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Empowering women entrepreneurs to deliver quality bean seed in Burundi

Posted by Patricia Onyango on January 25, 2022

Eric Nduwarugira, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Blaise Ndabashize, Patricia Onyango, Eileen Nchanji and Jean Claude Rubyogo Common beans are a major food and cash…
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Banking on beans: Improving nutrition and addressing gender inequality in Africa’s bean value chains

Posted by Patricia Onyango on January 6, 2022

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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Bean threshers transforming post-harvest and food safety handling in Kenya

Posted by Patricia Onyango on June 21, 2021

Boaz Waswa, Josey Kamanda, Justin Mabeya, Eileen Nchanji, David Karanja, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani She wonders why she has to go through the tedious ritual of hitting the bean harvest…
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Gender and Nutrition considerations in Demand Led Breeding: Experiences from Rwanda

Posted by Patricia Onyango on May 1, 2021

Annuarite Uwera, Eileen Nchanji, Clare Mukankusi, and Patricia Onyango Participatory plant breeding is not new in Rwanda. Its history can be traced between 1988 to 1990 when local experts drawn…
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Women Building Resilience In Sub Saharan Africa

Posted by Patricia Onyango on September 30, 2020

These articles first appeared in the Gender Newsletter dated 30 Sept 2020 by Eileen Nchanji – PABRA Gender Specialist in collaboration…
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Women entrepreneurs empowered through beans – Christella, Sheila

Posted by Patricia Onyango on April 22, 2020

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

Posted by Patricia Onyango on September 26, 2018

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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Sensitization on Gender-responsive nutrition in rural Uganda: A community approach

Posted by Patricia Onyango on September 26, 2018

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…
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Technologies for Agricultural Transformation in High Iron Bean in Africa

Posted by Patricia Onyango on July 20, 2018

We recently kicked off inception meetings in eight target countries for Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Programme. TAAT is a flagship programme funded by the
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Women drink like our fathers and do not cook like our mothers: deconstructing leisure activities in rural-urban Kenya

Posted by Administrator on May 7, 2018

By Eileen Nchanji Being in Kenya for barely three months, I was still grasping with the different ways in which gender plays out in the office and country I will…
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