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Report: Sweetpotato Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice Tenth Consultation. Partner Progress Review of Sustainable pre-basic Seed Production Sub-Grantee Agreements

Author: Njunge, Faith (CIP) February 26, 2019

The Sweetpotato Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice (SS-CoP) tenth Consultation was held from 12-15 November 2018 at Pride Inn, Nairobi, Kenya. The planning and review meeting was attended by the Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) project pre-basic seed (PBS) system sub-grantees. There were …
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UNBURIED TREASURE: Breeding better sweet potatoes for the world

Author: Caroline Barnhill , Stacy Chandler et al. February 13, 2019

NC State rescued the sweet potato industry in North Carolina and helped it grow into a global powerhouse. Now the university is leading an effort to breed sweet potatoes that could provide economic opportunities and better nutrition for people in several African countries.
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Quality Diets for Better Health: Healthy Living Clubs Curriculum

Author: Emma Waugh, Emily Faerber et al. February 18, 2019

A Manual for Health Extension Workers and PIN Community Facilitators (Toolkit) This curriculum was designed by Emory University as part of the EU financed “Quality Diets for Better Health” project. Presents the programme for nine sessions on OFSOP production, vitamin A, nutrition, complementary feeding and the use of OFSP for …
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Quality Diets for Better Health Formative Nutrition Report: Assessment of Infant and Young Child Feeding in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia

Author: Emma Waugh, Amy Webb Girard et al. February 13, 2019

Infant and young child feeding in Ethiopia is sub-optimal, and is especially so in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia. The International Potato Center (CIP) and People in Need (PIN) are working with Emory University and local stakeholders to implement the Quality Diets for Better Health (QDBH) …
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Proceedings of the 9th Annual Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) Meeting

Author: Njunge, Faith (CIP), BERNICE WAIRIMU et al. December 19, 2018

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 27 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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