Farmers display the different kinds of climbing beans at the ISAR Research Centre in Mutarama. 15 new bean varieties have been developed, aimed at ensuring food security for thousands of farmers ...

Favourable conditions “Climbing beans can yield 2,500 to 3,500 kilogrammes per hectare which is much more than the bush beans. This is because, climbing beans when well supported to climb as ...

"Climbing beans have a three-to-one yield advantage compared to bush bean varieties," Paul Kimani, regional bean breeder and professor at the University of Nairobi, told MediaGlobal.

Like climbing beans, which are marvelous multi-taskers.“Climbing beans are a two-fer,” observes Jo-Anne Van den Berg Ohms, president of John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds in Bantam, Conn.

All these beans – climbing, dwarf and runner – need a soil temperature of over 12ºC to germinate, and even if they did start to grow before the spring, a cold spell would mean weak growth, ...

Growing more climbing beans, as opposed to lower-yield bush beans, could help increase food security in sub-Saharan Africa as demand for food increases, climate change becomes more pronounced, and ...

Climbing beans are more often grown in Central American countries but are becoming more popular in Africa, said Musoni. He added the new varieties, which ISAR began formally distributing to farmers ...

September 9, 2013 — Lean and towering at 6 feet 5 inches, Ken Giller blends right into the rows of climbing beanstalks he is examining on this blisteringly hot spring day in Buhoro, a village in ...

The climbing beans, typically tepara or common bean varieties, naturally absorb nitrogen from the air and convert it to nitrates, fertilizing the soil for the corn and squash.