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International Potato Center[Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition. Outcome Brief]Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition. Outcome Brief

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam)) is a nutritious food security crop for most tropical households, but its utilisation is very low in Ghana compared to the other root and tuber crops due to lack of end-user-preferred cultivars. Knowledge on the genetic control of important traits such as dry...


Baafi, E.Gracen, V.E.Manu-Aduening, J.A.Blay, E.T.Ofori, K.Carey, E.E.[Genetic control of dry matter, starch and sugar content in sweetpotato]Genetic control of dry matter, starch and sugar content in sweetpotato

The Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) project (2013–2019) aimed to improve the diets of at least 2.3 million households with children under 5 years of age in Africa and South Asia through biofortified (vitamin A‐rich) orange‐fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). SUSTAIN a...


International Potato Center[Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) 2013‐2019. Final report.]Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) 2013‐2019. Final report.

Biofortification of staple crops to combat micronutrient deficiencies is gaining global recognition. Projects promoting biofortified food crops use intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension activities to increase adoption of such crops. This study examines the effect of such program...


Okello, J.J.Kwikiriza, N.Muoki, P.Wambaya, J.Heck, S.[Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops.]Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops.

Muoki, P.[Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya - Incentives and disincentives to invest in orange fleshed sweetpotato - the case of pro-poor public-private partnerships in Rwanda]Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya - Incentives and disincentives to invest in orange fleshed sweetpotato - the case of pro-poor public-private partnerships in Rwanda

Building on the success of the International Potato Center’s (CIP) nutritious sweetpotato program, vitamin A-rich orange-fleshed sweetpotato will improve the diets of millions more households in Africa and Asia through a program to scale up biofortification.


International Potato Center[Development and delivery of biofortified crops at scale. Project profile.]Development and delivery of biofortified crops at scale. Project profile.

Roots and tubers have great potential to support food security and build resilient livelihoods among the poorest and most vulnerable people in Malawi. The Root and tuber crops for agricultural transformation in Malawi (RTC-ACTION Malawi) project aims to boost production and consumption of these c...


International Potato Center[Root and tuber crops for agricultural transformation in Malawi. Project profile.]Root and tuber crops for agricultural transformation in Malawi. Project profile.

International Potato Center[Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya - SUSTAIN technical round table meeting thematic focus groups discussions - 29th august 2018]Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya - SUSTAIN technical round table meeting thematic focus groups discussions - 29th august 2018

International Potato Center[Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya - Group 3: development practitioners]Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya - Group 3: development practitioners

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