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Banking on beans: Improving nutrition and addressing gender inequality in Africa’s bean value chains
CultiAF precooked beans project is working to improve nutrition and address gender inequality in Kenya and Uganda. Beans enrich Ugandan households
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New common bean varieties to benefit African women and children
Good progress has been made in the first 12 months of an innovative project linking The UWA Institute of Agriculture researchers and east African partners to breed new, fast-cooking…
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Graduate scaling great heights growing climbing bean for fresh pod market in Uganda
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
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
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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