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Faith Njunge December 24, 2019 News 0

This manual provides a “how‐to” guide to what is needed to set‐up and manage a small sandponic unit. Diagrams and instructions are presented on how to set up the sandponics system in a screenhouse. The components of the optimized nutrient media for multiplying pre‐basic sweetpotato vines under a sandponics system …

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Faith Njunge November 1, 2019 News 0

International Potato Center (CIP) in collaboration with the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) Nairobi, Kenya, conducted a one-week training on the use of high throughput sequencing and assembly of small RNAs (sRSA) for viral diagnostics.

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Faith Njunge October 30, 2019 News 0

“The great passion l have for sweetpotato kept me soldiering on, l would want a situation where access to adequate quality seed of improved varieties is no longer a bottleneck.” Tell us about yourself I’m Phabian Makokha, 32 years old. For the past 21 months, I’ve been an MSc. student …

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Rose Chesoli October 29, 2019 News 0

Increased OFSP root and puree production will lead to expanded markets, attracting investment, creating jobs and income opportunities along the value chain.

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Faith Njunge October 29, 2019 News 0

The government of the United Kingdom has long supported efforts to reduce micronutrient malnutrition by helping vulnerable populations in Africa and Asia grow and eat nutritious crops.

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Faith Njunge October 22, 2019 News 0

While providing a full overview this video focuses on value chain development highlighting small and medium scale entrepreneurs who produce injera, bread and doughnuts. The video was prepared by Ethiopia’s public television station FANA with support from the EU and originally broadcast on Tuesday 14 October

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Faith Njunge September 26, 2019 News 0

Rwanda has made good progress on improving its agricultural production in recent years, and the International Potato Center (CIP) has contributed to this through its promotion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) and, more recently, potato varieties. Yet poverty and malnutrition persist in many rural areas, where farmers not only need improved varieties and quality planting material but also training in best practices to ensure high yields.

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Faith Njunge September 20, 2019 News 0

An agri-processing company in Tanzania producing nutritional, sweet potato-based foods is providing a ready market for local women and young farmers.

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Faith Njunge September 19, 2019 News 0

The scale of the nutrition challenge facing the world is huge and if governments do not get a grip on the problem, our global food system could end up bankrupting our health systems. Malnutrition costs the African economy an estimated USD 25 billion a year, or 11% of GDP, and …

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