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Mayanja S, Mudege N and Naziri D A gender baseline household survey was conducted in central and eastern Uganda to assess sweetpotato current postharvest and marketing practices with an aim of identifying gender based constraints that could limit the uptake of and benefıts thereof from technologies and innovations. Data …
Read More »Presentation 18: Soaring the visible traits: How branded outlets have changed Orange Sweetpotato markets in Uganda
While brand visibility is known to increase sales and market share of products, its impact on fresh agriculture markets has not been fully understood in Uganda. HarvestPlus in 2016 established 32 point of sale areas (PoS) and 9 High way Point of Sale (HPoS) along major road highways to bolster …
Read More »PRESENTATION 1: EFFECT OF VINE HARVESTING ON ROOT AND VINE YIELD OF DIFFERENT SWEETPOTATO VARIETIES IN UGANDA
*Gerald Kyalo1, Elizabeth Akiror2, Julius Mwine2, Joseph Masereka2, Sam Namanda1, Robert O.M. Mwanga1, Peter Lule3, Ben Lukuyu3, Sarah Mayanja1 and Diego Naziri1 1International Potato Center (CIP), P.O. Box 22274, Kampala, Uganda: gerald.kyalo@cgiar.org, R.Mwanga@cgiar.org, S.Namanda@cgiar.org, S.mayanja@cgair.org, D.Naziri@cgiar.org. 2Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi, BOX 5498, Kampala, Uganda: elizabethakiror@gmail.com, mwinej@yahoo.com, 3International Livestock Research Institute …
Read More »Sida: Research on sweetpotato rewarded with prestigious award
Sida speak about the 2016 World Food Prize win and the work that Dr. Robert Mwanga has been doing with orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Uganda. Sidastödd forskning om sötpotatis belönas
Read More »Guidelines for Integrating Nutrition into Agriculture Enterprise Mixes in Uganda
The Ugandan government’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has published a book titled “Guidelines for Integrating Nutrition into Agriculture Enterprise Mixes in Uganda“. The book presents a set of guidelines for promoting enterprise combinations informed by income and food security as well as nutrition considerations. Published in August 2016, …
Read More »Guidelines for Integrating Nutrition into Agriculture Enterprise Mixes in Uganda
The guidelines for Integration into Agriculture Enterprises Mixes in Uganda is a document by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. These guidelines aim to direct agriculture extension and community development workers and their agents to support an enterprise mix development process that also considers nutrition. The book is …
Read More »Presentation 18: Group 3 results of the brainstorming session
This presentation has a focus on how sweetpotato is prepared- the three distinct channels. It also explains the characteristics of the sweetpotato in each case of use.
Read More »Delivering and Disseminating Biofortified Crops in Uganda: Final Report January–December 2012
This is the end of the first year technical report for the project, “Delivering and Disseminating Biofortified Crops in Uganda,” which began in January 2012. During this reporting period, CIP supplied 100 clean in vitro plantlets of each of the four orange sweetpotato (OSP) varieties, Ejumula, Kabode (SPK004/6/6) and Vita (SPK004/6) to Makerere …
Read More »Delivering and Disseminating Biofortified Crops in Uganda: Final Report January–December 2014
During the third year of the “Delivering and Disseminating Biofortified Crops in Uganda” project, the International Potato Center (CIP), in collaboration with the National Crops Resources Research Institute, planted 100 on-farm trials to evaluate six promising orange sweetpotato (OSP) clones in Rakai, Buyende, Oyam, Isingiro, and Kabale districts:1. ‘Ejumula (OP) …
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