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Ndagijimana, V.Kahia, J.Asiimwe, T.Sallah, P.Y.Waweru, B.Mushimiyimana, I.Ndirigwe, J.Sindi, K.Shumbusha, D.Njenga, P.Kouassi, M.Koffi, E.[In vitro effects of gibberellic acid and sucrose concentration on micropropagation of two elite sweet potato cultivars in Rwanda.]In vitro effects of gibberellic acid and sucrose concentration on micropropagation of two elite sweet potato cultivars in Rwanda.

In Lake Zone, Tanzania, farmers were trained to multiply and distribute quality sweetpotato planting material. The objectives of this study were to assess changes in skills and practices among the trained farmers as vine multiplication became a specialized task. Nine months after the project ende...


McEwan, M.Lusheshanija, D.Shikuku, K.M.Sindi, K.[Specialised sweetpotato vine multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: What “sticks” and what changes?.]Specialised sweetpotato vine multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: What “sticks” and what changes?.

While micronutrient malnutrition has become a major public health problem in developing countries, consumption of biofortified foods such as orange fleshed sweet potato has proved to be cost effective means of addressing vitamin A deficiency. This paper describes consumer preferences and willingn...


Bocher, T.Sindi, K.Muzhingi, T.Nshimiyimana, J.C.Nzamwita, M.Low, J.W.[Investigating consumer preferences and willingness to pay for Orange-fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) juice in Rwanda.]Investigating consumer preferences and willingness to pay for Orange-fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) juice in Rwanda.

Okello, J.J.Shikuku, K.M.Sindi, K.Low, J.W.[Farmers' perceptions of orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Do common beliefs about sweetpotato production and consumption really matter?]Farmers' perceptions of orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Do common beliefs about sweetpotato production and consumption really matter?

This study examined the nutrition and food security impacts of a project that was designed to improve availability of disease-free planting materials of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) in rural Tanzania. Difference-in-difference and matching techniques were employed to estimate cau...


Mashisia, K.Okello, J.J.Wambugu, S.Sindi, K.Low, J.W.McEwan, M.[Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania]Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania

This study used discrete and count data regression models and data collected from 732 farm households in Tanzania to test the effect of participation on a project designed to break this quality “seed” bottleneck (via technology awareness and targeted access to clean planting materials) on: i) the...


Okello, A.Sindi, K.Shikuku, K.M.Low, J.W.McEwan, M.Nakazi, F.Namanda, S.Babu, A.Mafuru, J.[Effect of technology awareness and access on the conservation of clean planting materials of vegetatively produced crops: The case of sweetpotato.]Effect of technology awareness and access on the conservation of clean planting materials of vegetatively produced crops: The case of sweetpotato.
Adam, R.I.Sindi, K.Badstue, L.[Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and management of diseases affecting sweet potatoes in the Lake Victoria Zone region, Tanzania]Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and management of diseases affecting sweet potatoes in the Lake Victoria Zone region, Tanzania

The Rwanda Super Foods project sought to develop a value chain for processed orange-fleshed sweetpotato products to respond to farmer concerns over lack of markets. This study used data collected from five districts in rural Rwanda under supper food project between August and September 2014. The ...


Bocher, T.Low, J.W.Sindi, K.Rajendran, S.[Gender-sensitive value chain intervention improved profit efficiency among orange-fleshed sweetpotato producers in Rwanda]Gender-sensitive value chain intervention improved profit efficiency among orange-fleshed sweetpotato producers in Rwanda

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