Accelerated variety turnover for open-pollinated crops in Tanzania - Phase 1 Key Findings

Open-pollinated varieties (OPVs), such as beans, sorghum, and groundnuts, are important for increased income, job creation, food security, and nutrition of both urban and rural households in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the main constraint is underdeveloped seed systems, which contribute substantially to dwindling productivity among small-scale farmers due to limited access to reliable and quality planting materials. ACCELERATE is expected to accelerate varietal adoption and turnover in Tanzania by tapping into the power of large/small-scale or marketplace traders, and institutional seed buyers

Why you should eat beans

This poster infographic outlines why all humans should eat beans. Beans provide protein, fiber, folate, iron, potassium and magnesium while containing little or no total fat, trans-fat, sodium and cholesterol

Farm to plate: School feeding catalysing investments in high iron bean value chain in Tanzania

Adequate nutrition is essential for schoolchildren’s health and wellbeing. Most children who benefit from school feeding programmes could already be nutrient deficient, vulnerable or at risk. These children rely heavily on such programmes because these could either be the only meal they consume in the day. In response to the high prevalence rates of malnutrition, to maximize the impact of investments on negative nutrition outcomes for women and children, multi-sectoral interventions are proposed as long-term sustainable approaches to address malnutrition in Africa (Garrett et al., 2011). Anticipating the release of HIB varieties in 2018, by the Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI) in collaboration with PABRA, the two organizations co-developed an approach to promote use and consumption of high iron beans (HIBs) in schools and surrounding communities. The approached used a multi-stakeholder approach consisting of: Local Government Authorities (LGAs), schools, entrepreneurs (grain traders, food processors), inputs suppliers (seeds and agro inputs) and end-users

Planteome/CO_335-common-bean-traits: 1st release

<p>This is the first release of the Common Bean repository</p&gt