Exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in Nigeria

For two months in late 2011, a rapid appraisal was conducted in selected states of Nigeria to understand the current role of sweetpotato in the food economy and to identify promising sweetpotato value chains for further research and investment. From the nutrition side, promotion of orange-fleshed sw...

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Autor principal: International Potato Center
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144998
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description For two months in late 2011, a rapid appraisal was conducted in selected states of Nigeria to understand the current role of sweetpotato in the food economy and to identify promising sweetpotato value chains for further research and investment. From the nutrition side, promotion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato linked to school feeding and other nutrition-linked endeavors appears promising. Fried sweetpotato products and the partial substitution of wheat flour with sweetpotato puree in bakery products are the best bets for income earning processed product investments.
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spelling CGSpace1449982025-11-06T13:34:26Z Exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in Nigeria International Potato Center sweet potatoes For two months in late 2011, a rapid appraisal was conducted in selected states of Nigeria to understand the current role of sweetpotato in the food economy and to identify promising sweetpotato value chains for further research and investment. From the nutrition side, promotion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato linked to school feeding and other nutrition-linked endeavors appears promising. Fried sweetpotato products and the partial substitution of wheat flour with sweetpotato puree in bakery products are the best bets for income earning processed product investments. 2012-08 2024-06-05T16:59:12Z 2024-06-05T16:59:12Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144998 en Open Access application/pdf International Potato Center. Exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in Nigeria. Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa. CIP. 2 p.
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Exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in Nigeria
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title_full Exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in Nigeria
title_fullStr Exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in Nigeria
title_short Exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in Nigeria
title_sort exploring opportunities for sweetpotato in nigeria
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