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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Faith Njunge October 17, 2018 News 0

Sweet Potato: New Opportunities for the Next Generation The sweet potato crop is of high economic importance due to its short cycle (3-4 months) with the possibility of multiple planting cycles in a year, and can be intercropped as well. Sweet potato come in several varieties which include white-fleshed, cream-fleshed, …

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Faith Njunge October 11, 2018 News 2

 The 4th edition of the OFSP passport is available!  Check out your Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) Passport to Good Health. This passport-sized document contains all the facts and figures you need to know about orange-fleshed sweetpotato from its nutritional value, how it can be used, who to contact for varieties, contact …

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Faith Njunge September 30, 2018 News 3

Over 100 people from fourteen countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as well as the USA, UK, Germany and Peru, convened in Nairobi, Kenya on 24 September to 26 September 2018, for the 9th Annual Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) at the Concord Hotel in Parklands, Nairobi.  The theme …

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