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Through collaborative research with ICARDA, China
released faba bean line H41 as ‘Li Fang Chan Du’ for Zheijang
Province.
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Faba Bean field
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Faba bean market: Agricultural research and development is
helping to increase food self-sufficiency and improve the nutrition and
income of the rural poor in Sudan.
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Foul muddamis, the most common faba bean recipe, being
sold on the roadside in Sudan.
Underlying the challenge of increasing food production is the bigger
challenge of access of the poor to sufficient food at prices they can afford.
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Barley, lentil and faba bean (top left) seeds
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An Ecuadorean farmer winnows her crop to provide clean
seed samples of faba bean to a member of the collection team.
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In the Dilingat village
of Bahaira Governorate in Egypt,
Abu Ahmed (right) proudly displays his faba bean crop full of healthy pods,
grown without using fungicides. In the past, he had to apply two or more
fungicide sprays to save his crop from the chocolate spot disease. He is one
of hundreds of farmers in the Upper Egypt to Delta
area who are participating in large-scale demonstrations of the newly
released high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties of faba bean, and
improved production practices that bring them higher profits. These
demonstrations are organized by ICARDA s Nile
Valley and Red Sea Regional
Program.
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Nile valley faba bean project, Egypt
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Men eating falafel. Falafel is delicious! Among fast
foods, falafel sandwiches, made from faba bean, are particularly popular.
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