11/21/2015
International Potato Centre recently unveiled Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato’s potentials, rolling out two varieties of the produce – King J and Mothers Delight.
Sweet potato, a staple crop in Sub-Saharan Africa and in some parts of South America and Asia has become one of the most globally consumed crops today. The new technology known as orange–fleshed sweet-potato (OFSP), a veritable source of beta-carotene and vitamin ‘A’ is said to be capable of improving the health of the predominantly malnourished African mothers and children as well as galvanize increase in profit when cultivated.
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