Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal
This sweetpotato IPPM curriculum gives an insight into sweetpotato variety selection, experimentaion, strengths and weaknesses of farmers’ experiments, an introduction to some the principles of experimental design, planning the FFS experiments, sources of planting material, healthy planting material and dry season preservation of planting material, rapid multiplication technique, soil fertility …
Read More »Sweetpotato IPPM FFS curriculum and ideas for learning activities
This sweetpotato IPPM curriculum gives an insight into sweetpotato variety selection, experimentaion, strengths and weaknesses of farmers’ experiments, an introduction to some the principles of experimental design, planning the FFS experiments, sources of planting material, healthy planting material and dry season preservation of planting material, rapid multiplication technique, soil fertility …
Read More »PRESENTATION 03: Returns to Vine Multiplication in Tanzania and Uganda and Implications for Scaling-Out Quality Planting Material
Returns to vine multiplication in Tanzania and Uganda and implications for scaling-out quality planting material
Read More »Exploring the yield gap of orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties on smallholder farmers fields in Malawi
Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) can contribute to combating vitamin A deficiency and establishing more resilient cropping systems in sub-Saharan Africa. There is limited understanding of the factors that affect yield and quality of OFSP on smallholder farmers’ fields. This study aimed to assess the performance of six OFSP varieties, identify …
Read More »BATATA DOCE material de plantio SISTEMA TRIPLO S
The following brochure illustrates how to use the Triple S system for conservation of sweetpotato planting material. It is written in Portuguese, but is also available in English.
Read More »Sweetpotato Seed Systems in Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda
Surveys were made of the seed systems used in Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda and to investigate the reasons underlying them. Along the equator in Uganda, where rainy seasons are evenly spaced and occur twice a year, vine cuttings from mature plants only are used as planting material. Where there is a …
Read More »CIP scientist wins best poster award at the Agricultural Biosciences International Conference (ABIC) 2014
CIP scientist wins best poster award at the Agricultural Biosciences International Conference (ABIC) 2014
Read More »Better planting material for Kabondo’s sweetpotato farmers
Sweetpotato farmers in Kabondo, located in Homa Bay County, Western Kenya, produce over 60% of the sweetpotatoes consumed in the country.
Read More »Growing orange-fleshed sweetpotato for a healthy diet: A supplementary learners’ resource book for upper primary schools
This learning resource about orange-fleshed sweetpotato for pupils in upper primary schools (primary levels 5–7) was designed to supplement the teaching of topics in the agriculture, integrated science and related curricula. It is not a pupil’s book in the real sense, but rather an innovative invitation by the teachers for …
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