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The Impact Partnerships on Smallholder Farmers: Case of Gendro community in Kenya

The Impact Partnerships on Smallholder Farmers: Case of Gendro community in Kenya

by Patricia Onyango | May 27, 2022 | News, Uncategorized

The long-standing partnership between PABRA and the Canadian government spans over two decades. This partnership has been through initiatives towards food, income, and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa ensuring rural women are the biggest beneficiaries across...
Inclusion, a key ingredient to Gender-Responsive Participatory Varietal Selection

Inclusion, a key ingredient to Gender-Responsive Participatory Varietal Selection

by Patricia Onyango | Jul 25, 2021 | Latest News

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 that farmer’s approval for a variety to be released is very...
Women entrepreneurs empowered through beans – Christella, Sheila

Women entrepreneurs empowered through beans – Christella, Sheila

by Patricia Onyango | Apr 22, 2020 | Africa, Latest News, Partnership, Uncategorized

Sheila Alumo, East Africa Development Company, Uganda Sheila Alumo is the Managing Director of the Eastern Agricultural Development Company Ltd (EADCL) in Soroti town of Eastern Uganda. She is passionate about investing in affordable and yet nutritious products. A...
Beans boosting nutrition and keeping Kenyan students in school

Beans boosting nutrition and keeping Kenyan students in school

by Patricia Onyango | Jan 19, 2019 | Beans

Bean production initiative at Mwireri Secondary School started in 2017 with a small demonstration to assess the suitability of two varieties for the area. From the success observed, the school has now taken up bean production as one of its self-sustaining enterprises....
Scaling success: leading change with the Syngenta Foundation

Scaling success: leading change with the Syngenta Foundation

by Administrator | Mar 2, 2017 | Beans, CGIAR, CIAT, Kenya, PABRA, Partnership, Uncategorized

The catalyst for change came from catastrophe in Kenya, when farmers in the western part of the country lost their maize harvest to disease in 2012. At that time, Jacinta Majimbo, a bean farmer from Bungoma district in Western Kenya, could never be sure what her...
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