Common Bean variety releases in Africa

The Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance is a network of national agricultural research centers (NARS), and private and public sector institutions that work to deliver better beans with consumer and market preferred traits to farmers. The datasets presented here draw from 17 Sub Saharan countries that are members of PABRA. The dataset on released bean varieties is a collection of 513 bean varieties released by NARS and there characteristics. The dataset on bean varieties and the relationship to constraints provides the 513 bean varieties on the basis of resistance to constraints such as fungal, bacterial, viral, diseases and tolerance to abiotic stresses. There is also a dataset of bean varieties that have been released in more than one country, useful for moving seed from one country to another and facilitating regional trade. The dataset on Niche market traits provides the market defined classifications for bean trade in Sub Saharan Africa as well as varieties that fall into these classifications. The datasets are an update to the 2011 discussion on PABRAs achievement in breeding and delivery of bean varieties in Buruchara et. 2011 in pages 236 and 237 here: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/acsj/article/view/74168 . It is also an update to a follow up to this discussion in Muthoni, R. A., Andrade, R. 2015 on the performance of bean improvement programmes in sub-Saharan Africa from the perspectives of varietal output and adoption in chapter 8. here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780644011.0148. The data is extracted from the PABRA M&E database available here (http://database.pabra-africa.org/?location=breeding).

泛非豆类研究联盟（Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance, PABRA）是由国家农业研究中心（national agricultural research centers, NARS）、私营与公共部门机构组成的协作网络，旨在为农户选育并推广兼具消费者偏好与市场适配性性状的优质豆类品种。本次发布的数据集源自PABRA旗下17个撒哈拉以南非洲成员国。其中，已审定豆类品种数据集收录了由NARS审定的513个豆类品种及其相关特性。豆类品种与生产制约因素关联数据集，则围绕上述513个品种，梳理了其对真菌、细菌、病毒等病害的抗性，以及对非生物胁迫的耐受性等抗逆性状。另有跨国家审定豆类品种数据集，可用于指导豆类种子跨国流通，助力区域贸易开展。利基市场（Niche market）性状数据集提供了撒哈拉以南非洲地区豆类贸易的市场分类标准，以及归入各类别的豆类品种。本数据集是对2011年Buruchara等人发表的相关讨论的更新完善——该讨论围绕PABRA在豆类品种选育与推广方面的成果，刊载于《African Crop Science Journal》2011年第236至237页，原文链接：http://www.ajol.info/index.php/acsj/article/view/74168。同时，本数据集也更新了Muthoni R.A.与Andrade R.于2015年发表的后续研究：该研究从品种产出与推广应用的视角，分析了撒哈拉以南非洲地区豆类改良项目的实施成效，相关内容见于其著作第8章，原文链接：http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780644011.0148。所有数据均提取自PABRA监测与评估数据库，数据库访问链接：http://database.pabra-africa.org/?location=breeding。