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Drought tolerant bean varieties offer hope to smallholder farmers in Malawi

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Title Drought tolerant bean varieties offer hope to smallholder farmers in Malawi
 
Creator Tamene, Lulseged
 
Contributor Mponela, Powell
 
Description The 2014/15 season was a nightmare in Malawi as the country faced floods at
the beginning of the season and then terminal drought. Most farmers lost
property and crops through flooding and water lodging while surviving crop
fields were burnt dry prematurely by the terminal drought which was
experienced towards the end of the season. As other crops suffered, the drought
tolerant bush bean which CIAT was testing in Africa RISING trials survived the
ordeal and was described as the hope towards mitigating against the effects of
climate change by both technocrats and farmers.
 
Date 2016-03-22
2016-03-23T07:11:25Z
2016-03-23T07:11:25Z
 
Type Poster
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/ZzQ9FhKS
Lulseged Tamene, Powell Mponela. (22/3/2016). Drought tolerant bean varieties offer hope to smallholder farmers in Malawi.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4582
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
 
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