Rwanda: New Seed Varieties to Boost Bean Production

21 October 2012

In a bid to improve food production, HarvestPlus, a Global Challenge Program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), has come up with new varieties of beans that are set to increase yields.

The new iron-rich bean varieties were bred by the Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB) and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).

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