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Dodo, H.W.Hill, W.A.Mulongoy, K.Adeyeye, S.O.Hahn, S.K.[Population of nitrogenfixing bacteria in sweet potato fibrous roots]Population of nitrogenfixing bacteria in sweet potato fibrous roots

Reynolds, M.Cairns, J.Stirling, Clare M.Campos, H.Wassmann, ReinerLow, J.W.[Stress tolerant varieties to counter climate change.]Stress tolerant varieties to counter climate change.

Both components of the virus complex that causes the sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) in Nigeria can individually be transmitted by their respective vectors from diseased sweet potato to healthy sweet potato and to the test plant, Ipomoea setosa. But in isolation, neither the aphid nor the white...


Rossel, H.W.Thottappilly, G.[Complex virus diseases of sweet potato]Complex virus diseases of sweet potato

Sweetpotato is a low-input crop with significant potential for improving public health and nutrition and developing food security in sub-Saharan Africa. This chapter examines the nutritional contribution made by OFSP (orange-fleshed sweetpotato) in poor rural communities in Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria...


Abidin, P.E.Carey, E.E.[Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa]Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa

This paper describes trials using sweet-potato germplasm from lrian Jaya, where sweet potatoes are a staple food in the highlands. During the collection of sweet-potato germplasm, farmers' knowledge of those sweet potatoes has also been collected. Fanners' knowledge about sweet potatoes in Irian ...


Widyastuti, Caecilia AfraMinantyorini[Using farmer knowledge for participatory sweet-potato variety selection in Garut, West Java, Indonesia]Using farmer knowledge for participatory sweet-potato variety selection in Garut, West Java, Indonesia

The situation of sweet potato, cassava, cocoyam, taro, and yams, mainly grown for subsistence in Grenada, is presented. Their supply, cropping systems, yields, production costs and constraints, and the socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers are briefly discussed. The marketing of sweet pota...

Se presenta la situacion de la batata, la yuca, el ocumo, el malangay y el name, cultivados principalmente para subsistencia en Granada. Se discuten brevemente su oferta, sistemas de cultivo, rendimientos, costos y limitaciones de la produccion y el perfil socioeconomico de los productores. Se an...


Buckmire, K.U.Benjamin, R.L.Burris, N.[Root and tuber crops in Grenada]Root and tuber crops in Grenada

Sweet potato has traditionally been viewed as a “poor person’s crop” or “orphan crop,” and it has attracted limited attention compared to other staple crops. However, during the last decade, this perception has changed, and it is widely acknowledged that sweet potato has great potential to contri...


Mwanga, R.O.M.Andrade, M.I.Carey, E.E.Low, J.W.Yencho, G.C.Gruneberg, W.J.[Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.).]Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.).
Low, J.W.[Biofortified crops with a visible trait: The example of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Sub-Saharan Africa.]Biofortified crops with a visible trait: The example of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Low, J.W.Arimond, M.Labarta, R.A.Andrade, M.I.Namanda, S.[The introduction of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Mozambican diets: a marginal change to make a major difference.]The introduction of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Mozambican diets: a marginal change to make a major difference.

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