Burundi: Breaking down barriers for beans

by Stephanie Malyon | Nov 26, 2015

As part of our contribution to the United Nations’ International Year of Pulses, we’re starting a blog series called “Bean-Growing Country of the Month.” This first article focuses on a country that is rebuilding its bean research programme with assistance from the...

Beans and Other Paragons of Dietary Virtue

by Nathan Russell | Nov 9, 2015

When the United Nations (UN) General Assembly designates an issue to be the focus of an international year, this is usually a tacit admission that people around the world tend to take the issue for granted, even though they shouldn’t. The International Year of Pulses...

“White gold” beans to beat drought in Ethiopia

by Georgina Smith | Oct 5, 2015

New drought-resilient white beans – most commonly used to make baked beans – will be deployed to Ethiopia, as erratic weather threatens national production and farmers’ incomes. Severe drought in Ethiopia, Africa’s largest exporter of the bean used to make...

Fríjol ICTA Chortí, el “amigo silencioso” en Guatemala

by Stefanie Neno | Mar 24, 2023

Frijol ICTA Chorti: El "amigo siliencioso" en Guatemala Autoras: Adriana Varón y Stefanie Neno  Aqui el texto sobre la niña que come frijoles biofortificados. La familia, etc. Un frijol biofortificado aliado contra la desnutrición infantil en Guatemala...

Distributing high-iron and zinc bean varieties to women farmers during COVID-19

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 14, 2020

Figure 1: Agricultural officer Florence Mwachugha providing farmer-to-farmer crop management training; Smart Logistics weighing the seeds for purchase from the Ushirikiano Women SHG in Nakuru (from left to right). By Eileen Nchanji Achieving food and nutritional...