News and Views

Nathan Ronoh November 15, 2018 News 1

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 November 14, 2018 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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Faith Njunge October 11, 2018 News 2

 The 4th edition of the OFSP passport is available!  Check out your Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) Passport to Good Health. This passport-sized document contains all the facts and figures you need to know about orange-fleshed sweetpotato from its nutritional value, how it can be used, who to contact for varieties, contact …

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Faith Njunge September 30, 2018 News 3

Over 100 people from fourteen countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as well as the USA, UK, Germany and Peru, convened in Nairobi, Kenya on 24 September to 26 September 2018, for the 9th Annual Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) at the Concord Hotel in Parklands, Nairobi.  The theme …

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Faith Njunge September 30, 2018 News 0

The International Potato Center (CIP) generates a lot of valuable research and is committed that the world uses our findings to improve livelihoods and nutrition and uses our datasets to generate additional findings. Our goal, in alignment with the CGIAR policies, is to be fully Open Access at the end …

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