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This case study examines the outcomes if interventions in Tanzania that have promoted the production and consumption of orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) – a biofortified crop with the objective of reducing vitamin A deficiencies. The report contributes to policy efforts to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture by providing lessons for the introduction …
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Together we are stronger – contemporary Ujamaa in North Western Tanzania
This Learning Case is a “work in progress” developed under the project “Scaling up Technologies in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Using the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) to Address Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern and Central Africa”. The project duration was from February 2012 to October 2013 with funding provided …
Read More »Simple answers for complex problems: Contact Points as a Tool for Enhancing Market Linkages in the OFSP value chain
This Learning Case is a “work in progress” developed under the project “Scaling up Technologies in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Using the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) to Address Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern and Central Africa”. The project duration was from February 2012 to October 2013 with funding provided …
Read More »Seeds of Change: A shining investment for smallholder farmers in Ugunja and Gem sub-counties in Kenya
This Learning Case is a “work in progress” developed under the project “Scaling up Technologies in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Using the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) to Address Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern and Central Africa”. The project duration was from February 2012 to October 2013 with funding provided …
Read More »How a simple cooking lesson can change lives: The role of communication for behaviour change in enhancing the uptake and adoption of OFSP in Uganda’s Acholi subregion
This Learning Case is a “work in progress” developed under the project “Scaling up Technologies in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Using the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) to Address Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern and Central Africa”. The project duration was from February 2012 to October 2013 with funding provided …
Read More »How a pioneering OFSP Loan Product helps the OFSP business expand in Siaya
This Learning Case is a “work in progress” developed under the project “Scaling up Technologies in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Using the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) to Address Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern and Central Africa”. The project duration was from February 2012 to October 2013 with funding provided …
Read More »An OFSP Success Story in Sofala, Mozambique
When you talk about Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) with farmers and pro- ducers in the Sofala region of Mozambique the name José N’teia is sure to come up.
Read More »Table 1. Description of clones used for the drought G x E analysis.
This document contains tables with description of clones used for the drought G x E analysis.
Read More »Sweetpotato production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns and key issues
Sub-Saharan Africa produces more than 7 million tonnes of sweetpotato annually, about 5% of global production. Since the early 1960s, production in East and Central Africa has increased one and-a-half times (to 250% of 1960 production). Recent projections by IFPRI indicate that sweetpotato production in Africa will more than double …
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