An orphan crop, the orange-fleshed sweet potato, in West Africa: Can we reposition it?
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was not an important crop in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, West Africa, in the past decades. An effort has been made to reposition the sweet potato crop in West Africa. Orange-Fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) cultivar was used as an entry point while properly designin...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92938 |
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