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Burundi's seed systems improve livelihoods
Long-term civil unrest has forced the long-suffering citizens of Burundi to identify closely with food aid. However, when emergency aid was lacking, constant hardship obliged people to acquire survival strategies, such as growing resilient subsistence crops like the common bean. Their ability to continue planting this often neglected crop during the darkest periods became their lifeline. The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) saw the demand for beans in Burundi, and recognized the crop's adaptability and potential. It kick-started its bean improvement efforts in the late 1990s by developing suitable varieties and improving local ones, generating markets for farmers; extra produce to earn income and, more recently, introducing climbing beans in the country. To boost the bean production process and facilitated by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT, its Spanish acronym), PABRA linked up with Burundi's national program: the Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU)
Seed systems and seed relief: an annotated bibliography
Annotated bibliography of resources related to seed systems and seed relief
Getting back to basics : participatory variety selection linked to bean seed delivery in Malawi
Beans seed supply systems as a business: empowering communities to improve livelihoods in Kasunga, Central Malawi
Annotated bibliography - Roles of the formal research sector and private sector seed companies in humanitarian seed relief
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