Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal

The Marketing, Processing and Utilization Community of Practice held its annual meeting from 14th to 16th March  2016 at the Kunduchi Beach Hotel and Resort, Dar es Salaam. The theme of the meeting was, Rebranding OFSP for Health and Wealth.   Thirty-six  participants from the private sector, research institutions, universities …

Crispus Mbaluto is currently a PhD student at the University of Leipzig and University of Jena (FSU), Germany. For the last two months, he has contributed tremendously towards the relaunch of the Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal by writing the metadata for hundreds of publications that are accessible on the Portal. In this article, he narrates his journey towards excelling in science research and what his brief stint in Knowledge Management has taught him.

by FEED THE FUTURE PARTNERING FOR INNOVATION Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato Products are Improving Nutrition in Malawi

SUSTAIN Rwanda Receives Visit from Ambassador Michael Ryan – International Potato Center

At the ‘I Love Sweetpotato’ exhibition at Hotel Villa Portofino, in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, Johannes Chikarate, who works for Concern Worldwide in Malawi, sits in his stall, patiently waiting for visitors. Standing by his side is Kennedy Massamba, a sweetpotato researcher at the Ministry of Agriculture in Malawi.

Q&A with Kirimi Sindi – International Potato Center

A special edition anthology, published in partnership with Foreign Affairs, brings together the views of twenty leading thinkers on all aspects of food systems, smallholder farming, and the transformative opportunity presented by digital technology.

Sweet potato breeders have been advised to put the tastes of the consumer first in order to increase its consumption.

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