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Participatory bean breeding in the Andes

Breeding better bush beans
  • Breeding better bush beans
  • Trial sites
  • Valuing local knowledge
  • Best of the bunch
  • Harvest time
  • Sticking to tradition
  • Colour check
  • Start of a new season
  • Bean team

Breeding better bush beans

An agronomist checks bush beans growing at an experimental site near the Andean town of Darién, in southwest Colombia. The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is developing improved bean varieties with drought tolerance, pest resistance and increased iron and zinc content.

picture credit: Neil Palmer, CIAT

 

 

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