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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH BEAN FLOURS

Posted by Patricia Onyango on February 24, 2022

For reduced market barriers, diversified enterprise and livelihood opportunities, and increased availability of diverse nutrient-rich foods How are bean flours empowering women…
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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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Cultural expectations in women’s economic empowerment: Case of women and men farmers in Uganda

Posted by Patricia Onyango on May 27, 2021

By Eileen Nchanji, Grace Nanyonjo, and Isaac Muggaga Common beans are a valuable crop across sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to food nutrition security and income for smallholder farmers. It was considered…
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Gender and Nutrition considerations in Demand Led Breeding: Experiences from Rwanda

Posted by Patricia Onyango on May 1, 2021

Annuarite Uwera, Eileen Nchanji, Clare Mukankusi, and Patricia Onyango Participatory plant breeding is not new in Rwanda. Its history can be traced between 1988 to 1990 when local experts drawn…
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Private Sector Partnerships to boost bean production in Africa

Posted by Patricia Onyango on July 7, 2020

The increase in the productivity of the agricultural sector is prioritized by many countries in Africa and the private sector plays a key role in mobilizing knowledge, technologies from…
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Promoting Nutrition Transformative Change through gender in Kenya

Posted by Patricia Onyango on November 19, 2018

by Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Scholastica Wambua, and Jacinta Simba Empowering a woman is empowering a nation, but empowering a family is empowering the world Rural women play a central role in…
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Sensitization on Gender-responsive nutrition in rural Uganda: A community approach

Posted by Patricia Onyango on September 26, 2018

By Eileen Bogweh Nchanji and Grace Nanyonjo ‘Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn.’ Women empowerment is cited as one of the pathways…
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Technologies for Agricultural Transformation in High Iron Bean in Africa

Posted by Patricia Onyango on July 20, 2018

We recently kicked off inception meetings in eight target countries for Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Programme. TAAT is a flagship programme funded by the
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