Tag Archives: Uganda

The objective of this study was to establish yield gains in early generation sweetpotato clones derived from inter and intra population crosses of two East African genepools (Population Uganda A and Population Uganda B) hypothesized to be mutually heterotic.

Sweetpotato Breeders from 12 African countries will meet in Colline Hotel, Mukono, Uganda between June 2-5 2015 for the this 14th Annual Sweetpotato Breeders’ Meeting.

This presentation reports sweetpotato (SP) cultivar decline due to viruses in Uganda. SP are vegetatively propagated hence chances of systemic pathogen accumulation and cultivar degeneration.  The study findings show high virus incidence exercising synergistic interactions. Another observation is single or co-infection leads to cultivar decline and concludes by encouraging farmers …

Northern Uganda experience food insecurity due to lack of vines to plant, finances and long dry seasons that desiccates planting materials. This presentation outlines the Triple S approach as it is used to scale and build cadre of trained extensionists to monitor its adoption. It concludes with challenge that require …

In Uganda seasonal food insecurity is a major challenge. Triple S technology has help farmers assure their own supply of planting material in drought prone areas using roots as the “seed” source. This brief, reports that to date, a total of 10 implementing partner extensionists and 247 farmers (126 women …

The development of transgenic sweetpotato with gene(s) for resistance to the African sweetpotato weevils Cylas puncticollis and C. brunneus involves generation, testing and promotion of the new sweetpotato varieties and requires the active participation of scientists, opinion-and decision makers in the country where these varieties are developed. This brief  outlines …

This brief reports on project aimed towards breeding sweetpotato varieties with high level of virus resistance. Additionally, ensure the breeding methods are more efficient in producing improved populations with high expression of sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) resistance and quality characteristics desired by farmers and consumers. briefly selected SPVD resistant …

This presentation shows response data collected through different Radio stations in Uganda on different aspects. These include Orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) taste and preferred radio stations for sourcing agricultural information.

This presentation combines four aspects aimed at scaling up sweetpotato in Uganda. In the first case; nutrition led agriculture is demonstrated which highlights support through provision of clean materials, linking traders to marketing, promotions and breaking bottle necks. The second case promotes the Triple ‘‘S’’ method. This technology has potential …