Stephen Beebe

s.beebe@cgiar.org

Project Manager, Breeder in charge of Mesoamerican black and red small seeded beans; also, small-seeded beans for South America and Africa

Matthew Blair

m.blair@cgiar.org

Breeder in charge of Andean large-seeded beans for South America, the Caribbean, and Africa

César Cardona
c.cardona@cgiar.org

Entomologist, responsible for host plant resistance studies and IPM methodologies for bean insects

George Mahuku
g.mahuku@cgiar.org

Pathologist, responsible for development of host plant resistance to bean pathogens and characterization of pathogenic variability

Francisco Morales

f.morales@cgiar.org

Virologist, responsible for diagnosis, epidemiology, and integrated control of bean viruses.

Idupulapati Rao
i.rao@cgiar.org

Plant Nutritionist, characterization and development of beans tolerant to low soil fertility and drought conditions.

 

 

Africa

Robin Buruchara

r.buruchara@cgiar.org

Plant Pathologist, PABRA Coordinator (stationed in Kampala, Uganda)

Rowland Chirwa

r.chirwa@cgiar.org

Plant Breeder, SABRN Coordinator (sationed in Lilongwe, Malawi) 

Paul Kimani
p.kimani@cgiar.org

Plant Breeder for ECABREN (University of Nairobi/CIAT, stationed in Nairobi, Kenya)

Eliaineny Minja
e.minja@cgiar.org

Plant Pathologist, IMP Specialist (stationed in Arusha, Tanzania

Rachel Muthoni
r.muthoni@cgiar.org

BSc, MPA, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, (stationed in Kampala, Uganda)  

Mukishi Pyndji
m.pyndji@cgiar.org

Plant Pathologist, ECABREN Coordinator (stationed in Arusha, Tanzania)

Jean Claude Rubyogo 

rujeclau@yahoo.com

Seed System Specialist (stationed in Nairobi, Kenya)

Louise Sperling

l.sperling@cgiar.org

PhD, Social Scientist, (stationed in Rome, Italy)