Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with OFSP – PHASE 1

Key Project Information
This 4.5-year program intended to improve vitamin A and energy intake for at least 70,000 rural households with young children, the group most vulnerable to vitamin A deficiency (VAD), and people living with HIV and AIDS using orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) as the key entry point. The 1-2-3 seed system combined with nutrition awareness campaigns and OFSP product demonstrations and training of trainers approach, aimed to stimulate demand for OFSP and ensured that by the end of the project at least 20% of households growing OFSP would earn at least US $100 per year from OFSP sales and would increase their sweetpotato yields by 50%.
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Rooting Out Hunger In Malawi With Nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato: Phase 1 Achievements (1st October 2009 to 30th April 2014)By the end of the 4.5 year Phase 1 of the Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) project over 190,000 households received OFSP planting material through a mu...
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Achievements and Lessons Learned from PHASE I of Rooting out Hunger in Malawi (1st Oct 2009 – April 2014)This presentation by Putri Erna Abidin & team is on the conceptual framework for Rooting out Hunger project which was based on OFSP-led food-based approach, which had 3 linked pillars: 1. Linki...
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Breaking postharvest bottlenecks: Long-term sweetpotato storage in adverse climatesThis colorful presentation by Erna Abidin and the CIP, CRS, Mzuzu-CADECOM team in Malawi is about the progress on Phase 1 of the project 'Rooting out hunger in Malawi with OFSP'. It covers the stra...
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Abstract: Nurturing a sustainable seed system for sweetpotato in Malawi: A learning processThis abstract was presented at the at 8th APA Conference in December 2010.
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Sweetpotato for Profit and Health in sub-Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods under climatic uncertainty
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Building a Sustainable Sweetpotato Seed System in Malawi: Experiences from the “Rooting out Hunger in Malawi” ProjectThe project “Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP)” was launched in October 2009 for the benefit of women and children in the country. This 4.5-year effort ...
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Presentation: Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato IFPRI conference on 27 September 2011Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato is a presentation that was made at the IFPRI conference in Lilongwe.
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Annex 4a: 2nd Annual Technical OFSP Meeting: Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi Project
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Project Achievement by 30 April 2014: Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato funded by Irish AidThis is a summary report of phase 1 of the project 'Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato' which was a 4.5 year project funded by Irish Aid from 1 October 2009 to ...
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Rooting out hunger in Malawi with nutritious orange-fl eshed sweetpotato: A baseline survey report. Blantyre, MalawiDeficiencies of micronutrients such as vitamin A are widespread, especially in Africa. In Malawi, vitamin A deficiency is a public health concern. About 60% of children under five, 57% of nonpregna...
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Rooting out hunger in Malawi with nutritious orange-fleshed sweetpotato: A baseline survey reportDeficiencies of micronutrients such as vitamin A are widespread, especially in Africa. In Malawi, vitamin A deficiency is a public health concern. About 60% of children under five, 57% of nonpregna...
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Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato: Year 3 Midterm Report (1 October 2011–30 June 2012)This report describes the project activities based on the achievement made after two years of implementing the project and the Year 3 project (1 November 2011–30 June 2012)). The project activities...
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Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato: Year 3 Annual Report (1st November 2011–31st October 2012)The Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Project is a 4.5-year, multi-partner effort to improve vitamin A and energy intake among at least 70,000 households with ...
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Annex 4: Report from Kachele Club in Salima DistrictKachele Club is one of farmers’ groups in Salima District.
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Annex 11: Initial observation: Intercropping Maize and Orange-fleshed sweetpotato at Bvumbwe Research Station in the 2010/2011 rainy seasonIn the 2010/2011 rainy season, an initial demo trial of Intercropping maize and sweetpotato was conducted at Bvumbwe Research Station. Our objective was to find out the best combination between mai...
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Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato: Year 2 Midterm Report (1 October 2010–31 March 2011)In Malawi, maize is the most important food crop, followed by cassava, sweetpotato, and sorghum. However, sweetpotato is currently one of the most widely grown crops and, as a major food source, is...
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Annex 4: Technical Report Yr 3: CIP Final Report (October 2011-September 2012)
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Annex 6: National Exports Strategy (NES) Workshop ReportOn 19th January, 2012, Irish Aid in collaboration with Imani Development organized a half day National Export Strategy Workshop at the Capital Hotel in Lilongwe.
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Annex 1: Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Progress Report, Dedza District (Nov 2011-May 2012)
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Annex 6: Quarterly report for the period October 2010 to September 2011 for Dedza
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Annex 4a: 2nd Annual Technical OFSP Meeting: Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi Project
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Annex 10: Relating the Impact on Scaling Out Sweetpotato Production Under Smallholder Farmers in Bembeke and Kanyama EPASThe research study was done in Bembeke and Kanyama EPAs in Dedza District. The objective of the study was to scale out impact of sweet potato production in Dedza District. Results showed that in Be...
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Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Project Report - March to September 2011CADECOM-Chikwawa with funding from the International Potato Centre (CIP) is implementing Orange Flesh Sweet potato Project (OFSP) in three Extension Planning Areas (EPAs) - Mitole in Traditional Au...
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Annex 14: Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato
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SPHI Brief 2013: Rooting out hunger in Malawi with nutritious Orange-fleshed sweetpotatoMalnutrition among young children remains one of the biggest challenges in Malawi rural. Agriculture is the major occupation in rural areas, getting this sector moving is critical for food security...
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Annex 7: Processing Juice from Sweetpotato Leaves - Evidence of a partnership approachAn evidence of knowledge transfer to the community in Chiradzulu District by Safe the Children NGO, the Rooting out Hunger project joint program partner through WALA-CRS
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SPHI Brief 2014: Breaking Postharvest Bottlenecks: Long-Term Sweetpotato Storage in Adverse ClimatesThis brief outlines limitation for sweetpotato harvest long storage, breaking the limitations, and the achievements gained to date.
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Annex 2: A Training of Trainers' Module for OFSP ProcessingThe role of sweetpotato in Malawi is becoming more important and substantial, as the government has recognized its significant potential to contribute to food security, especially in densely popula...
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Annex 5: Unleashing Agriculture's Potential for Improved Nutrition & Health in Malawi
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Annex 1a: Rooting out Hunger Project. Partnership Health Checkup Results and comments
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Appendix 1: Criteria for selecting Decentrilized Vine Multiplication and Vine Beneficiaries
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Annex 1: OFSP Awareness Campaign Organized from 5 to 20 October 2010
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SPHI Brief 2012: Rooting Out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-Fleshed SweetpotatoMalnutrition among young children remains one of the biggest challenges in Malawi. Children aged 0–23 months are the most vulnerable group with a peak incidence of mortality and morbidity. The gove...
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Annex 15: Promoting Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato for household food and nutrition security
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Annex 9: Resume of the project activities from 1st October 2010 to 30 Sep 2011
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