Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) undertakes two critical functions in the sweetpotato seed system: as the regional centre of excellence for germplasm management and exchange, in collaboration with CIP, it supports clean-up and virus indexing of breeder materials for national sweetpotato breeding and seed programmes across sub-Saharan Africa. Secondly, it multiplies pathogen tested pre-basic seed for sale within Kenya.
Read More »NRCRI SHARE THEIR WINNING MARKETING STRATEGY
Top on the agenda of the 10th consultation of the Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice (CoP), in November 2018, was assessing the effectiveness of partner National Research Institutions' (NARIs) marketing strategies -for early generation sweetpotato seed.
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How village savings and loans groups, orange fleshed sweetpotato and the Triple-S innovation are empowering women in Northern Ghana. ‘For me, growing sweetpotato is much easier than other crops. I use few inputs and have little maintenance and I still get a good yield’ said Ernestine Gbang, a women’s group …
Read More »SWEETPOTATO FARMERS SUPPORT THE SCALING OF TRIPLE S TECHNOLOGY IN ETHIOPIA
“Seven to 10 years ago, sweetpotato was known as ‘the father of children’ because it was available throughout the year. Because the soil had moisture content during the dry season, we were able to conserve our vines by covering them with mulch,” began Merid Mengesha, an elder in Yayike village …
Read More »Champion Farmer Household contributes to the scaling up use of the Triple S technology
‘Next season I will fill my farm, and my father’s farm, with sweetpotato’ says Bezabih Hamamo, a champion Triple S (Storing in Sand and Sprouting) farmer in the Jara Dado Kebele in Hawassa Zuria. Hawassa Zuria is in southern Ethiopia, approximately 40 km from Hawassa town, and it is in …
Read More »Report Available – 9th Consultation of the Seed Systems and Crop Management CoP
The Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice held its 9th consultation meeting on 15-17 May 2018, at the Hotel Villa Portofino Kigali, Rwanda. The theme of the meeting was ‘Engaging youth for improved sweetpotato seed and root production’. The meeting was …
Read More »Part 4 of 4: TOPIC 16 OF THE SEED SYSTEMS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Empowering the Youth Through Agriculture: What Is Their Role in Sweetpotato Seed Systems? Lead discussant: Aime Ndayisenga (CIP Rwanda) Compiled by Kwame Ogero Cont’d: How do we get the youth more involved in the sweetpotato value-chain? 3) Capacity building on agribusiness skills. Mentorship and training programs to impart agronomic, …
Read More »Part 3 of 4: TOPIC 16 OF THE SEED SYSTEMS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Empowering The Youth Through Agriculture: What Is Their Role In Sweetpotato Seed Systems? Lead discussant: Aime Ndayisenga CIP Rwanda Compiled by Kwame Ogero How do we get the youth more involved in the sweetpotato value-chain? It is now clear that most young people do not aspire pursue agriculture as a …
Read More »Topic 16 on the Seed Systems and Crop Management CoP
Empowering The Youth Through Agriculture: What Is Their Role In Sweetpotato Seed Systems? Part 2 of 4 articles Lead discussant: Aime Ndayisenga CIP Rwanda Compiled by Kwame Ogero Who are the ‘youth’? When talking about youth involvement in agriculture it is important to be aware of the different categories of …
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