Tag Archives: West Africa

This presentation is a composite progress report for West Africa. The countries covered include Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria. Important constraints across these countries include: Susceptibility to Cylas sp., Alcidodes sp and SPVD Drought and shortening rainny season ( irregular rainfall pattern) Low yields, root dry matter content, low beta-carotene levels in …

This brief describes the pilot efforts to develop markets for orange-fleshed sweetpotato, in order to stimulate production of the crop and to help combat vitamin A deficiency. The target region is West Africa including Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. Briefly, this region has serious micronutrient deficiency which can be controlled …

Sweetpotato breeding activities in West Africa aimed to breed new improved populations and link with participatory varietal selection at national levels. This presentation highlights the breeding selection sites and their characteristics in Ghana, quality analysis such as minerals, sugars and β-carotene, and effects of cooking on sugars. Additionally, the accelerated …

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 …

  This presentation shows SP breeding platform in West Africa (WA). Briefly, it entails activities, progress and challenges within Ghana, Nigeria, Burkinafaso and among other WA countries. The major ongoing activities include breeding of sweet and unsweetpotato via local and exotic varieties, the study includes farmer participatory to develop lines adaptable …

This is the Agenda for the first meeting of the Sweetpotato Support platform for West Africa that was held on 6 July 2010 at Crop Research Institute (CSIR), Fumesua, Kumasi, Ghana.