Better Beans for Eastern and Central Africa

The Eastern and Central Africa Bean Research Network (ECABREN) is a network of bean researchers and their partners in 9 countries, affiliated to the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). It brings together African universities, NGOs, and the private sector as well as government research and development (R&D) institutions to share bean germplasm and information and expertise in the area of bean breeding and dissemination. ECABREN's goal is to ensure wider availability and increased utilisation of demand driven bean-based technologies that increase agricultural sustainability and productivity, add value to the bean commodity which is utilised for improving nutrition and food security and incomes of rural and urban poor in Eastern and Central Africa.

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Latest news

New ECABREN Poster
ECABREN Posters in English and French are now available for download.
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ECABREN/SABRN Joint Meeting
ECABREN and SABRN held a joint meeting in Mbeya, southern Tanzania 2-5 October 2007.
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Legume Productivity Proposal
ECABREN partners helped develop a proposal on improving tropical legume productivity using conventional breeding technologies. Read more >>

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