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Celebrate the miracles of vitamin A, and other “mighty” nutrients.

Bernice Wairimu November 30, 2020 News 0

From the Kitchen of Shawn BakerShawn Baker, USAID’s Chief Nutritionist, shares with you his favorite holiday or really anytime-of-the-year ingredient – orange sweet potatoes.

Excellence and Innovation In Sweetpotato: Communication For Change Award

Bernice Wairimu October 20, 2020 News 1

The International Potato Center is pleased to announce that the “Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award” will take place for a fourth year in 2020.The annual award was established with a generous endowment from Dr Jan W Low, a recipient of the World Food Prize in 2016, …

Food Biofortification—Reaping the Benefits of Science to Overcome Hidden Hunger

Administrator October 15, 2020 News 0

An estimated 2 billion people in the developing world suffer from the effects of micronutrient malnutrition, widely known as hidden hunger. Preschool children, adolescent women, and in general, women of reproductive age are most vulnerable due to their higher requirements for rapid growth and reproduction, respectively. Read full paper here …

CONTEST for Best Sweetpotato Scientific Paper- Deadline November 15th, 2020

Bernice Wairimu September 16, 2020 News Comments Off on CONTEST for Best Sweetpotato Scientific Paper- Deadline November 15th, 2020

Through a generous endowment established by Dr. Jan W. Low, every year the Best Sweetpotato Scientific Paper published during the year before will receive an award consisting of US$500, which will be presented to the lead author. The award is intended to be split among the co-authors. You do not …

Amharic version of ‘Everything you ever want to know about SweetPotato’ manual.

Bernice Wairimu September 8, 2020 News 0

The ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’ manual – 7 volumes is now available in Amharic. This manual contains ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’. We hope that it will be useful for those involved in training extensionists and NGO staff at different levels, and that …

Triple S method helps sweetpotato farmers plant and harvest earlier

Bernice Wairimu August 14, 2020 News 0

Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is an impressive crop, able to grow on marginal lands and produce nutritious roots within three months from planting. However, farmers plant vine cuttings rather than seeds, and getting enough vines to plant at the beginning of the rainy season can be a challenge for smallholders in …

Making high quality sweetpotato silage

Bernice Wairimu June 23, 2020 News 0

Sweetpotato silage is a method for preserving vines and roots in a succulent condition in a silo. Well-made sweetpotato silage is a wholesome and nutritious feed for all classes of cattle and pigs. Sweetpotato silage is made by fermenting chopped vines and roots of non-commercial value in the absence of …

SweetGAINS project: How climate-resilient sweet potato can help secure Africa’s food security

Bernice Wairimu June 11, 2020 News 0

Malnutrition and food insecurity are on worrying levels in Africa and experts believe improved sweet potato varieties could help reverse this. Dr. Hugo Campos, Project leader for SweetGAINS project joins CNBC Africa for more. Sweetgains: How climate-resilient sweet potato can help secure Africa’s food security – CNBC AfricaMalnutrition and food …

Advancing food and nutrition security and quality of life in Africa through SweetGAINS project

Bernice Wairimu June 11, 2020 News 1

“SweetGAINS project will build upon earlier achievements to accelerate and improve the development and dissemination of climate-resilient, market-accepted sweetpotato, including orange- and the more common white- and yellow-fleshed varieties. It will bring a customer-needs-driven, industry perspective to sweetpotato breeding and promote aspects such as operational excellence,” said Hugo Campos, CIP …