In Sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato pre-basic seed is multiplied in screenhouses using a sterilized soil substrate. This is expensive and unsustainable. The use of sand substrate with a fertigation system (“sandponics”), is an alternative. The study compared the cost-effectiveness for pre-basic se...
Stathers, T.
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Mulongo, G.
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Low, J.W.
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Mbabu, A.N.
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Rajendran, S.
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Okello, J.J.
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Maru, J.
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Sindi, K.
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Mudege, Netsayi N.
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[Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato, Topic 12: Monitoring, learning, and evaluation of sweetpotato projects]
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato, Topic 12: Monitoring, learning, and evaluation of sweetpotato projects
Stathers, T.
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McEwan, M.
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Gibson, R.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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Carey, E.E.
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Namanda, S.
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Low, J.W.
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Ogero, K.
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Rajendran, S.
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Abidin, P.E.
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Malinga, J.
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Agili, S.
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Andrade, M.I.
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Mkumbira; J.
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[Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato, Topic 5: Sweetpotato seed systems]
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato, Topic 5: Sweetpotato seed systems
Smallholders in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) have limited access to timely availability of quality sweetpotato seed which contributes to sub-optimal root yields. To enhance availability and access to quality seed it is necessary to link formal plant breeding efforts to a sustainable seed sup...
Rajendran, S.
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Kimenye, L.N.
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McEwan, M.
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[Strategies for the development of the sweetpotato early generation seed sector in eastern and southern Africa]
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Strategies for the development of the sweetpotato early generation seed sector in eastern and southern Africa
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.
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Low, J.W.
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Sindi, K.
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Rajendran, S.
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[Gender-sensitive value chain intervention improved profit efficiency among orange-fleshed sweetpotato producers in Rwanda]
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Gender-sensitive value chain intervention improved profit efficiency among orange-fleshed sweetpotato producers in Rwanda