Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal

The Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project (2011-2014) was a unique initiative that was implemented by the International Potato Center (CIP) and Helen Keller International (HKI), in partnership with national research, education and extension institutions.

Farming In Summary A nutritious sweet potato variety is growing in popularity and becoming an important strategy to improve vitamin A deficiency across Uganda.

Ghana to benefit from malnutrition reduction programme

Bright orange sweet potato mash with a slab of butter melting slowly on top is a familiar sight on Thanksgiving feast tables across north America.

CIP scientist wins best poster award at the Agricultural Biosciences International Conference (ABIC) 2014

Geita District Council has said it will carry out a district-wide training programme for small scale farmers and members of the local community on how to produce Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (OFSP) vines in order to bring sustainable income and development to their families.

Invest In Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato By Samuel Hinneh The promotion of the production and consumption of orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in Ghana is regarded as one of the key strategies to reduce vitamin A deficiency in children and achieve food security.

Claremont McKenna College announces today that Helen Keller International, whose mission is to combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition, has won the ninth annual Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership.

In this interviews edition, we caught up with Dr. Francis Kweku Amagloh, a researcher from the University for Development Studies in Ghana who shared with us about his work on sweet potatoes and child nutrition.