Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal
Begomoviruses have progressively been reported to be infecting sweetpotatoes throughout the world. Despite showing few symptoms, limited studies have reported them to have a varying but significant impact on root quality and yield. A cultivar with moderate resistance to Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) and/or Sweet potato chlorotic stunt …
Read More »My daughter returned to school because of sweetpotato
If you met Clementine Uwanyirigira, you would easily believe she has a white collar job in a top-tier company. Uwanyirigira’s orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) production is the white-collar job, and her large piece of land the top-tier company she works for. Today, the mother of five can pay all her …
Read More »SPHI Brief 2016: Scaling Up Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) in Mozambique
SUSTAIN is a 5-year partnership (2013-2018), coordinated by CIP and financed by the UK Department for International Development, to scale up the nutrition benefits of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). The goal is to reach 1.2 million households with under-5 year old children in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Rwanda. SUSTAIN supports …
Read More »PRODUCTION DE TUBERCULES ET DE LIANES DE PATATE DOUCE
Il s’agit d’une methode de production des tubercules et des lianes de patate douce. C’est un manuel de formation.
Read More »POSTER: EFFECT OF TUNNEL SCREEN ON RATE OF SWEETPOTATO VINE MULTIPLICATION FOR INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION AND INCOME
This poster presents a study whose objective was to assess the effect of tunnel screen on vine multiplication rate of “Apomuden” and “Ogyefo” varieties.
Read More »Getting ready for sweetpotato production
Farmers are always on the look out for new varieties with better characteristics, such as a higher yield potential, good root characteristics (determined by shape, flesh colour, dry matter content, nutritional value etc), appreciable tolerance to major pests and diseases, drought tolerance, a better taste, a higher market price, the …
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