steer, support and resource the ambitious campaign to double global bean consumption by 2028. Over the next five years, the Board will champion beans as a nutritional, climate-smart,...
by Patricia Onyango | Feb 27, 2023 | Latest News, Women
Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) in collaboration with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) hosted a high-level delegation from the Canadian government at Duduville campus in icipe. The delegation led by Ms. Ioanna Sahas Martin,...
by Patricia Onyango | Nov 9, 2022 | Beans, Latest News
Dr. Catherine Madata – the bean legend in Tanzania Authors: Sylvia Kalemera, Agnes Ndunguru, Fadhili Kasubiri, Radegunda Kessy Eleven years after retirement, Dr. Catherine Madata is still doing active breeding work, a demonstration of how passionate she is about...
by Patricia Onyango | Nov 7, 2022 | Africa, Beans, Latest News, Zambia
By Mulube Mwiinga , Rachel Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, and Wilson Nkhata. The Zambian bean sector has been on a growth spurt for the past couple of years. The increase in partnerships with value chain actors, Zambian farmers bean yield was very low averaging about 0.45...
by Patricia Onyango | Sep 10, 2022 | Africa, Latest News, Rwanda, Uncategorized, Women
During the inaugural AGRF meeting in Kigali Rwanda, Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance Improved yields, incomes and nutrition, from the beans. “Hearing from the mothers and grandmother in Siaya county in Kenya of how the income from beans is paying for the children’s...
