Jean Claude Rubyogo

[PABRA @_PABRA]

Better diets are key to tackling malnutrition & advancing the #SDGs.

At #CGIARScienceWeek2025, partners discussed how the @CGIAR Programs are driving nutrition-smart agricultural innovations, including the #PABRA’s Bean 🫘 Corridor.

🔗Full report here👉: https://t.co/aOHFTpjjU4

[PABRA @_PABRA]

Resilience comes from smart tech bundling!

In Murang’a 🇰🇪, farmers mix beans + mangoes + IPM, linked to markets & finance. Led by @kalromkulima with @icipe & @BiovIntCIAT_eng via #PABRA, backed by @GAC_Corporate🇨🇦.

A 🇨🇦–🇰🇪–🇲🇿 visit saw research → markets → income in action.

[CGIAR @CGIAR]

🫘 What if beans could change lives? 🌍 In Malawi, smallholder farmers are boosting yields, earning steady income and building climate resilience. This is farmer-led transformation in action.
https://t.co/9QXSMq3XHJ

[PABRA @_PABRA]

Past months have been busy in the #DRC thanks to the #BeansForWomenEmpowerment (B4WE) Initiative supported by @GAC_Corporate, @CanadaDev. Field days, bush & climbing bean 🫘 seed multiplication, student & women group engagement—together with @INERADRC, 2025 impact was real!👇

[PABRA @_PABRA]

It’s 'bean' 🫘 another year worth cherishing.
A year of partnerships.
Of trust.
Of shared purpose.

Here’s a special message from our Director, @JcRubyogo.

Happy Holidays 🎉
@ACIARAustralia @BiovIntCIAT_eng @SDG2AdvocacyHub @ACIARAfrica @CanHCKenya @CanadaDev @Canada

[Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT @BiovIntCIAT_eng]

#2025Highlights | 🍛⏳Long cooking time has caused a decline in bean consumption. 🌍 Yet, the Rapid-Cooking Bean Project is harnessing technology make it easier for communities to enjoy traditional, nutritious bean dishes across East Africa. See how!👇 https://t.co/tjYHK4MlIu

[Canada in Kenya, Somalia and Uganda @CanHCKenya]

Last week we had great conversations with #Agriculture leaders and discussed Agri-trade, innovation, and forging stronger partnerships that drive growth and global food security. A true win-win for all!
🇨🇦🤝🇰🇪 #CanadaInKenya

[PABRA @_PABRA]

This week marked another milestone for Africa's humble servant - beans🫘.

#PABRA met @AGRA_Africa new Director of the Center of Excellence for #SeedSystems, Evelyn Lusenaka to scale inclusive, demand-led seed innovations with ICM, finance & digital platforms across 7 countries.

[PABRA @_PABRA]

Africa’s food systems are shifting fast. At a @CrawfordFund/@ANUFennerSchool seminar, leaders from #PABRA, @AfricanCrop & @UQ_News showed how demand-led breeding, partnerships & capacity building are shaping climate-ready beans, sorghum & “sormaize,”.

👉 https://t.co/abdIwDGmVs

[PABRA @_PABRA]

With @rainbowhealthf1, we moved thru 5 districts in Rwanda’s Western Province—where stunting stands at 37%. Here we met families hungry for change: 8,000+ reached, 40 Nutrition Agents trained, 1,339 homes surveyed, 635 kg of high-iron bean🫘 flour ($1,000) sold. Hope travels fast

[Juan Lucas Restrepo @jlucasrestrepo]

School meals feed 418M+ kids daily. Locally sourced, nutrient-rich menus strengthen livelihoods, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.
👉 https://t.co/AiXYqwQqHU

[PABRA @_PABRA]

Our Director @JcRubyogo joined a high-level roundtable hosted by @CanHCKenya & HC @JoshuaTabah in Nairobi🇰🇪 to explore new Canada–Africa agriculture partnerships. From inoculant tech to bean markets, the message was clear: #Beans+ nitrogen fixation= 📈trade & climate resilience.

[PABRA @_PABRA]

In Malawi, farmers are proving that beans🫘 can transform lives. With support from @BiovIntCIAT_Eng thru #PABRA, & @SeedcoMalawi, farmers in Rumphi are buying motorcycles 🏍️, cars 🚗, paying school fees.

Farmer-led innovation at work! Full story here👉:
 https://t.co/XcxpMwuT1z

[PABRA @_PABRA]

PABRA is extending strategic partnerships in 🇲🇼 Malawi! 🤝Talks with the Dept. of Agricultural Extension Services focused on 🫘bean-based nutrition & Biofortification, while SMEDI collab opens doors for more MSMEs in the bean value chain, from farming to canning! #Beans

[PABRA @_PABRA]

#PABRA + Zim's 🇿🇼’s Dept. of Research & Specialist Services are teaming up with agri-enterprises to reshape the bean🫘 sector—linking farmers 🧑🏾‍🌾 to markets, scaling new seed varieties🌱, fortifying nutrition with Min. of Health & Child Care, & financing💰 via @GAINalliance’s N3F!

[PABRA @_PABRA]

Partnerships🤝are everything – key to growing stronger farmers!
With @PesiraTech, tech is linking farmers to markets, finance & knowledge under the #BRAINSProject with @icipe, supported by @GAC_Canada, paving the way for resilience & prosperity! 🌱

👉 https://t.co/q7diuYzcSL

[HoReCo-Rwanda @HoReCo_Rw]

Today, we attended the 2-day training on linking and empowering bean, insect, and fruit value chains through digitization, organized by @BiovIntCIAT_eng via @_PABRA's #BRAINSProject, in partnership with @icipe.

Supported by @CanadaDev, the project uses digital solutions from #PesiraTechnologies to enhance productivity, market linkages, and inclusion of women and youth.

Held at Park Inn Hotel (30–31 Oct 2025), the workshop aims to strengthen collaboration across value chains and promote climate-smart, digitally-enabled agriculture. We look forward to learning, networking, and contributing to Rwanda’s agri-growth.

[PABRA @_PABRA]

Healthy diets start with beans! 🫘

Thru PABRA’s work, nutrient-rich beans like Nyota & NUA 45 are helping communities fight malnutrition with more iron, zinc, protein, & fiber in every meal.
Better beans = better nutrition = stronger families.
#BeansForNutrition #EndMalnutrition

[PABRA @_PABRA]

In East Africa, pests & diseases threaten bean🫘 production.

As such, Researchers from @BiovIntCIAT_eng & @narouganda are joining forces to monitor, detect & fight these threats through science-based #SustainableAgriculture

Read more👉: 🔗 https://t.co/MmeqbmAzRv

[ACAT Africa @ACAT_Africa]

“Beans are Africa’s quiet revolution.”
At #ACAT2025, @_PABRA Dr. Jean Claude Rubyogo shared how innovation, investment & collaboration can transform this humble crop into a driver of nutrition, trade & climate resilience.
📺Full video here https://t.co/Qv9OjzByOa