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Can Informal Traders Drive Seed Security? A Case of Eastern DRC’s Bean and Cassava Business

Posted by Patricia Onyango on February 8, 2022

This post is by Noel Templer, Mercy Mutua, Eliud Birachi, Sylvia Kalemera, Kijana Ruhebuza, Benjamin Wimba, Radegunda Kessy, Eileen Nchanji, Patricia Onyango and Jean-Claude Rubyogo.
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Participatory Approaches and Demand-Led Research Making Bean Seed Accessible to Millions of Smallholders in Burundi

Posted by Patricia Onyango on February 8, 2022

by Sylvia Kalemera, Eric Nduwarugira, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Blaise Ndabashize, Noel Templer, Kessy Radegunda, Fadhili Kasubiri, Patricia Onyango and Jean Claude Rubyogo. Burundi is a landlocked…
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Building resilience for women bean farmers in Kenya in the wake of COVID 19 pandemic

Posted by Patricia Onyango on December 21, 2021

By David Karanja, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Eileen Nchanji, and Jean Claude Rubyogo When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya, it exacerbated the already struggling…
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Grain Market: A Pull for Seed Businesses across Bean Corridors in Tanzania Webinar

Posted by Patricia Onyango on December 15, 2021

The Feed the Future Global Supporting Seed Systems for Development (S34D) activity is implemented by Catholic Relief Services…
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New bean hub in Cameroon set to meet national and regional food demand in West and Central Africa

Posted by Patricia Onyango on December 14, 2021

by Siri Bella, Oumarou Palou Madi, Choh Andison, Eileen Nchanji, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani Extensive bean research has been happening over the past decade in Cameroon, specifically in two…
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PABRA among one CGIAR ‘Golden Eggs’ contributing to ‘healthy diets’, ‘management tools and scaling methods’

Posted by Patricia Onyango on July 26, 2021

What are Golden Eggs? The Research for Development (R4D) “products” developed during 10 years of CGIAR’s Research Programs/Platform, including breakthrough tools, technologies, prototypes, practices, policy options, networks, and methods…
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Inclusion, a key ingredient to Gender-Responsive Participatory Varietal Selection

Posted by Patricia Onyango on July 25, 2021

Eileen Nchanji, Boaz Waswa, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, David Karanja, and Wincaster Mutuli Getting the right traits and the suitable variety for different clients is never easy. Did you know…
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A new dawn for agriculture with the reintroduction of 4K Clubs in Kenyan schools

Posted by Patricia Onyango on July 1, 2021

By: Owen Kimani, Boaz Waswa, Eileen Nchanji, Josey Kamanda, Justin Mabeya, Patricia Onyango and David Karanja The average age of a Kenyan farmer is approximately 60 years. With a growing…
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Farmer preferred, market demanded and highly nutritious beans to boost Rwanda’s household diets and wealth

Posted by Patricia Onyango on June 26, 2021

Rwanda has one of the highest per capita consumption in the world, confirming that beans are a key crop for food security in the country. Common bean is an…
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Bean threshers transforming post-harvest and food safety handling in Kenya

Posted by Patricia Onyango on June 21, 2021

Boaz Waswa, Josey Kamanda, Justin Mabeya, Eileen Nchanji, David Karanja, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani She wonders why she has to go through the tedious ritual of hitting the bean harvest…
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