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Tag Archives: Variety development

SPHI Brief 2015: Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) in Rwanda

The SUSTAIN project aims to reach at least 60,000 direct smallholder beneficiaries and 250,000 indirect beneficiaries in four districts in Rwanda by 2018 with improved varieties and appropriate nutrition information and counseling for caregivers of infants and young children. This flyer outlines the progress made towards this objective between June …

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SPHI Brief 2015: Integrating Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in Zambia – Oct 2011- Sept 2015

This flyer is a summary of the objectives, achievements, lessons learnt and future plans of a four year project that aimed to improve vitamin A and energy intake for at least 15,000 rural households growing and consuming OFSP, of which 75% should be women with children under 5 years of …

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Presentation: Integrating orange in Zambia: farmer to farmer linkages to sustain access to a vitamin A rich food that earns income

This presentation is described by the following abstract   1Chipungu FP, Chiona M, 1Mueller EE, 1Low J, 3Mudenda MS, 1Mwansa S, 3Mulundu M, 3Mudenda S, 1Heck S and 3Chikubi A 1International Potato Centre, SSA, Zambia Agricultural Research Institute 2Mansa and 3Msekera In 2011, the International Potato Center (CIP) in collaboration …

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