Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal
On-farm performance of sweetpotato pathogen-tested (PT) planting material has been reported giving over 80 percent yield increase, especially in sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) susceptible varieties. Inspection and certification guidelines to support the current Seeds and Plant Regulations (2017) have been revised to ensure quality control along the sweetpotato seed …
Read More »HarvestPlus one of 4 finalists in tough MacArthur Foundation 100%Change Competition.
Dear friends, We learned the exciting news today that HarvestPlus has been awarded $15 million as a finalist in the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition. We are deeply grateful for this generous award and we are humbled to receive such recognition of the remarkable …
Read More »SPHI Brief 05: Positioning Biofortification and HarvestPlus at National Level
Under the USAID-funded project, Meals for Nutrition: Biofortified Solutions (MENU), HarvestPlus has reached a total of 10,358 farmers (8,912 females and 1,446 males) with orange sweetpotato vines in 13 districts between October 2016 and September 2017, through six partner NGOS. The Uganda Multi-sectoral Food Security and Nutrition Project is scaling-up …
Read More »Lessons from orange sweetpotato saturation and thought leader experiments for promoting adoption in uganda
This study uses a randomized saturation experiment and influential technology promoters to test strategies to promote diffusion of two highly nutritious agricultural crop technologies in Uganda to measure which approaches are most cost-effective at achieving high adoption rates. The crops are conventionally bred varieties of vitamin-A-rich orange sweet potato (OSP) …
Read More »Presentation 6C – Handout: Can Agricultural Technology Diffusion be Harnessed to Reduce Malnutrition? Experimental Evidence from Uganda
This study uses a randomized saturation experiment and influential technology promoters to test strategies to promote diffusion of two highly nutritious agricultural crop technologies in Uganda to measure which approaches are most cost-effective at achieving high adoption rates. The crops are conventionally bred varieties of vitamin-A-rich orange sweet potato (OSP) …
Read More »Lessons from orange sweetpotato saturation and thought leader experiments for promoting adoption in Uganda
13 June 2017 – Dr. Dan Gilligan (IFPRI) held a webinar to present a study on lessons from orange sweetpotato saturation and thought leader experiments for promoting adoption in Uganda. The presentation was part of the SPHI Sweetpotato Seed Systems Community of Practice that was held from 13th to 14th June, …
Read More »Presentation 18: Soaring the visible traits: How branded outlets have changed Orange Sweetpotato markets in Uganda
While brand visibility is known to increase sales and market share of products, its impact on fresh agriculture markets has not been fully understood in Uganda. HarvestPlus in 2016 established 32 point of sale areas (PoS) and 9 High way Point of Sale (HPoS) along major road highways to bolster …
Read More »Presentation 14: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (HarvestPlus)
This presentation, which was made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, aimed to share with the team the importance of MLE Plan in project management; the components and structure of the MLE plan and to draw the linkage between the MLE plan and other MLE tools.
Read More »SPHI Brief 2016: HarvestPlus Uganda Counting the Gains: Accelerating Nutrition and Public Health with Biofortified Crops
Micronutrient malnutrition is one of Uganda’s biggest health concerns. We want to contribute to the reduction of micronutrient malnutrition and improve dietary intakes of vitamin A and iron among 3,000,000 vulnerable households by 2021, by increasing the production and consumption of orange sweetpotato (OSP) and high iron beans in Uganda. …
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