Grain Market: A Pull for Seed Businesses across Bean Corridors in Tanzania Webinar

The Feed the Future Global Supporting Seed Systems for Development (S34D) activity is implemented by Catholic Relief Services…

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Youth agri-entrepreneur transforming his community through job creation in Tanzania – case of Pastory Tarasisi

By Sylvia Kalemera, Kessy Radegunda, Eileen Nchanji, Patricia Onyango, Justin Machini, Owen Kimani, Jean Claude Rubyogo According to the UN report on Youth 2015, Africa constitutes 19% of the…

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Fresh bean grain business in Tanzania; a new hope for youth and women

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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Common Beans: The Greener Pasture for Northern Tanzania Pastoralists

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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Beans making rural schools in Tanzania a better place to learn and thrive

by Patricia Onyango A large proportion of school children in Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from malnutrition, adversely affecting their physical growth and cognitive ability to learn. Many school-age children in food-insecure…

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Michael Kilango, Head of the Bean Research Program, Agricultural Research Institute – Uyole, Tanzania

The sun peers through the early morning mist as Michael Kilango passes through the doors of the Agricultural Research Institute – Uyole, in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. The station, in the…

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