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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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Better beans for Africa

Posted by Patricia Onyango on February 27, 2021

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…
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Graduate scaling great heights growing climbing bean for fresh pod market in Uganda

Posted by Patricia Onyango on January 27, 2021

By Charles Katabalwa (CEDO), Gabrielle Birwa Luyima (NARO), Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Eileen Nchanji, Justin Machini, Jean Claude Rubyogo Fresh pod beans are becoming a popular source of…
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Fresh bean grain business in Tanzania; a new hope for youth and women

Posted by Patricia Onyango on December 14, 2020

By Fadhili Kasubiri, Sylvia Kalemera, Kessy Radegunda, Eileen Nchanji, Owen Kimani, Patricia Onyango & Jean Claude Rubyogo Beans are a staple food in most rural households in Tanzania. They are…
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PABRA mentors award winning scientist on Improving smallholder farmers’ food security through disease resistant common beans

Posted by Patricia Onyango on November 26, 2020

Bean researchers are almost always cooped up in the laboratory and farm trials looking into various ways of improving production and productivity. They spend months and even years looking…
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Common Beans: The Greener Pasture for Northern Tanzania Pastoralists

Posted by Patricia Onyango on October 27, 2020

By: Radegunda Kessy, Sylvia Kalemera, Fadhili Kasubiri, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Jean Claude Rubyogo For the longest time when one mentions Maasai, the image that comes to mind is of…
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