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New initiative launched to help scale-up proven agricultural technologies in Rwanda

Donata Kiiza August 24, 2018 News 0

Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in Rwanda is Zero Hunger. This goal aims at ending hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. It was therefore important that Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative was established in a period that Rwanda seeks to transform farming …

Deadline Extended- Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award

Faith Njunge August 22, 2018 News 2

The Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) is pleased to announce that the ‘Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award’ will take place for a second year in 2018. The annual award was established last year with a generous endowment from Dr. Jan W. Low, a recipient …

An Orange light has gone dim: West Africa’s OFSP advocate & Former U.N Secretary-General has gone to rest

Isaac Korku Dorgbetor August 20, 2018 News 0

On the 18th day of August 2018, we awoke to the sad news. Kofi Annan, an advocate of the OFSP in West Africa is no more. He was eighty years old. The Former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and his wife Nane Annan, have been tirelessly behind …

Topic 16 on the Seed Systems and Crop Management CoP

Rosemary Kihiu August 17, 2018 News 0

Empowering The Youth Through Agriculture: What Is Their Role In Sweetpotato Seed Systems? Part 2 of 4 articles Lead discussant: Aime Ndayisenga CIP Rwanda Compiled by Kwame Ogero Who are the ‘youth’? When talking about youth involvement in agriculture it is important to be aware of the different categories of …

TOPIC 16: Empowering the youth through agriculture: What is their role in sweetpotato seed systems?

Rosemary Kihiu August 7, 2018 News 0

Part 1 of 4 articles Lead discussant: Aime Ndayisenga, International Potato Center (CIP) – Rwanda Compiled by Kwame Ogero Introduction April 10 – May 10, 2018 the Sweetpotato Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice (SSS-CoP) held an online discussion titled “Empowering the youth through Agriculture: What role for …

SPHI Photo Contest 2018

Faith Njunge August 3, 2018 News 1

Entrants must be associated with a project aligned to the Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) or a Guest Attending the SPHI 2018 Meeting A message to all amateur and professional photographers – here’s another chance to tear that hard drive open and share your amazing photographs for …

Dr. Tawanda Muzhingi-Emerging Leaders Network Award Recipient 2018

Faith Njunge July 30, 2018 News 0

Explain what you do in your work in one sentence (or two!). My job involves providing scientific evidence on the nutritional value and food quality of RTB crops and diversifying the ways in which RTB crops/foods are consumed, stored and utilized. When did you first become interested in your field? …

How WhatsApp, Wheel covers and Motorbike flaps are Enhancing Demand for Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Vines in Tanzania

Donata Kiiza July 24, 2018 News 0

In Tanzania—as in many parts of sub Saharan Africa (SSA)—orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) farmers are facing the challenge of prolonged droughts. This has led to a limited demand for clean planting materials and the sweetpotato vine multiplication business has remained unattractive to many. Since 2015 Mary Ndomba and her team at …

THE SWEET HARVEST OF A GIANT CROP—BEATING DROUGHT, WORMS IN MALAWI

Faith Njunge July 20, 2018 News 0

The Sweet Harvest of a Giant Crop-Beating Drought, Worms in Malawi | Transforming Lives | Malawi | U.S. Agency for International Development July 2018 – Heavy clouds loom over the forest that borders 42-year-old Samuel Kosimasi’s farm in Malawi. Here on the border of Liwonde Forest Reserve, Kosimasi hums to …

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New initiative launched to help scale-up proven agricultural technologies in Rwanda

Deadline Extended- Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award

An Orange light has gone dim: West Africa’s OFSP advocate & Former U.N Secretary-General has gone to rest

Topic 16 on the Seed Systems and Crop Management CoP

TOPIC 16: Empowering the youth through agriculture: What is their role in sweetpotato seed systems?

SPHI Photo Contest 2018

Dr. Tawanda Muzhingi-Emerging Leaders Network Award Recipient 2018

How WhatsApp, Wheel covers and Motorbike flaps are Enhancing Demand for Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Vines in Tanzania

THE SWEET HARVEST OF A GIANT CROP—BEATING DROUGHT, WORMS IN MALAWI

Monitoring Learning & Evaluation Community of Practice Meeting

Marketing, Processing and Utilization Community of Practice meeting in Kampala, Uganda

TRAINING: ORANGE-FLESHED SWEETPOTATO PRODUCTION