Seed Savers Network(SSN) is a national membership based farmers organization registered in 2009. SSN works at grassroots level with a mission to conserve agrobiodiversity by strengthening communities seed systems for improved food and nutritional security. We have been working in helping smallholder farmers access seeds and conserve agrobiodiversity. Over the years the network has grown to over 58,000 small scale farmers and established over 43 seed banks with over 100 varieties of beans. From small scale farmers who produce them using ecological farming principles.
Global Bean projects we are involved in:
Experience with different bean varieties usage, environmental growth and varieties of bean seeds
Exchange experience in bean varieties nutrition aspect and documentation
Seed savers Network(SSN) is a national membership based farmers organization. SSN works at grassroots level with a mission to conserve agrobiodiversity by strengthening communities seed systems for improved food and nutritional security
With overnutrition globally becoming a bigger problem than undernutrition, there is no shortage of food. However the price of food commodities is subject to speculation, and 36% of the grains are used as animal feed. Let's have a look at crisis-situations in Europe, Kenya, and India, and what part legumes could play.
During its two fruitful first years, The Global Bean Project has been funded by the German environment ministry (BMUV) and we were able to carry out a variety of activities with a central coordination amongst a growing global network of experts and enthusiasts. The network now counts above 100 partners from 37 countries. From now
Kenya is considered a farming nation. Among farming communities in the country, legumes are an important source of nourishment and are, therefore, central to many diets in the country. They are indeed good sources of protein, fibre, they protect against diseases, they fertilise the soil for other crops and they contribute to the economy of the country. Want to know how? Discover the role of vegetables in Kenya in this article!Â
In Kenya many types of legumes are grown in various parts of the country. The common bean is the legume most commonly incorporated in different cropping systems (10 % of the proteins consumed in the country!). Discover in this article all about the important legumes that grow in Kenya.Â
Many regions of Kenya can be categorized into arid and semi-arid lands that receive unsustainable rainfall of between 250mm-500mm. Millions of smallholder farmers in the arid and semiarid lands of Kenya prefer cultivating legumes over other cash crops – crops grown mainly for sale – due to…
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