Tag Archives: Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)

Genomes of virus species and strains infecting sweetpotato in East, Southern and West Africa have been determined by next generation sequencing (NGS). This brief presents this new diagnostic tool developed to detect all sweetpotato viruses simultaneously and the progressive improvements.

Standard CIP breeding manual for sweetpotato breeding in Sub-Saharan Africa. Includes separate documents for a) overall conduct and analysis of selection trials, b) on-farm trial procedures, and c) forms for data collection. The standard trial methods are also fully covered and incorporated in the CloneSelector program and its instruction manual.

On-farm trials are an effective way to improve client-orientation of breeding programs by formalizing farmer involvement in the variety testing process. They can also be an important first step in variety dissemination, since data from on-farm trials are usually required for official varietal release, and farmers will be keen to …

  Collaboration is simply working with others to produce/create something. This presentation is emphasizing the importance of collaborative tools within sweetpotato teams in SSA. Such tools enable joint elaboration of documents, knowledge sharing based on expected consumer for example donors, public, journalist. A major step in establishing knowledge portal is …

Weevil active proteins were identified previously with efficacy against the two African weevil species, Cylas puncticollis and C. brunneus, responsible of huge production loss of the sweetpotato in sub Saharan Africa. Transformation of sweetpotato with their respective genes (cry7Aa1 and cry3Ca1) yielded a total of 17 events with either cry …

Weevil is a major threat to sweetpotato, which plays a vital role in food security and income generation for both the urban and rural poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. Weevils can devastate sweetpotato production, and even cause total crop loss. Weevil resistant varieties are the most sustainable solution to this problem. …

The need to reposition sweetpotato in African food economies bore the sweetpotato for profits and health initiative (SPHI). SPHI seeks to reduce child malnutrition and improve smallholder incomes through the effective production and expanded use of sweetpotato. Additionally aims to build consumer awareness of sweetpotato nutritional benefits, diversify its use, …

The series of theme papers presented in this working paper were prepared in preparation for a Sweetpotato Challenge Workshop held in July 2008 in Addis Ababa. This workshop brought together experts in the areas of agriculture, nutrition, health, animal feed and marketing from all parts of SSA to engage and …

This brief gives an overview of some facts about the importance of sweetpotato (SP) worldwide. Briefly, it defines SP and origin shows global ranking and already known and anticipated significance in communities.