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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: International Potato Center
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148847
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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.