Bean Research
Individuals engaging with climate solutions, in this case growing ‘climate ready’ crops, are always preferable to the solutions on their own.
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WHAT IT SHOWS: Bean diversity helps farmers tackle climate change: Clare Mukankusi, CIAT bean breeder in Kawanda, Uganda, leads breeding efforts for the bean genebank. 15 varieties of seeds were introduced to farmers in Hoima, north-western Uganda, each with different properties: drought resilience; disease tolerance; high iron, with support from Uganda's National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI)and the Climate Change And Food Security program CCAFS. Farmers are now making trade-offs, planting varieties that help cope with extreme conditions.
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Georgina Smith / CIAT (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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