Shylet Tsekenedza

This is a special issue technical report of food system transformation from a seven-year flagship project in Zimbabwe. From a purposive selection of bean value chain actors, the authors identified and documented individual project experiences that best convey the project's outcomes from a variety of perspectives. The narratives were compared with d...

Gender is an integral part of bean breeding initiatives and provides the platform through which plant breeding should be implemented. Gender-sensitive breeding offers a clear focus on addressing gender gap in agriculture by considering different traits preferred by both men and women (Nchanji et al., 2021b). Through the gender lens, critical elemen...

A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted at the University of Zimbabwe to screen six cowpea varieties for resistance to Alectra vogelii infection. Emergence of A. vogelii was first detected 55 days after crop emergence. A. vogelii emergence was not significantly (P > 0.05) influenced by cowpea genotype. No differences (P > 0.05) in cowpea paramete...

Breeding for disease tolerance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) can improve yields for small-scale and commercial bean producers. This study evaluated promising common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes for disease tolerance under rain-fed conditions at Harare Research Centre in Zimbabwe. A total of 25 genotypes, sourced from the Internat...

Crop breeding for disease tolerance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) can improve yields for small scale and commercial bean producers. This study evaluated some promising common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes for disease tolerance under rain fed conditions at Harare Research Centre in Zimbabwe. A total of 25 genotypes, sourced from In...