Tag Archives: Orange fleshed sweetpotato

This report reviews objective 2 activities of the Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project in Nigeria for year 2 (June 2012 to May 30th 2013). Farmer participatory on-farm trials were established in 28 locations in 4 states (Benue, Nasarawa/FCT, Kaduna and Kwara) as a first step in the official release …

Research in Rwanda demonstrated that orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) purée (steamed, mashed roots) was an economically viable, vitamin A enhancing ingredient in baked products when the purée was produced and used in the same bakery. Having a storable, packaged OFSP purée produced by a firm to supply bakers is an alternative …

On 30-31 March 2017, Euro Ingredients Ltd in collaboration with the International Potato Center (CIP) held a training to demonstrate to bakers how to use orange-fleshed sweetpotato for bakery products. During the practical training, participants learnt about the nutritional value of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) and the recipes for baking bread, …

Most often, the process of the development and dissemination of new agricultural technologies is not documented.  Some say, that if a new product is good, it should spread “by itself”.  But the reality is that the surrounding policy environment heavily influences the ability to test new technologies and to disseminate …

Samuel Abasiba is an agent of change of the Trainer-of-Trainers: Everything-you-need-to-know-about-sweetpotato course held in Ghana. He works with World Vision International in Ghana. He has, through World Vision International, trained 460 farmers and supplied them with 160, 000 Orange-fleshed sweetpotato cuttings to plant in the Talensi District. 80, 000 of …

Sida speak about the 2016 World Food Prize win and the work that Dr. Robert Mwanga has been doing with orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Uganda. Sidastödd forskning om sötpotatis belönas

This 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 30 April 2014. Rooting out Hunger in Malawi with Nutritious Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato was a 4.5 …

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 multiple partner approach. OFSP is being fully integrated into the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) effort to combat malnutrition at the …

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. Linking agriculture 2. Nutrition 3. Marketing. The colorful, picture-based presentation was done at the 5th annual technical meeting, SPHI-SASHA …