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Report of the 14th Sweetpotato Breeders’ Meeting held at Colline Hotel, Mukono-Uganda

The annual Sweetpotato Breeders’ Meeting was held at Colline Hotel, Mukono, Uganda, from June 2-5, 2015. This was the 14th meeting since 2003 and the seventh since the start of the Sweetpotato Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) in 2009. The meeting was opened by the Director General of National Agricultural …

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Development of High Yielding Multiple Resistant Sweetpotato Germplasm

Multiple Resistant Sweetpotato Germplasm

This colorful presentation by Gorrettie Ssemakula and Benard Yada is on Development of High Yielding Multiple Resistant Sweetpotato Germplasm. The objectives of this presentation was to address the following; Meeting food needs –food security, Reduction of child malnutrition – improved health, Improving smallholder incomes – poverty reduction. 

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Ethiopian sweetpotato improvement

Ethiopian sweetpotato improvement

This presentation titled Ethiopian sweetpotato improvement talks about ways of improving sweetpotato growth and usage in Ethiopia, and what constraints have been a hindrance to improvement.

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Rwanda Sweetpotato Breeding Progress

Rwanda Sweetpotato Breeding progress

This is a presentation on ‘Rwanda Sweetpotato Breeding Progress’ presented by Ndirigwe, Shumbusha, Muabyemungu and Kankundiye. The presentation was made during the SpeedBreeders and Genomics CoP annual meeting in Kigali, Rwanda 2013.

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