Sweetpotato is the third most important root crop in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientist-farmer participatory evaluation for dual purpose targeting agricultural potential cold areas (1600 – 2100 meters above sea level (masl)) of selected 50 clones was done on-farm. Genotype and environment effect were significant. The evaluation and organoleptic test identified genotypes with …
Read More »Ex ante assessment of dual-purpose sweet potato in the crop–livestock system of western Kenya: A minimum-data approach
In this paper the authors assess the potential benefits of introducing dual-purpose sweet potato in the mixed crop-livestock systems of East Africa, with an example of Vihiga district in western Kenya. The analysis supports the hypothesis that dissemination of the dual-purpose sweet potato could help improve the livelihoods of smallholder …
Read More »Using Competing Traits to Select Dual-Purpose Sweetpotato in Native Germplasm
Article from CIP Program Report 1999-2000, page 289-294
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