One of the objectives of the SASHA project is to strengthen technical, financial and institutional capacities for the sustainable production of pre-basic sweetpotato seed in 11 sub-Saharan African countries. This flyer outlines the schematic of sweetpotato seed system and the progress made from J...
Under the five-year HarvestPlus led project ‘Developing and Delivering Biofortified Crops in Uganda’, CIP scientists are leading the component to adapt and refine the technology to local conditions and test a strategy to promote the use of the Triple S at scale. The aim is to reach 30% of the tar...
Namanda, S.
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Magezi, S.
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Biryabaho, S.
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[Assuring availability of sweetpotato planting material: scaling out “Triple S” in northern Uganda]
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Assuring availability of sweetpotato planting material: scaling out “Triple S” in northern Uganda
Wilkins, K.
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[Assessing gaps between existing cassava and sweetpotato farming and climate smart agriculture practices in Quang Binh province, Vietnam (Vietnamese).]
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Assessing gaps between existing cassava and sweetpotato farming and climate smart agriculture practices in Quang Binh province, Vietnam (Vietnamese).
Stathers, T.
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Low, J.W.
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Amagloh, F.K.
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Carey, E.E.
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Kyalo, G.
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Agili, S.
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Nyotumba, B.
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Were, M.
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[Handle with care: maintaining the quality and value of your sweetpotato roots during and after harvest through better practice.]
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Handle with care: maintaining the quality and value of your sweetpotato roots during and after harvest through better practice.
Bertuso, A.
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Koostanto, H.
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[Stories from the FoodSTART+ and SOLID collaboration on farmer business schools in Indonesia.]
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Stories from the FoodSTART+ and SOLID collaboration on farmer business schools in Indonesia.
The Mama SASHA project was implemented in select health facilities across Busia and Bungoma districts of Western Province, Kenya. The project was implemented within the existing USAID/Kenya AIDS, Population and Health Integrated Assistance Program (APHIA Plus). The aim of the project was to provi...
Low, J.W.
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[Integrating health and agriculture to maximize the nutritional impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Results from the Mama SASHA]
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Integrating health and agriculture to maximize the nutritional impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Results from the Mama SASHA
This flyer outlines the progress made by the new Food and Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory (FANEL) since its inception in 2014 until July 2015. The laboratory was set up to increase regional capacity to carry out food science and nutrition analysis. It is a regional reference laboratory for assess...
Muzhingi, T.
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[The role of the new Food and Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory (FANEL) in developing shelf-storable orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée]
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The role of the new Food and Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory (FANEL) in developing shelf-storable orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée
Increased sweetpotato production in sub-Saharan Africa is hampered by high incidence of virus diseases. Work is going on to test whether healthy seed production can be maintained through a combination of farmer practices and internal and external quality assurance mechanisms; and to ensure that ...
Ogero, K.
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McEwan, M.
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Jeremiah, S.
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[Towards improved seed system management: Use of affordable net tunnels and decentralized inspection schemes.]
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Towards improved seed system management: Use of affordable net tunnels and decentralized inspection schemes.
This flyer provides details about the objectives, activities, achievements and the future plans of the ‘Sweetpotato for Health and Wealth’ in Nigeria project. The project plans to establish committed Decentralized Vine Multipliers (DVMs) to increase access to quality vines to at least 17,500 hous...
Since late 2014, work has been ongoing to transform the Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal into a user-friendly, single access point for discovery, acquisition and sharing of information about sweetpotato research and activities. This flyer is a summary of the process of upgrading the portal as at July...
Bukania, C.
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[The Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal: The virtual resource for everything about sweetpotato]
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The Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal: The virtual resource for everything about sweetpotato