This book is based on papers presented at the Ninth Triennial African Potato Association Conference, Naivasha, Kenya, 30 June-4 July 2013.The book focuses on the policies for germplasm exchange, food security and trade in Africa, seed systems, breeding and disease management and postharvest management, processing technologies and marketing systems of potato and sweet potato. The nutritional value and changing behaviors of potato and sweet potato crops are also discussed
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A defic...
Sweet potato cultivation provides both employment and food for Nigeria and many other countries wher...
Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Development Strategy (ASDS), envisions a food secure and prosperous nati...
Study on the sweet potato value chain in Kenya that revealed key strategies to reduce postharvest lo...
The first theme covers sweetpotato in the marketing chain from farm to consumer. In East Africa, re...
In the coming decades, feeding the expanded global population nutritiously and sustainably will requ...
KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS • Sweet potato yields have increased over the past decade partly du...
This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospect...
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was not an important crop in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, West...
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was not an important crop in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, West...
• Sweet potato yields have increased over the past decade partly due to introduction of improved hig...
Sweet potato has traditionally been viewed as a “poor person’s crop” or “orphan crop,” and it has at...
Africa, including South Africa, is faced with a problem of increasing rural poverty that leads to in...
This study evaluates the effect of improved sweet potato varieties on household food security. Data ...
This study provides primary information of sweet potato market value chain analysis in Sidama and Wo...
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A defic...
Sweet potato cultivation provides both employment and food for Nigeria and many other countries wher...
Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Development Strategy (ASDS), envisions a food secure and prosperous nati...
Study on the sweet potato value chain in Kenya that revealed key strategies to reduce postharvest lo...
The first theme covers sweetpotato in the marketing chain from farm to consumer. In East Africa, re...
In the coming decades, feeding the expanded global population nutritiously and sustainably will requ...
KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS • Sweet potato yields have increased over the past decade partly du...
This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospect...
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was not an important crop in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, West...
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was not an important crop in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, West...
• Sweet potato yields have increased over the past decade partly due to introduction of improved hig...
Sweet potato has traditionally been viewed as a “poor person’s crop” or “orphan crop,” and it has at...
Africa, including South Africa, is faced with a problem of increasing rural poverty that leads to in...
This study evaluates the effect of improved sweet potato varieties on household food security. Data ...
This study provides primary information of sweet potato market value chain analysis in Sidama and Wo...
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A defic...
Sweet potato cultivation provides both employment and food for Nigeria and many other countries wher...
Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Development Strategy (ASDS), envisions a food secure and prosperous nati...