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A trained sensory panel was developed to assist with breeding for sweetpotato quality preferences of consumers in West Africa. Lexicons of terms to precisely describe boiled and fried sweetpotato sensory quality have been developed using trained sensory panel. Trained panel results showed that there is no direct relationship between sugar …
Read More »SASHA Brief 02: Finding the Sweet Spot for Low-Sweet Sweetpotato in West Africa
There are great opportunities to expand consumer demand for sweetpotato both as staple and fried products. In Ghana we are exploring consumer reactions to less sweet varieties, refining breeding methods, and marketing strategies, including suitable branding to help promote these healthy and versatile types.
Read More »An Orange light has gone dim: West Africa’s OFSP advocate & Former U.N Secretary-General has gone to rest
On the 18th day of August 2018, we awoke to the sad news. Kofi Annan, an advocate of the OFSP in West Africa is no more. He was eighty years old. The Former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and his wife Nane Annan, have been tirelessly behind …
Read More »JUMPSTARTING ORANGE FLESHED SWEETPOTATO IN WEST AFRICA THROUGH DIVERSIFIED MARKETS
Jumpstarting Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato in West Africa through diversified market, hereafter referred to as Jumpstarting Project, is a 3 years project managed by International Potato Center (CIP). The project started in 2014 and is being implemented in 3 West African countries, namely Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria. The overall goal …
Read More »PRESENTATION 09: Lessons learned from pilot market-led value chains in West Africa (Jumpstarting Project)
Sweetpotato production: A simple guide to Good Agricultural Practices.
A simple guide for sweetpotato production tuned to the West African & sub-Saharan setting to enable the rural farmer understand basic activities that are needed to produce quality roots.
Read More »Presentation 5: Impact of Inclusion of Cassava Flour in Bread Formulations in West Africa
Progress and Plans at the Sweetpotato Support Platform for West Africa
This presentation by Ted Carey is on; Sweetpotato Support Platform (SSP-WA) Breeding Seed (germplasm/exchange) Community
Read More »SPHI Brief 2015: Jumpstarting Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato in West Africa through Diversified Markets
This flyer describes the objectives, activities, and progress made in implementing a three-year project that targets informal and formal orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) markets in Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso between June 2014 and July 2015. The project is working towards four major outcomes at each target location: to establish commercial …
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