by Patricia Onyango | Jan 6, 2022 | IDRC, Latest News, Uganda, Uncategorized
CultiAF precooked beans project is working to improve nutrition and address gender inequality in Kenya and Uganda. Beans enrich Ugandan households On the slope of a small hill in Kambugu village in Kiboga, Uganda, Jennifer Nakaye’s green, leafy...
by Patricia Onyango | Feb 27, 2021 | Latest News
Insufficient iron in diets is a leading cause of anemia, a condition that particularly affects pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as children under the age of five. Through collaborative plant breeding efforts with farmers and other partners, CGIAR scientists...
by Patricia Onyango | Sep 26, 2018 | Partnership
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 through which agriculture can improve nutrition. In most African countries, women are...
by Patricia Onyango | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Beans are grown by millions of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa many of whom are women. They are grown mainly for consumption and only sold when the quantity is in excess. Today, beans are popular trade commodities in local, regional and international markets. The bean...
by Administrator | Feb 4, 2014 | Beans, CIAT, Kenya, Partnership
In western Kenya’s drought-prone Narok District, Pastor Stanley Shunkuru (pictured) surveys his land. Today it lies barren, the sun burnt leaves of the last of his bean crop swaying in the breeze. And yet he smiles. The bean season is over and his crop has already...
