Description
Beans are edible seeds with their leaves to eaten as vegetables.They are one of the most widely grown vegetables in East Africa because they are easy to grow, and are cheap sources of proteins and energy.
Beans/kg
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- Beans can grow on both fertile smooth and rough seedbeds. They need optimal levels of Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium during their growth. The improved bean varieties available on the market include NABE 1 up to NABE 6; NABE 11 to NABE 14, K20, K132, K131, all of which are bush varieties, and NABE 7C to NABE 10C.
- The Bush varieties are grown in most of the bean growing areas of Uganda, either as a mono crop or intercropped with various crops like cassava, maize, bananas, cotton and sorghum, depending on the area. Climbers are mainly grown in the highly populated highlands of Kabale, Kisoro and Mbale. In comparison, they yield two to three times higher.
- Beans are harvested and transported to the farmer’s homes for primary processing. The primary processing involves using traditional methods (sticks) to remove beans from the pods. This is followed by winnowing to remove the chuff from the Beans. The clean beans are then stored in the farmers’ house since majority of the farmers cannot afford to construct stores
