This paper is part of a series of theme papers compiled into an International Potato Center social science working paper entitled Unleashing the Potential of Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Challenges and Way Forward. They were prepared in preparation for a workshop to assess challenges for sweetpotato in SSA. It addresses the challenge of how to improve the yield, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, nutritional and market attributes of sweetpotato varieties to farmers.