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PRESENTATION 06: Participatory Evaluation of Performance of OFSP Varieties in Triple S
SASHA Brief 08: Triple S PLUS is Ready for Scaling: Learning, Research, Impact …Together
In 2017 the CGIAR Research Programme on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Scaling Fund awarded funds to three innovations to foster their scaling. Triple S PLUS technology (Storage in Sand and Sprouting) in northern Ghana and southern Ethiopia was one the recipients of this award. The project works in collaboration …
Read More »Triple S crossword puzzle
A fun crossword puzzle that is been used during Triple S training sessions in Ethiopia
Read More »Triple S Videos
Video 1: General video explaining Triple S for decision makers Farmers often obtain sweetpotato planting material from roots which have been overlooked during harvest and sprout when it rains. However, the roots sprout only when it rains and planting material only becomes available some weeks afterward. The roots may sprout in distant …
Read More »PRESENTATION 12: Lessons learned from scaling the Triple S technology In Uganda
Lessons learned from scaling the Triple S technology in Uganda
Read More »PRESENTATION 18: Triple S: Training Materials for Scaling
Triple S: Training Materials for Scaling
Read More »SASHA Brief 06: TRIPLE S- why participatory testing and local adaptation is critical – learning from Ethiopia
The Triple S (Storage in Sand and Sprouting) method of sweetpotato planting material conservation has been validated in unimodal and bimodal rainfall areas in Ethiopia. In addition to ensuring a supply of planting material at the start of the rains, Triple S significantly reduces incidence of sweetpotato weevil compared to …
Read More »Mihiretu Cherinet completes Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program
Tell us something about yourself I hold a BSc in Dry Land Crop and Horticultural Science from Mekkele University, Ethiopia and a MSc. in Horticulture from Pretoria University, Pretoria, South Africa. After my MSc, I participated in an internship in modern greenhouse crop production at Green Circle Grower in U.S.A, …
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