Ernest Baafi is a Research Scientist at the Crops Research Institute for Council of Scientific and Crop Research in Kumasi, Ghana. He is also a member of the Sweetpotato SpeedBreeders and Genomics Community of Practice.
Read More »SASHA Brief 2014: Unsweetpotato–Breeding staple-type sweetpotato for West Africa and beyond
Sweetpotato as its name suggest is sweet. The sweetness holds back its potential to play major role as starchy staple in diets. In West Africa, the need for Unsweetpotato integration into value chains is urgent. Additionally, characteristics such as storability, poundability are likely co-traits for these Unsweetpotato varieties. This brief …
Read More »Presentation: Progress Report from the Sweetpotato Support Platform–West Africa
This presentation gives an overview of sweetpotato support platforms in West Africa, the target zones, Unsweetpotato (USP) breeding milestones, and trend analysis created by Orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP).
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