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Building resilient food systems through sweetpotato

Eric Muthuri October 3, 2017 News 0

Building resilient food systems through sweetpotato – International Potato Center Over 100 delegates are meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the eighth annual Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) technical meeting. The two-day (25-26 September) meeting brings together researchers, policy makers, private sector actors, farmers and non-governmental organizations …

Celebrating partnerships in the struggle to end hunger.

Aime Ndayisenga September 17, 2017 News 0

International Potato Center celebrates its role in ending hunger throughout the world. By Aime Ndayisenga & Donata Kizza Every 16th of October of the year, the countries, organizations, agriculture scientists and farmers celebrate the “World Food Day”. It was established by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945. Very well …

Newly Launched Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) Platform to Fight Hidden Hunger in Nigeria

Joyce Maru September 15, 2017 News 5

Micronutrient malnutrition; commonly referred to as hidden hunger because the symptoms are not always visible; is characterized by chronic deficiency of essential vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) such as vitamin A, iron and zinc. In Nigeria, 30% of preschool aged children are deficient in vitamin A, while 36% of children under …

International Potato Center scales up for more potato varieties in Rwanda

Donata Kiiza September 5, 2017 News 0

By Donata Kiiza & Aime Ndayisenga Having had a successful story in promoting the Orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Rwanda, International Potato Centrer (CIP) is pushing to see how to breed more potato varieties, making Rwanda the leading potato hub across the region. This was discussed on Friday, August 11 when CIP …

Vines for Rains: providing healthy sweetpotato planting material to farmers in Mozambique

Lilies Gachanja September 5, 2017 News 0

Vines for Rains: providing healthy sweetpotato planting material to farmers in Mozambique In November 2012, Irish Aid funded the Nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato for Niassa, project, which is led by International |Potato Center (CIP). Through this 4-year initiative, governmental and non-governmental partners quickly recognized the pivotal role that Decentralized Vine Multipliers …

SPHI 2017 Contests Status

Lilies Gachanja September 4, 2017 News 0

The 8th annual Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) meeting that brings together a variety of projects+ is almost here with us. The meeting will be held from 24th through to 27th September 2017 at the Ramada Resort in Dar-es-Salaam. This year, SPHI has a variety of contests that offered participants …

LEADING BY EXAMPLE

Eric Muthuri August 14, 2017 News 0

By:Wells Kumwenda, Edward Chibambo and David Matiya. Mrs. Stelia James is a lead farmer in Group Village Headman Chimwabvi, Traditional Authority Maganga in Salima district. She is married to Kilison James and the family has 7 children (4Male & 3Female). The first born is 21yrs old and the last born …

Dr. Thomas van Mourik is the new manager of the Healthy Gold for Ghana Project

Christine Bukania August 4, 2017 News 6

Dr. Thomas van Mourik has joined the International Potato Center (CIP) as Country Manager for Ghana and Project Manager for the Healthy Gold for Ghana project. The project is working to improve vitamin A intake in rural and urban households utilizing OFSP. Tom, a Dutch national, holds a PhD in …

Lack of certified sweet potato

Eric Muthuri July 31, 2017 News 0

Uganda’s sweet potato production has reduced from 2.8 million tonnes in 2010 to 1.8 million tonnes. Sweet potato is one of the root crops that can shield a family from starvation during dry spells. They are hardly affected by the dry spell and can be cultivated with minimal inputs. These …