Okiror, Simon

• Start Date: 2008/08/01
• End Date: 2010/12/01
• University: Makerere University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Sebuwufu, Gerald

• Start Date: 2008/08/01
• End Date: 2012/08/01
• University: Iowa State University
• Degree: PhD

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Innovation

Syanobe, Cyrille

• Start Date: 2008/08/01
• End Date: N.D.
• University: Makerere University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Innovation

Weya, Belinda Akinyi

• Start Date: 2008/08/01
• End Date: 2011/02/01
• University: Egerton University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Njeru, Crispus Mugambi

• Start Date: 2008/02/01
• End Date: 2010/02/01
• University: Moi University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Using Improved Pulse Crop Productivity to Reinvigorate Smallholder Mixed Farming Systems in Western Kenya

Many rural households in the East African highlands are no longer self-sufficient in beans, a critical source of food and income. Farmers’ inability to afford fertilizer […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012/12/31
• Project Code: CU-1
• Lead University: Cornell University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets, Productivity

Enhancing Nutritional Value and Marketability of Beans through Research and Strengthening Key Value Chain Stakeholders in Uganda and Rwanda

Agriculture in East Africa is characterized by women and men working in small scale, rainfed production, averaging 2 hectares per household (FAO 2006). Erratic bimodal rainfall […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012/12/31
• Project Code: ISU-1
• Lead University: Iowa State University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Health and Nutrition, Markets

Combining Conventional, Molecular and Farmer Participatory Breeding Approaches to Improve Andean Beans for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Ecuador and Rwanda

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume (pulse) consumed in Ecuador, and the most important protein source in Rwandan diets. Around 120,000 […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012/12/31
• Project Code: MSU-1
• Lead University: Michigan State University

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation, Productivity

Expanding Pulse Supply and Demand in Africa and Latin America: Identifying Constraints and New Strategies

Angola: Common beans and cowpeas are important crops for smallholder farmers in Angola, with approximately 36% of households in a recent survey indicating that common beans […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012/12/31
• Project Code: MSU-2
• Lead University: Michigan State University

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Improving Bean Production in Drought-Prone, Low Fertility Soils of Africa and Latin America

Drought and low soil fertility are principal, pervasive constraints to bean production in Latin America and Africa. The vast majority of bean producers in poor countries […]

• Start Date: 2008
• End Date: 2012/12/31
• Project Code: PSU-1
• Lead University: Penn State University

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Productivity