Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa
Sweetpotato is a low-input crop with significant potential for improving public health and nutrition and developing food security in sub-Saharan Africa. This chapter examines the nutritional contribution made by OFSP (orange-fleshed sweetpotato) in poor rural communities in Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria an...
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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99119 |
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| author | Abidin, P.E. Carey, E.E. |
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| description | Sweetpotato is a low-input crop with significant potential for improving public health and nutrition and developing food security in sub-Saharan Africa. This chapter examines the nutritional contribution made by OFSP (orange-fleshed sweetpotato) in poor rural communities in Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso; sustainable breeding and seed systems; and effective commercialisation and marketing to benefit the communities concerned. The chapter includes detailed case studies from Ghana and Malawi and offers suggestions for future trends for research in this area. |
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| spelling | CGSpace991192025-11-29T05:22:12Z Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa Abidin, P.E. Carey, E.E. sweet potatoes seed systems nutritive value nutrition Sweetpotato is a low-input crop with significant potential for improving public health and nutrition and developing food security in sub-Saharan Africa. This chapter examines the nutritional contribution made by OFSP (orange-fleshed sweetpotato) in poor rural communities in Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso; sustainable breeding and seed systems; and effective commercialisation and marketing to benefit the communities concerned. The chapter includes detailed case studies from Ghana and Malawi and offers suggestions for future trends for research in this area. 2018-08-09 2019-01-21T14:07:12Z 2019-01-21T14:07:12Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99119 en Limited Access Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited Abidin, P.E.; Carey, E.E. 2018. Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa. In: Wang-Pruski, G. Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. 33p. |
| spellingShingle | sweet potatoes seed systems nutritive value nutrition Abidin, P.E. Carey, E.E. Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa |
| title | Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa |
| title_full | Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa |
| title_short | Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa |
| title_sort | improving the breeding cultivation and use of sweetpotato in africa |
| topic | sweet potatoes seed systems nutritive value nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99119 |
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