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Potato has underexploited potential to contribute to food security and incomes among Kenyan smallholders. This project builds on the past work of the International Potato Center (CIP) to increase the current low levels of productivity. It focuses on building the skills of farmers and other stakeh...

The International Potato Center (CIP) has reached 6.5 million households with biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato to improve vitamin A intake. Potato, a staple food in many developing countries, is a good source of zinc, iron, potassium, and vitamin C. Evidence shows that an integrated seed d...

Potato has unexploited potential to contribute to the food security, nutrition, and livelihoods of resource-poor farmers in Southeast Asia. This project aims to identify suitable varieties that are early-maturing, high-yielding, disease-resistant and have good eating and processing characteristic...

Agriculture continues to dominate Kenya’s economy, accounting for one third of GDP and employing 75% of the rural population. Maintaining growth and accelerating development in this important sector will require largescale adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies and innovations. This proj...

Potatoes and sweetpotatoes are valuable cash crops, able to grow in an array of environments and resilient under the effects of climate change, which makes them vital for reliable incomes, especially when other crops fail.

The value chain school (VCS) is a participatory action learning process that involves farmer groups participating in agricultural value chains. As part of capacity strengthening, VCS comprises a series of group‐based experiential learning activities over a production‐marketing cycle while interac...

This study examines potato value chains and recommends the promotion of potato as a tool for improving diets and decreasing child malnutrition. It is necessary to ensure that farmers have access to quality seed, fertilizers and pesticides, as well as light machinery, to improve seed potato produc...