Beans

Theme pack

The theme pack includes five items from our Resource Packs: one backgrounder, three interview scripts, and one five-part drama. Three Resource Pack items are available in Swahili. The theme pack also includes nine Barza Wire stories, two of which are available in Swahili.

Backgrounder

• Backgrounder on growing common bean

Interviews

• Managing diseases and pests in common beans
• Kenyan farmer switches from wheat to beans: Better yields with new bean varieties
• Protect stored beans from weevils

Drama

• Beans, a family affair: A drama about women growing and marketing common beans — Part 1
• Beans, a family affair: A drama about women growing and marketing common beans — Part 2
• Beans, a family affair: A drama about women growing and marketing common beans — Part 3
• Beans, a family affair: A drama about women growing and marketing common beans — Part 4
• Beans, a family affair: A drama about women growing and marketing common beans — Part 5

Barza Wire stories

• Tanzania: Women continue to grow beans despite gender challenges
• Tanzania: Growing beans is a family affair in Mbulu
• Kenya: Farmer makes the switch from wheat to beans
• Uganda: Growing beans for a ready market
• Kenya: As wheat yields fall, farmers turn to beans
• Tanzania: Bean farmers reduce post-harvest losses by changing harvesting and transport practices
• Uganda: New bean varieties grow—and cook—quickly
• Tanzania: Farmers switch from local to improved bean varieties to boost yield and profit
• Uganda: Farmer fights bean pests and diseases with quality seed and pesticides

Resources in Swahili

Backgrounder

• Nakala juu ya kilimo cha maharage

Interview

• Wakulima nchini Kenya wahamia kilimo cha Maharage kutoka kilimo cha Ngano: Aina Mpya ya maharage inamavuno mazuri

Drama

•  Maharege, mada ya kifamilia: Mchezo kuhusu wanawake kulima na kuuuza maharage — Part 1
•  Maharege, mada ya kifamilia: Mchezo kuhusu wanawake kulima na kuuuza maharage — Part 2
•  Maharege, mada ya kifamilia: Mchezo kuhusu wanawake kulima na kuuuza maharage — Part 3
•  Maharege, mada ya kifamilia: Mchezo kuhusu wanawake kulima na kuuuza maharage — Part 4
•  Maharege, mada ya kifamilia: Mchezo kuhusu wanawake kulima na kuuuza maharage — Part 5

Barza Wire stories

• Tanzania: Wanawake waendelea kupanda maharage pamoja na changamoto ya masuala ya kijinsia
• Tanzania: Wakulima wa maharage wapunguza upotevu wa maharage kwa kubadili mbinu za uvunaji na usafirishaji

We hope that this kind of “one-stop shop” on selected topics is useful, and that you can use the resources in this month’s theme pack to make effective programming on beans.

This work was created with the support of AGRA, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, as part of the project, “Integrated project to increase income and improve food security and livelihood among smallholder farmers in the Western Tanzania/ Kagera region.” The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of AGRA or any other organization.