Contribution to the Pan African Bean Research Alliance PABRA
The greatest global challenge today is how to ensure food and nutrition security of a rapidly growing human population, considering climate change and without adversely affecting the natural base upon which the production is dependent. Beans, as the most important consumed grain legume, are a very good source of vitamins, minerals, and plant derived micronutrients. Significant yield increase of more than 60% are possible, following access to and use of improved varieties coupled with integrated crop management practices.
Región/País | Tema | Período | Presupuesto |
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África |
Agricultura y seguridad alimentaria Empleo y desarrollo económico
Desarrollo agrícolo
Investigación agrícola Apoyo a las cadenas de valor agrícolas (til 2016) Servicios agrícolos & mercado Apoyo a empresas e inclusión económica |
01.01.2015
- 31.03.2023 |
CHF 11’600’000
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- Increased and gender equitable access to high yielding bean varieties and productive integrated crop management technologies and related information
- Increased access to micronutrient rich bean products among the vulnerable groups in a gender equitable manner
- Increased access to profitable local and national markets in a gender equitable manner
- Increased access to skills, information and knowledge providing enabling environment for bean research and development
- Competitive high yielding and stress tolerant varieties are developed and options for increased productivity and resilience are identified and promoted
- Micronutrient rich varieties with superior agronomic traits are developed
- Commercial and nutritious bean-based products are promoted
- Women’s participation in research and decision making-bodies of PABRA is increased.
- Grupo Consultivo sobre Investigación Agrícola Internacional
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Sector según clasificación del comité de ayuda al desarrollo de la OCDE AGRICULTURA
AGRICULTURA
OTHER MULTISECTOR
BUSINESS & OTHER SERVICES
AGRICULTURA
Sub-Sector según clasificación del comité de ayuda al desarrollo de la OCDE Desarrollo agrario
Investigación agraria
Investigación agraria
Desarrollo rural
Business support services and institutions
Agricultural services
Temas transversales El proyecto promueve la biodiversidad.
Proyecto específico para la igualdad de género.
Tipo de ayuda Contribución a proyectos y programas
Número de proyecto 7F01324
Contexto |
Despite a remarkable economic and agricultural recovery in the past decade, increased domestic production and import efforts there are 239 million undernourished people living in Africa; during the last 20 years the number of undernourished has increased by more than 35%, nevertheless the proportion of undernourishment declined from over 32 percent to less than 25 percent. Agricultural production must more than double to sustain the projected population. Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change; crop production across the region depends overwhelmingly on rainfall. Common bean is a strategic crop for meeting the world’s food and nutrition security as well as economic empowerment. It is a fast growing crop enabling multiple harvest in a calendar year. Climbing beans are able to yield 2-3 times more than the commonly grown bush bean varieties. Despite great achievements in the region a huge gap between the potential and the actual yield remains. |
Objetivos |
The overall goal is to enhance food security, income and health of resource-poor farmers and urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa through research and development of the bean sub-sector. In Burundi and Zimbabwe, due to political and economic instabilities, PABRA interventions will demonstrate significant impacts on the livelihood of the people through the transformation of the bean sub-sector, e.g. through the increase in yield, facilitated seed production and the release of varieties rich on micronutrients. On the whole PABRA expects to deliver products and services that will have positive impacts on the livelihood of 15 million farming households. |
Grupos destinarios |
The principal targets and primary beneficiaries will include women, children, people living with HIV/AIDS, rural poor, urban and peri-urban producers and consumer as well as national bean research systems. PABRA will offer products and services that have positive impacts on the livelihood of 15 million rural households. |
Efectos a medio plazo |
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Resultados |
Resultados previstos: Resultados de las fases anteriores: More than 3.3 mio farmers (57% women) have had access to integrated crop management. 61 multiple stress tolerant and farmer accepted bean varieties have been released, of which 19 adress niche market. More than 5 mio farmers had access to quality seed of improved beans through different strategies as the pluralistic seed multiplication approach and the small pack approach. Through the newly introduced bean platform nearly one mio farmers are linked with bean markets. |
Dirección / Officina Federal responsable |
COSUDE |
Crédito |
Cooperación al desarrollo |
Contrapartes del proyecto |
Contraparte del contrato Institución académica y de investigación extranjera Otras contrapartes Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development DFATD, AGRA, National Governments (in kind) and others |
Coordinación con otros proyectos y actores |
The partnership approach harmonizes the objectives and priorities of different players allowing agreement on the different roles and responsibilities and thus capitalizing on synergies and complementarities. Synergies with SDC projects in Zimbabwe and Burundi are planned. |
Presupuesto | Fase en curso Presupuesto suizo CHF 11’600’000 Presupuesto actual suizo ya emitido CHF 11’636’349 |
Fases del proyecto |
Fase 13 01.01.2015 - 31.03.2023 (Completed) Fase 12 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2014 (Completed) |