Promoting Clean Planting Materials of Sweetpotato and Banana to Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania

Key Project Information
The project goal was Promoting the clean vines of Orange Fleshed Sweet potato to improve household nutrition, incomes, export, employment, yield and productivity of small holder’s farmers in Tanzania horticultural subsector. The activities include:
- Produce healthy clean Tissue culture Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) planting materials and deliver them to rural community.
- Establish multiplication nurseries and train entrepreneurs in clean vines multiplications and business skills
- Carry out sensitization and promotion in OFSP production and utilization
- Assist rural communities to carry out vines production innovations to lower down the cost of production and produce vines through the year.