Integrating Orange - For better access to vitamin A rich sweetpotato in the Eastern Province of Zambia
In its third year, over 5,500 households have been reached with quality sweetpotato planting vines. The project has established a sand-ponic foundation multiplication system with more than 150 recently trained decentralized vine multipliers (DVMs) across eight districts, who are currently maintainin...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148847 |
| Summary: | In its third year, over 5,500 households have been reached with quality sweetpotato planting vines. The project has established a sand-ponic foundation multiplication system with more than 150 recently trained decentralized vine multipliers (DVMs) across eight districts, who are currently maintaining quality orange-fl esh sweetpotato vines for multiplication and distribution next growing season. Fresh root and vine sale campaigns helped raise awareness about the benefi ts of orange-fl eshed sweetpotato. |
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