Tackling rural poverty, together

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Over 9.7 million households (48.4 million individual men and women farmers) are reportedly growing and/or consuming new bean varieties. The new varieties are high yielding and disease resistant and are grown widely. The improved varieties are grown in 72% of all rural household in western Kenya, 79% in northern Tanzania and 53% in Uganda. About 450'000 men and women farmers have been recipients of both new and existing technologies in integrated pest and soil fertility management (adoption rate of up to 85%.) 31 new bean varieties belonging to the major market classes some with multiple stress resistance (biotic and abiotic) have been released by 8 PABRA countries and 5 micronutrient enriched varieties are under field testing.