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 con...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
2011
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| author | Rubyogo, Jean-Claude |
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| description | 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). |
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| spelling | CGSpace703812025-11-05T17:23:48Z Burundi's seed systems improve livelihoods Rubyogo, Jean-Claude 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). 2011 2016-02-03T05:34:10Z 2016-02-03T05:34:10Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70381 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Rubyogo, Jean Claude. 2011. Burundi's seed systems improve livelihoods. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 2 p. (CIAT Brief No.20) |
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