Eating high-iron beans reduces iron deficiency in just a few months

by Georgina Smith | Jul 19, 2016

Eating specially-bred, high-iron beans twice-a-day for just four-and-a-half months reduced iron deficiency and anaemia in young women in Rwanda, according to a new study. Iron deficiency is the world’s leading nutritional ailment, particularly in developing countries....

High-iron beans: a new “superfood” for Colombia

by Neil Palmer | Jun 13, 2016

New high-iron beans have been officially released in Colombia. They contain as much as 60% more iron than normal beans, and are intended to address the problem of iron deficiency – the world’s most persistent nutritional ailment. Affecting up to 2 billion people...

Iron beans from the garden to the plate

by Sylvia Pineda | May 18, 2016

By: Laetitia Umulisa Farmers from Burera District and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), teams from Rwanda and United States of America have enjoyed iron beans field tour and meals on 13th of May 2016 in Cyanika Sector of Burera District in...

Could “magic beans” help ease Malawi’s maize woes?

by Neil Palmer | May 12, 2016

Whichever way you drive into or out of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, maize is everywhere. It flanks the roadsides for miles and miles; huge, undulating expanses disappear into the distance. You’d be forgiven for thinking the country was preparing for a bumper...

Smart beans help farmers cope with global warming – CIAT on Deutsche Welle

by Stephanie Malyon | Dec 10, 2015

The eyes of the world are on Paris as leaders from 195 countries continue to hammer out a global agreement on how to address climate change, a threat that is expected to have huge impact on the ability of some communities to grow food. Take beans, for example. Beans...