A win for beans, a win for Africa
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On Thursday September 7th at the 13thAGRF Africa Food Systems Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the Pan-African Bean Research Alliance was announced as winner of the Africa Food Prize.
From rural mountain hillsides to bustling urban markets, beans are grown, traded and eaten as a staple food crop across Africa. They are a primary source of protein for almost half a billion people daily.
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