PABRA mentors award winning scientist on Improving smallholder farmers’ food security through disease resistant common beans

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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How beans can address food, nutrition and income challenges during COVID 19.

By Robert Fungo The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant disruptions in food systems, especially on the poorest nations of Africa and Asia. PABRA explores how the bean crop can be…

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Women entrepreneurs empowered through beans – Christella, Sheila

Sheila Alumo, East Africa Development Company, Uganda Sheila Alumo is the Managing Director of the Eastern Agricultural Development Company Ltd…

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Super Flour to boost nutrition in Uganda

Nutreal Ltd together with the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) Legumes Programme launched a nutrient dense porridge targeting low income communities. The launch…

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Climate-resilient ‘super beans’ boost food rations for refugees in Uganda

Climate-resilient ‘super beans’ boost food rations for refugees in Uganda Non-GMO and fast-growing, a high-yield bean variety is helping South Sudanese refugees feed their families and cultivate new…

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Clare Mukankusi, Bean Breeder at CIAT, Kawanda, Uganda

In the dry afternoon breeze, Clare Mukankusi pulls on a light khaki lab coat. The 18 acre plot at Kawanda, part of Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization, is remote…

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