Researchers develop beans that will cook in 5 minutes

Prof Stephen Mwangi Githiri, Legume Breeding for improved Quality project leader, examines a bean plant at a green house at JKUAT. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

 “What puts you off when you see a plate of beans?”

This is the first question Prof Stephen Githiri, a researcher at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture, poses as he leads us through narrow footpaths between sprawling plantations and numerous greenhouses at the expansive research university.