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12/18/2015 Orange-flesh sweet potato is a conventionally bred bio-fortified variety aimed at reducing micronutrient deficiency and is as sweet as the…

12/12/2011 The bright prospects for utilising potato in the reduction of poverty and malnutrition have been on the rise with the…

12/5/2011 A helping of an orange coloured sweet potato just twice a week could save lives in Mozambique. This is no…

12/1/2011 “Mama Sasha”: A program integrating nutrition education and distribution of orange-fleshed sweet potato vines within prenatal care is reaching target…

12/1/2011 Go to the article link VPRO

11/25/2011 Martín Acosta isn’t looking to take over the $7 billion U.S. market for potato chips. He’s just aiming for the…

11/28/2012 Sweet potato, one of the world’s most important and versatile food crops, is consumed widely in many African countries. Farmers…

11/23/2011 Two research centers have announced funding for scientists to study the Thanksgiving staple Go to the article link The Scientist

11/21/2011 Harvest Plus press release: “A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition indicates that orange sweet potato (OSP) is…

11/14/2011 Quick – what’s the first crop that comes to mind when you think about food from Peru? If you’re like…

11/6/2011 Potato production in Sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled since 1994. Despite these gains, potato yields of small-scale farmers in…

10/20/2011 Today the potato is the fifth most important crop worldwide, after wheat, corn, rice and sugar cane. But in the…