According to the two research organizations, the new variety will support efforts towards food security as it is highly nutritious and climate resilient.
Purple fleshed sweet potato made its way to Kenya from Ghana in 2018 with researchers from both KALRO and CIP keen to tap into its potential to boost food and nutrition security efforts.
To ensure its reliability and performance in different agroecologies, CIP and KALRO subjected the purple variety to further rigorous testing through the National Performance Trials.
CIP and KALRO release climate-adaptive and nutritious, purple-fleshed sweet potato variety in Kenya
