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This flyer outlines the findings of the Rwanda Sweetpotato Super Foods Project, which sought to build an effective public-private sector partnership, and to investigate whether sweetpotato processed products are profitable and acceptable to urban consumers. The project was implemented in four di...


Low, J.W.Bocher, T.Sindi, K.[Rwanda Sweetpotato Super Foods Market Chains that work for women and for the poor.]Rwanda Sweetpotato Super Foods Market Chains that work for women and for the poor.

This flyer describes the objectives, activities, and progress made in implementing a three-year project that targets informal and formal orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) markets in Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso between June 2014 and July 2015. The project is working towards four major outcomes...


Abidin, E.Some, K.Trucker, J.Kiger, B.Acheremu, K.Amankwaah, V.A.Amagloh, F.Amoaful, E.F.Njoku, J.[Jumpstarting Orange- Fleshed Sweetpotato in West Africa through Diversified Markets]Jumpstarting Orange- Fleshed Sweetpotato in West Africa through Diversified Markets

This flyer describes the objectives, approach and achievements of ongoing research to develop innovative business models to promote and commercialize sweetpotato silage in Uganda (June 2014 - July 2015). This is expected to transform production and utilization of sweetpotato vines and roots to at...


Kyalo, G.Kukuyu, B.Mayanja, S.[Nutritious and affordable sweetpotato based silage: The feed solution for small-scale pig farmers]Nutritious and affordable sweetpotato based silage: The feed solution for small-scale pig farmers
Autor: Remington, T.

This flyer outlines the progress made towards achieving the objectives of the SUSTAIN project in Mozambique from June 2014 to July 2015. SUSTAIN is a 5-year partnership (2013-2018), coordinated by CIP and financed by the UK Department for International Development, to scale up the nutrition benef...


Remington, T.[Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition in Malawi (SUSTAIN)]Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition in Malawi (SUSTAIN)

This flyer is a brief of the ‘Scaling out sweetpotato and potato-led interventions to improve nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR’ project, which is being implemented in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) and the Tigray region in the north of Ethiopia. At...


Jogo, WellingtonTeshome, F.[Scaling out sweetpotato and potato-led interventions to improve nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR, Ethiopia]Scaling out sweetpotato and potato-led interventions to improve nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR, Ethiopia

Sweetpotato for health and wealth in Nigeria and Jumpstarting OFSP in West Africa for diversified markets are two projects that focus on development of the value chain for health and wealth of the rural households in Nigeria, working in Osun and Kwara states. Out of search for OFSP demand at the ...


Phorbee, O.Ayoola, B.Njoku, J.Adesanmi, A.[Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato on the home grownschool feeding menu in Nigeria]Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato on the home grownschool feeding menu in Nigeria

This flyer is a brief description of a study undertaken to better understand whether fresh root storage might offer opportunities with the Kenyan OFSP supply chain. 59 stakeholder and focus group interviews were undertaken across eight focal counties in Kenya to understand existing sweetpotato va...


Stathers, T.Tedesco, I.[Does it Make Sense to Store Fresh Roots?]Does it Make Sense to Store Fresh Roots?

In 2010, a project called Marando Bora was started in the Lake Zone of Tanzania to test whether virus-free sweetpotato planting material could be distributed large-scale to farmers. Two local Tanzanian sweetpotato varieties Polista and Ukerewe; two Ugandan varieties Ejumula and Kabode, and one Am...


Luambano, N.Gibson, R.[Outcomes of a virus degeneration study in sweetpotato in the Lake zone of Tanzania]Outcomes of a virus degeneration study in sweetpotato in the Lake zone of Tanzania

Traditionally, sweetpotato breeding programs have taken a long time, 7 to 8 years, to produce a new variety. Moreover, as of 2008, most countries in Africa had no real breeding program and relied on testing materials developed elsewhere. This flyer explains the work done by 13 active breeding pro...


Mwanga, R.O.M.Andrade, M.I.Carey, T.Gruneberg, W.J.[Breeding in Africa for Africa]Breeding in Africa for Africa

This flyer is a summary of the objectives, achievements, lessons learnt and future plans of a four year project that aimed to improve vitamin A and energy intake for at least 15,000 rural households growing and consuming OFSP, of which 75% should be women with children under 5 years of age. Suppo...


Chipungu, F.P.[Integrating orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Zambia (Oct 2011- Sept 2015).]Integrating orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Zambia (Oct 2011- Sept 2015).

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