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PABRA

@_pabra

25 years of delivering better beans to Africa!
2019 Al Sumait Prize winner on Food Security.
One of CGIAR's best innovations in 50 years

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linkhttp://www.pabra-africa.org calendar_today01-10-2013 10:21:55

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🌱🍽️🥣Rwanda is nourishing minds & futures! 🇷🇼 Under the National School Feeding Program, ~4.5M students are being fed right in schools. And its not just any food, but nutritious high-iron beans🫘 developed by Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT through #PABRA #ACAT2025 #NextGenAgTechSolutions

🌱🍽️🥣Rwanda is nourishing minds &amp; futures! 🇷🇼 Under the National School Feeding Program, ~4.5M students are being fed right in schools. And its not just any food, but nutritious high-iron beans🫘 developed by <a href="/BiovIntCIAT_eng/">Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT</a> through #PABRA #ACAT2025 #NextGenAgTechSolutions
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#ACAT2025 wrapped up with electrifying energy! 4 days of bold ideas on #NextGenAgTech for Africa’s farmers. Post-summit, #PABRA team led by JCRubyogo & Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda's Dr. Cyubahiro Mark Bagabe sparked talks to turbocharge bean innovation in Rwanda 🇷🇼. The future is growing! 🌱🫘

#ACAT2025 wrapped up with electrifying energy! 4 days of bold ideas on #NextGenAgTech for Africa’s farmers. Post-summit, #PABRA team led by <a href="/JcRubyogo/">JCRubyogo</a> &amp; <a href="/RwandaAgri/">Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda</a>'s Dr. Cyubahiro Mark Bagabe sparked talks to turbocharge bean innovation in Rwanda 🇷🇼. The future is growing! 🌱🫘
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With 14M+ people, Rwanda 🇷🇼 faces malnutrition challenges. But hope is growing! #PABRA initiatives are partnering with companies like rainbow health food to boost nutrition thru innovative bean🫘 products. Together, we’re building a healthier future! #Nutrition4All #Partnerships

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This week, the Bean Team from the Alliance and PABRA are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, for a strategic retreat aimed at strengthening our ties, aligning our vision toward 2030, and charting an ambitious roadmap to ensure beans remain a key solution to global challenges in Africa.

This week, the Bean Team from the Alliance and <a href="/_PABRA/">PABRA</a> are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, for a strategic retreat aimed at strengthening our ties, aligning our vision toward 2030, and charting an ambitious roadmap to ensure beans remain a key solution to global challenges in Africa.
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Join CGIAR Centers in #Rwanda: CIP Rwanda, IFPRI Rwanda, IITA, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT at #RwandaAgriShow2025 We are taking the technologies to farmers, because farmers are our main drivers and they deserve to know how these technologies benefit them. #CGIARInnovations

Join <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a> Centers in #Rwanda: <a href="/CipotatoRW/">CIP Rwanda</a>, <a href="/IFPRIRwanda/">IFPRI Rwanda</a>, <a href="/IITA_CGIAR/">IITA</a>, <a href="/BiovIntCIAT_eng/">Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT</a> at #RwandaAgriShow2025

We are taking the technologies to farmers, because farmers are our main drivers and they deserve to know how these technologies benefit them. 
#CGIARInnovations
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An inspiring week for the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Bean Program! The team bonded, shared ideas & visited Rwanda Agriculture & Animal Resources Devpt Board in Musanze to see their impactful work on climbing beans & fast-cooking bean trials—helping transform farmers' lives across #Rwanda. 🌱 #Agriculture #FoodSecurity

An inspiring week for the <a href="/BiovIntCIAT_eng/">Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT</a> Bean Program! The team bonded, shared ideas &amp; visited <a href="/RwandaAgriBoard/">Rwanda Agriculture & Animal Resources Devpt Board</a> in Musanze to see their impactful work on climbing beans &amp; fast-cooking bean trials—helping transform farmers' lives across #Rwanda. 🌱 #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
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Imagine living in the DRC—conflict, displacements, & uncertainties. Yet amidst it all, resilience wins. #PABRA partners walk with communities, & today, bean harvests emerge in Tanganyika & Bweremana Village (Masisi Territory-North Kivu). Small crop🫛🫘. Big power🌱 #Empowerment

Imagine living in the DRC—conflict, displacements, &amp; uncertainties. Yet amidst it all, resilience wins.
#PABRA partners walk with communities, &amp; today, bean harvests emerge in Tanganyika &amp; Bweremana Village (Masisi Territory-North Kivu). Small crop🫛🫘. Big power🌱 #Empowerment
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Partnerships drive success! Uwera Emma of I & J Harvest proves it—thanks to a strong partnership with Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT through #PABRA & others, she’s increased her returns 12x! From 5 to 60 tons! Together, we’re transforming agriculture in Africa. #BetterBeansForAfrica🌱🫘

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Last Friday, the #BRAINSProject team convened in Nairobi to explore bold ideas—integrating beans, beneficial insects, IPM & fruit trees thru innovation & partnerships. Partners shared progress, impact & plans to create jobs, improve nutrition & strengthen #ClimateSmartValueChains

Last Friday, the #BRAINSProject team convened in Nairobi to explore bold ideas—integrating beans, beneficial insects, IPM &amp; fruit trees thru innovation &amp; partnerships. Partners shared progress, impact &amp; plans to create jobs, improve nutrition &amp; strengthen #ClimateSmartValueChains
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At #ScienceWeek2025 in Laos, a High-Iron Beans initiative, reaching 2.7M+ Africans in 2024 alone, won an accolade🏆 for large-scale, evidence-backed impact! ✅ Fueled by science & partnerships ✅ Scaling across 🇷🇼🇰🇪🇹🇿🇲🇼🇨🇩 📖 Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/3Tl0t0T

At #ScienceWeek2025 in Laos, a High-Iron Beans initiative, reaching 2.7M+ Africans in 2024 alone, won an  accolade🏆 for large-scale, evidence-backed impact!
  
✅ Fueled by science &amp; partnerships
✅ Scaling across 🇷🇼🇰🇪🇹🇿🇲🇼🇨🇩  

📖 Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/3Tl0t0T
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🌱🌍 Bean researchers from the Alliance and PABRA gathered in Rwanda to evaluate progress and create a plan for increased impact across #Africa and beyond, using beans to address challenges ranging from #nutrition to #climatechangeadaptation and more. 💡🍛💧 Catch highlights!👇

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A taste of progress! rainbow health food’s fortified Monti 7-in-1 Bean Flour, co-developed with Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT thru PABRA, earns an international recognition at #FortifyForward! 🏆💪 Scalable innovation in the fight against malnutrition! 🔗Read more👉: bit.ly/4ew8Q3h

A taste of progress!
<a href="/rainbowhealthf1/">rainbow health food</a>’s fortified Monti 7-in-1 Bean Flour, co-developed with <a href="/BiovIntCIAT_eng/">Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT</a> thru <a href="/_PABRA/">PABRA</a>, earns an international recognition at #FortifyForward! 🏆💪 Scalable innovation in the fight against malnutrition!

🔗Read more👉: bit.ly/4ew8Q3h
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💰Malnutrition costs the world 5% of global GDP—US$3.5 trillion every year. Yet every $1 invested in nutrition returns $23. The case for action is clear. #GoodFood4All | #HungryForAction 🍽️

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Samuel Uwihanganye of rainbow health food was all smiles today in Tanzania after receiving the Fortify Forward Innovation Challenge 2025 Award 🏆—thanks to the Monti 7-in-1 composite #BeanFlour, developed in collaboration with #PABRA👏🌱 #CollaborationForImpact #Nutrition

Samuel Uwihanganye of <a href="/rainbowhealthf1/">rainbow health food</a> was all smiles today in Tanzania after receiving the Fortify Forward Innovation Challenge 2025 Award 🏆—thanks to the Monti 7-in-1 composite #BeanFlour, developed in collaboration with #PABRA👏🌱 #CollaborationForImpact #Nutrition
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Earlier this week, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT thru #PABRA, with IITA & @IIAM, trained extension workers & farmers in Gurúè, Mozambique to boost #Bean 🫘 production via improved agronomy under #AID_I. Strong farmer engagement shows the urgent need. #FoodSecurity #CapacityBuilding

Earlier this week, <a href="/BiovIntCIAT_eng/">Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT</a> thru #PABRA, with <a href="/IITA_CGIAR/">IITA</a> &amp; @IIAM, trained extension workers &amp; farmers in Gurúè, Mozambique to boost #Bean 🫘 production via improved agronomy under #AID_I.
Strong farmer engagement shows the urgent need.
#FoodSecurity #CapacityBuilding
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A month ago, #PABRA was proud to showcase bean innovations, insect-based solutions & more with partners at #ACAT2025 in Rwanda. We engaged with the Minister of Agriculture & officials to explore new collaborations. 🎥Our Director Jean Claude Rubyogo briefly shares what’s next.

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Beans🫘, Breakthroughs & Beyond! 🌱 We're thrilled to share stories📬 of innovation, impact & inspiration from the #PABRA family. From farmer-led change to research-driven results—this edition is packed with flavor! ✨Thanks for your continued support! 🔗 flipsnack.com/CAC76966AED/pa…

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Last Friday, we met CGIAR Chief Scientist Sandra Milach at ILRI, Kenya, to discuss bean Research & Dev. impact—from genetic innovation exchange to seed systems, nutrition, markets & more. As a strong supporter of the Bean Prog.-PABRA model, she welcomed deeper field engagement.

Last Friday, we met <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a> Chief Scientist Sandra Milach at ILRI, Kenya, to discuss bean Research &amp; Dev. impact—from genetic innovation exchange to seed systems, nutrition, markets &amp; more. As a strong supporter of the Bean Prog.-PABRA model, she welcomed deeper field engagement.
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Collaborative action drives impact! In the next #BRAINSProject phase with icipe, Pesira Technologies will roll out real-time digital tools across 15 countries—boosting M&E, climate-smart farming, traceability & inclusive market access for thousands of farmers, traders & aggregators.

Collaborative action drives impact! In the next #BRAINSProject phase with <a href="/icipe/">icipe</a>, <a href="/PesiraTech/">Pesira Technologies</a> will roll out real-time digital tools across 15 countries—boosting M&amp;E, climate-smart farming, traceability &amp; inclusive market access for thousands of farmers, traders &amp; aggregators.
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With #PABRA, it’s always about partnerships — they’re the backbone of everything we do. No partnerships, no progress. Take a moment today to see how collaboration is driving impact in our latest newsletter. Dive in 👉:🔗 flipsnack.com/CAC76966AED/pa…