Faith Njunge March 19, 2019 News 0

The humble sweet potato can help power Africa in the face of climate change Forest fires during a record-breaking warm winter in Europe, Arctic cold in the US and melting glaciers are clear signals that climate change is impacting all of us but it is in Africa where such extreme …

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Faith Njunge March 13, 2019 News 0

Harnessing Sweetpotato Genomics to Improve Breeding and Farmers’ Lives Scientists from the International Potato Center ( CIP) are part of an exciting venture that is working to develop a set of “next-generation” tools for African sweetpotato breeders. Those tools will help breeders develop more resilient, nutritious and high-yielding sweetpotato varieties …

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Faith Njunge February 27, 2019 News 0

NC State Winter 2018 Behind that rise is a remarkable success story with its roots at NC State, one that reaches into the familiar farms of eastern North Carolina and to the often forgotten corners of a handful of African nations. It is a story of science and salvation, of …

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Faith Njunge February 15, 2019 News 0

We’re thrilled to announce the call for abstracts for the Marketing, Processing and Utilization Community of Practice Meeting. The annual meeting will be held in Kampala, Uganda on April 9-11, 2019. To enhance the living standards of food producers, the value-chain approaches had received extensive attention. Recently, good nutrition through …

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Faith Njunge January 30, 2019 News 0

Use of Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Purée in Bread Boosts Demand for the Crop CIP’s efforts to increase consumption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) and there by reduce the incidence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) includes the promotion of baked or fried products made with OFSP purée. Those nutritious products not only contain …

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Faith Njunge January 30, 2019 News 0

Sweet potato farmers set eyes on EU market : The Standard More farmers are turning to the sweet potato in the wake of growing demand in the European market. In Migori, the county government is teaming up with the European Union (EU) to build a Sh4 billion sweet potato factory …

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Faith Njunge December 24, 2018 News 0

Some of our 2018 project highlights. Happy Holidays

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Faith Njunge November 28, 2018 News 0

“One in three people on this planet are denied a say in shaping their destiny, because they are malnourished,” said Lawrence Haddad in his acceptance speech of the prestigious 2018 World Food Prize. Dr. Lawrence Haddad and physician Dr. David Nabarro were honored with the prestigious 2018 World Food Prize. …

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Faith Njunge November 26, 2018 News 2

Fighting malnutrition in Rwanda with orange sweet potatoes Luisa Garcia was a 2018 African Great Lakes Reporting Fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation . As Dr. Kirimi Sindi drove past the lush, green, rolling hills of Rwanda, he called the region “the country of a thousand hills.”

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