Enhancing sweetpotato production through development of virus resistant varieties in Kenya

Project Complete

Key Project Information

Specific objectives

To determine current sweetpotato production practises and constraints
To develop genetic variation to address biotic and abiotic sweetpotato production constraints
To evaluate sweetpotato cultivars for their yield performance in 3 agro-ecological zones with varying characteristics and soil conditions
To determine and promote agronomic technologies for enhanced production of sweetpotato in Kenya
To demonstrate and promote the benefits of using appropriate clean sweetpotato seed

Team Members:

Start date	July 01, 2012
End date	June 30, 2015
Lead organization	Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization
Region	East Africa
Countries	Kenya

Type of project	Research
Financing Sources	Korean Project on International Agriculture
Funding Amount (USD)	$100,000
Members	Benjamin Kivuva