This flyer introduces a new four year investment to develop genomic and genetic resources for sweetpotato improvement that has been launched with the goal of establishing a molecular marker-assisted breeding program in sweetpotato. It provides information about the critical scientific constraints...
Yencho, G.C.
,
Khan, A.
,
[The Genomic Tools for Sweetpotato Improvement (GT4SP) Project]
,
The Genomic Tools for Sweetpotato Improvement (GT4SP) Project
This flyer outlines the work done to achieve the goal of enhanced rural incomes, food security and nutrition in four regions of Ethiopia through resilient and profitable potato and sweetpotato value chains. It describes the successes of the first phase of the project (2010-2014) which led to the ...
Miethbauer, T.
,
Aragaw, A.
,
Woldegiorgis, G.
,
[Better potato for a better life: Reducing food insecurity and dependence on cereals in Amhara Oromia, Tigray and SNNP regions of Ethiopia]
,
Better potato for a better life: Reducing food insecurity and dependence on cereals in Amhara Oromia, Tigray and SNNP regions of Ethiopia
This flyer provides highlights of the activities and strategies employed by the VISTA project in Tanzania, since it began in October 2014 until July 2015. The overall goal of this 3 year project, is to contribute to improved dietary diversity, food security and incomes in Tanzania, especially am...
This flyer describes progress made between June 2014 and July 2015 to develop an easily accessible distribution map of all relevant viruses and virus strains infecting sweetpotato throughout SSA as well as appropriate diagnostic methods and protocols to detect them. It provides details about a ge...
This document highlights the efforts that are being led by the International Potato Center (CIP) to develop cost-effective methods that utilize UAV as a platform to collect accurate and timely data for agricultural statistics. Beyond the platforms, low-cost and high quality sensors for specific a...
Quiróz, R.
,
[Remote sensing as a monitoring tool for cropping area determination in smallholder agriculture in Tanzania and Uganda]
,
Remote sensing as a monitoring tool for cropping area determination in smallholder agriculture in Tanzania and Uganda
Despite their relative importance to the Vietnamese agri-food system, root and tuber crops are under-represented in terms of supportive policies at national level. The case of Quang Binh province shows the existence of potentially more conducive frameworks at provincial level, recognizing cassava...
Even, B.
,
Naziri, D.
,
Le Thi, H.
,
Palao, L.
,
[Is Vietnam in need of supportive policies for promoting roots and tubers development? Insights from Quang Binh province]
,
Is Vietnam in need of supportive policies for promoting roots and tubers development? Insights from Quang Binh province