by Patricia Onyango | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Did you know that almost 80 percent of Benin’s 11.2 million people earn a living from agriculture, the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) states? Despite being a subsistence sector, agriculture contributes about 34 percent to this west...
by Patricia Onyango | Apr 1, 2021 | Latest News
Bruce Mutari, Patience Mashiri, Eileen Nchanji, Clare Mukankusi, and Patricia Onyango Discussions on gender integration in conventional breeding are not new. These talks started in the 1980s when women farmers were integrated into on-station and on-farm breeding...
by Patricia Onyango | Mar 1, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized
by Desire Kagabo, Yvonne Munyangeri, Patrick Mvuyibwami, Patricia Onyango With a per capita consumption of more than 150g per person per day, beans are the most consumed and important source of protein and essential micro-nutrients in Rwanda. Its Eastern Province is...
by Patricia Onyango | Mar 1, 2021 | Latest News
By: Owen Kimani, Boaz Waswa, Justin Mabeya and Josey Kamanda On the undulating landscape of Omobirona village, Nyansiongo Ward, Nyamira County, in Kenya, is a healthy bean crop planted to showcase the newly released high iron and zinc bean varieties; Angaza, Faida and...
by Patricia Onyango | Feb 27, 2021 | Latest News
Insufficient iron in diets is a leading cause of anemia, a condition that particularly affects pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as children under the age of five. Through collaborative plant breeding efforts with farmers and other partners, CGIAR scientists...
