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 ...

Kari’s climbing bean varieties promise farmers high yields Monday, August 01, 2011 — updated on December 17, 2020 - 4 min read. Climbing beans at different stages of maturity.

"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.

We're proposing climbing beans as an intensification solution, mostly because they yield three times more than bush beans." Varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, are essential for ...

One climbing bean plant can produce around 100 pods in a season, compared to a bush bean's 25 pods. Per hectare, climbing beans yield 4.2 to five tonnes of beans.