The common bean is long overdue for its celebration. It is already changing lives, as new varieties and markets spread through Rwanda. Beans are food, health, iron for their growing children, a rich harvest for a rich future. Find out more: stories.croptrust.org/story/cest-la-… #CropsInColor

Farmers in #Rwanda never forget how high iron beans not only improved their health and nutrition but also their wealth through financial returns! #KnowYourNutrition #EndHiddenHunger

As we celebrate #WorldFoodDay, we cannot talk about food without farmers and only farmers could understand the significant impact of producing and consuming high-iron beans on families' livelihood. we thank farmers for producing nutritious beans which end up on our plates!

Live from #Iowa, it’s #FoodPrize19 with Howdy Bouis! Thank you to all of our partners for supporting biofortification to reduce #hiddenhunger. #WorldFoodDay

Truly this is a wonder ... building trust through working together in agriculture. We have much to learn about restorative justice using the tools in our hands ... food to eat. #FoodPrize19 #agriculture HarvestPlus HarvestPlusRwanda

Iron beans have already made a positive impact on the lives of millions of women, children and smallholder bean farmers in Rwanda–contributing to national development through improved nutrition and increased household incomes! #EndHiddenHunger

And working together in agriculture has led #biofortification making impact on millions of Rwandan small hold bean farmers! Many thanks Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda and Rwanda Agriculture & Animal Resources Devpt Board for the valuable support and team work to reduce #IronDeficiency through the adoption of high iron beans.

"So tasty you'll be missing out if you don't eat them." Beans biofortified with iron are disease-tolerant, address anemia and inspire Rwanda's top musicians to jam! Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=fo6449… #FunFactFriday

We are happy to see biofortified iron beans contributing to farmers' food security especially rural women in Rwanda! Iron beans efficacy trial linked their consumption to improved iron status and cognitive capacity in women #EndHiddenHunger newtimes.co.rw/business/how-r…

Biofortified beans with iron in Rwanda,a nutrition success story indeed👉harvestplus.org/rwandasuccess

The same farming households tell an amazing full iron-biofortified beans success story! #empoweredfarmers #ironbeanstory #endhiddenhunger

Rwanda embraced biofortification in 2010, becoming one of the first countries on the continent to do so. Over the last years, more than 5,000 metric tons of high iron bean seed was produced and disseminated in Rwanda. Read the full story!👉newtimes.co.rw/news/featured-…

Yes, 20 percent of all beans produced in Rwanda were iron-biofortified and more than 1.8 million people in Rwanda are estimated to be consuming them! Go read the full #Successtory 👇#makingimpact #endhiddenhunger newtimes.co.rw/news/featured-…

Rwandan farmers and consumers relate well when we talk about iron-biofortified beans impact in Rwanda. Millions are being reached with these beans and change is real as farmers talk in our new video!

And iron beans have already reached millions of Rwandan farmers and consumers! did you know 20% of the bean total production was iron beans?

We've been busy in the past couple of months and here is what we were cooking for you, a new video! Biofortified iron beans are definitely a nutrition success story in this country! thanks to the commitment and the work of many of our partners. youtu.be/7-GFPy5mUi4

We love to see the reach of biofortified crops - and their health benefits - spreading through the work of partners like Self-Help International, who are distributing iron and zinc rich biofortified beans in Nicaragua bit.ly/2SBU56U

How does HarvestPlus use biofortification to change lives beyond health? We help catalyze and link markets, and provide technical support and guidance to entrepreneurs and small businesses. Watch how livelihoods in Nigeria are impacted: youtu.be/8VAIQ4ruNTc

🌱Feb. Update: Nigeria and Rwanda Success Stories, Tech and Biofortification - mailchi.mp/cgiar/february…

What are we up to? Our Feb. News and Insights update includes: biofortified food products in Nigeria, harnessing tech solutions, reaching Zambian refugees, expanding the nutrition evidence base on iron beans, and more. Subscribe and stay informed: bit.ly/2Tc2dKj