Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers
Common beans are classified among the top subsistence crops in Burundi. They are a staple food present in almost every meal and provide 20% of calories and 50% of proteins. Beans offer exceptional potential to contribute to the fight against micronutrient deficiencies. They are the most widely grown...
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| author | Hakizimana, Benadette Ntawuyankira, Neilla Ndabashinze, Blaise Nchanji, Eileen |
| author_browse | Hakizimana, Benadette Nchanji, Eileen Ndabashinze, Blaise Ntawuyankira, Neilla |
| author_facet | Hakizimana, Benadette Ntawuyankira, Neilla Ndabashinze, Blaise Nchanji, Eileen |
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| description | Common beans are classified among the top subsistence crops in Burundi. They are a staple food present in
almost every meal and provide 20% of calories and 50% of proteins. Beans offer exceptional potential to contribute
to the fight against micronutrient deficiencies. They are the most widely grown and consumed legume
in Burundi, serving as the main staple food and primary source of proteins, carbohydrates, and micronutrients,
particularly iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and vitamins.
Despite these advantages, smallholder farmers, particularly women and disadvantaged groups, are especially
vulnerable to climate-related challenges and other factors, which undermine their ability to meet their own
food, nutrition, and income needs, let alone contribute to local and national food security and income. More
frequent droughts and irregular rainfall due to climate change threaten agricultural production in general and
bean production in particular. Furthermore, due to an inadequate seed supply and poorly adapted distribution
systems that fail to meet user and market demand, smallholder farmers often resort to using “old” or recycled
seeds, making them more vulnerable to pests and diseases.
It is within this context that the SeedEqual initiative co-designed multiple trainings to build the capacity of farmers
to produce and sell good quality seed for increased productivity, income and empowerment. Institut des
Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU), through the Pan African Bean Research Alliance- a program under
the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, aims to support the production and delivery of improved
seeds of priority crop varieties that are climate-resilient, market-preferred, and nutritious to farmers, while
ensuring equitable access for women and other disadvantaged groups. Thus, a gendered seed production and
marketing training was organized with particular attention given to women and youth (young women) seed
producers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1627072025-01-24T08:55:04Z Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers Hakizimana, Benadette Ntawuyankira, Neilla Ndabashinze, Blaise Nchanji, Eileen beans gender transformation seed Common beans are classified among the top subsistence crops in Burundi. They are a staple food present in almost every meal and provide 20% of calories and 50% of proteins. Beans offer exceptional potential to contribute to the fight against micronutrient deficiencies. They are the most widely grown and consumed legume in Burundi, serving as the main staple food and primary source of proteins, carbohydrates, and micronutrients, particularly iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and vitamins. Despite these advantages, smallholder farmers, particularly women and disadvantaged groups, are especially vulnerable to climate-related challenges and other factors, which undermine their ability to meet their own food, nutrition, and income needs, let alone contribute to local and national food security and income. More frequent droughts and irregular rainfall due to climate change threaten agricultural production in general and bean production in particular. Furthermore, due to an inadequate seed supply and poorly adapted distribution systems that fail to meet user and market demand, smallholder farmers often resort to using “old” or recycled seeds, making them more vulnerable to pests and diseases. It is within this context that the SeedEqual initiative co-designed multiple trainings to build the capacity of farmers to produce and sell good quality seed for increased productivity, income and empowerment. Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU), through the Pan African Bean Research Alliance- a program under the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, aims to support the production and delivery of improved seeds of priority crop varieties that are climate-resilient, market-preferred, and nutritious to farmers, while ensuring equitable access for women and other disadvantaged groups. Thus, a gendered seed production and marketing training was organized with particular attention given to women and youth (young women) seed producers. 2024-08-07 2024-11-25T11:17:40Z 2024-11-25T11:17:40Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162707 en Open Access Hakizimana, B.; Ntawuyankira, N.; Ndabashinze, B.; Nchanji, E. (2024) Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers. 8 p. |
| spellingShingle | beans gender transformation seed Hakizimana, Benadette Ntawuyankira, Neilla Ndabashinze, Blaise Nchanji, Eileen Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers |
| title | Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers |
| title_full | Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers |
| title_fullStr | Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers |
| title_short | Empowering growth: Training Burundi’s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers |
| title_sort | empowering growth training burundi s next generation of women and youth common bean seed producers |
| topic | beans gender transformation seed |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162707 |
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