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By Spencer Van Dyk<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_portfolio admin_label=”Fullwidth Portfolio” fullwidth=”on” show_title=”on” show_date=”off” background_layout=”light” auto=”off” hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_fullwidth_portfolio][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Spencer Van Dyk “East Africa is a hotbed of agricultural growth,” said Kimberly Flowers, the food security director for the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. In Tanzania, almost 90 per cent of the population works in agriculture, growing mostly maize and beans, and 93 per cent of plots are smaller than five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n“East Africa is a hotbed of agricultural growth,” said Kimberly Flowers, the food security director for the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. <\/span><\/h4>\n
In Tanzania, almost 90 per cent of the population works in agriculture, growing mostly maize and beans, and 93 per cent of plots are smaller than five acres. Most farmers live off what they grow and cannot afford much more. <\/span><\/h4>\n
Canadian-funded projects in Tanzania are working to encourage farmers to grow improved bean seeds \u2014 ones that have more iron and zinc, and that are climate-smart \u2014 to make more money, eat better food, and raise themselves out of food insecurity and poverty. <\/span><\/h4>\n
Here are the stories of farmers who use the beans, farmers who don’t, and the obstacles they face implementing the technology. <\/span><\/h4>\n
Click below to\u00a0navigate the different chapters.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n