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Jan W. Low 2 weeks ago News 0

Sweetpotato was well represented at the 18th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops meeting held at CIAT in Cali, Colombia, the 22nd through 25th October 2018.  Over 165 participants from 30 countries made 70 oral presentations and presented 170 scientific posters.  Participants got an opportunity to …

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Faith Njunge 2 weeks ago News 0

“One in three people on this planet are denied a say in shaping their destiny, because they are malnourished,” said Lawrence Haddad in his acceptance speech of the prestigious 2018 World Food Prize. Dr. Lawrence Haddad and physician Dr. David Nabarro were honored with the prestigious 2018 World Food Prize. …

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Faith Njunge 3 weeks ago News 2

Fighting malnutrition in Rwanda with orange sweet potatoes Luisa Garcia was a 2018 African Great Lakes Reporting Fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation . As Dr. Kirimi Sindi drove past the lush, green, rolling hills of Rwanda, he called the region “the country of a thousand hills.”

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Nathan Ronoh 4 weeks ago News 0

On a slow Saturday morning, most would want to sleep away the exhaustion of the week but the ground is set for Christ is the Answer Ministries(CITAM) family sports day in Buruburu, Nairobi Kenya. For George Aristotle, this presented an opportunity to spread the Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) gospel to his …

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Julius Juma Okello 4 weeks ago News 0

The Independent Science Partnership Council (ISPC) of CGIAR held a Monitoring Evaluation, Learning, and Impact Assessment (MELIA) meeting last week (November 5-7, 2018) at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. This was the first meeting the Council held that brought the MEL and the IA communities of practice …

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Donata Kiiza October 25, 2018 News 1

  “I can now comfortably take care of my family.  Before, my children were not attending primary school because the family could not afford to pay school fees. The children were malnourished being unable to afford two meals a day. But now things have changed!” says Dominique. Harerimana Dominique is …

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Joyce Maru October 17, 2018 News 1

Nigeria’s National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) – Umudike and the International Potato center (CIP) have released a new orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) variety. Solo Gold— UMUSPO4—was officially released in July 2018 bringing the total number of OFSP varieties in Nigeria to three.  The other two are UMUSPO3 referred locally as ‘Mothers Delight’, and UMUSPO1, …

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Faith Njunge October 17, 2018 News 0

Sweet Potato: New Opportunities for the Next Generation The sweet potato crop is of high economic importance due to its short cycle (3-4 months) with the possibility of multiple planting cycles in a year, and can be intercropped as well. Sweet potato come in several varieties which include white-fleshed, cream-fleshed, …

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Donata Kiiza October 12, 2018 News 2

Women are central to agriculture and make a strong contribution to food security and nutrition at both the household and community levels. In many developing countries, they make up almost half of the agricultural labor force, but their production is limited by barriers to finance, inputs, and extension services, as …

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