Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato Products are Improving Nutrition in Malawi
03/25/2016 n Malawi, roughly 60 percent of children under the age of five are vitamin A-deficient. Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is…
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Vitamin A deficiency, a big challenge to expectant mothers
Vitamin A Deficiency has remained a major challenge in Kenya and other African Countries, affecting pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and children.…
Making use of potato vines as silage
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NASA’s mission: Growing potatoes on Mars
03/15/2016 Scientist team up with the International Potato Centre in Peru for the experiment in the Atacama desert. Go to the…
Spuds in space: is growing potatoes on Mars key to surviving climate change?
03/14/2016 Growing potatoes on Mars may sound like a fantasy straight out of sci-fi drama The Martian – in which a…
Knowledge sharing workshop on nutritious OFSP held in Gaibandha
03/13/2016 New coverage of the Knowledge sharing workshop on nutritious orange fleshed sweetpotato that was held in Gaibandha, Bangladesh. CIP Bangladesh…
A NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR SWEETPOTATO
03/01/2016 Thanks to a dedicated team of mainly women researchers, a potential crisis in sweetpotato production in Papua New Guinea has…
NASA try to grow Peruvian potatoes on Mars
02/14/2016 In the science fiction film “The Martian ” that Matt Damon plays a botanist who learns to grow potatoes on…
Proper value chain system helps farmers get fair prices of crops: Speakers
02/19/2016 GAIBANDHA, Feb 18: Speakers at a function here on Thursday said proper value chain system and suitable environment could help…
Nasa realizará experimentos sobre cultivo de papa peruana en Marte
Tras rigurosas evaluaciones, unas cien variedades de papa peruana fueron seleccionadas para comenzar, en las próximas semanas, las duras…
‘Arca de Noé’ das plantas com sementes do mundo
02/14/2016 Cientistas criaram depósito com sementes do mundo para assegurar futuro do planeta no caso de catástrofes. Sônia Bridi e Paulo…
Scientists make breakthrough in blight-resistant Irish potatoes
National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) is in the process of breeding Irish Potato varieties that are resistant to late blight, a fungal disease ravaging the crop in farmers’ fields across the country.