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Building resilience for women bean farmers in Kenya in the wake of COVID 19 pandemic

Building resilience for women bean farmers in Kenya in the wake of COVID 19 pandemic

by Patricia Onyango | Dec 21, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized

By David Karanja, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Eileen Nchanji, and Jean Claude Rubyogo When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya, it exacerbated the already struggling food system. Cognizant of multiple uses of beans, the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)...
Cultural expectations in women’s economic empowerment: Case of women and men farmers in Uganda

Cultural expectations in women’s economic empowerment: Case of women and men farmers in Uganda

by Patricia Onyango | May 27, 2021 | Africa, Latest News, Uganda, Women

By Eileen Nchanji, Grace Nanyonjo, and Isaac Muggaga Common beans are a valuable crop across sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to food nutrition security and income for smallholder farmers. It was considered a subsistent crop mainly grown by women for food; with the...
Women Building Resilience In Sub Saharan Africa

Women Building Resilience In Sub Saharan Africa

by Patricia Onyango | Sep 30, 2020 | Latest News, News

These articles first appeared in the Gender Newsletter dated 30 Sept 2020 by Eileen Nchanji – PABRA Gender Specialist in collaboration with gender focal persons in the National Agricultural Research Systems in various countries Adaptation aux changements...
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...
Empowering women entrepreneurs to feed the nation

Empowering women entrepreneurs to feed the nation

by Patricia Onyango | May 30, 2019 | Latest News

A case of Ms. Christella Ndayishimye from Burundi The political unrest that rocked Burundi in 2015 plunged the country into a crisis of displaced population and food shortage. Through the Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU), the Canada-funded...
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