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Supercharged Sweet Potato Might Be The Key Against Vitamin A Deficiency In Africa

August 15, 2012

8/15/2012 A revved-up sweet potato engineered to contain more vitamin A is a promising new tool in the fight against…

Saving Lives In Africa With The Humble Sweet Potato

August 15, 2012

8/15/2012 A regular old orange-colored sweet potato might not seem too exciting to many of us. But in parts of…

Sweetpotato set to play an Olympic role in fight against malnutrition

August 10, 2012

09 August, Lima — As Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron calls on global leaders to step up efforts to improve the nutrition of 170 million children before the next Olympic Games, the orange-fleshed sweetpotato is set to play a key role.

Going for Gold: Orange Sweet Potato and the Olympic Hunger Summit

August 9, 2012

8/9/2012 As the Olympics come to a close this weekend, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and Brazil’s Vice President Michel…

Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI)

August 8, 2012

SPHI CIP’s multi-stakeholder partnership program Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) has set a goal of reaching 10 million…

How to transform African farming: Return to ‘orphan crops’

August 6, 2012

8/6/2012 If sub-Saharan Africa is to benefit from advances in agricultural productivity, investments in the so-called ‘orphan crops’ – sweet…

High in the Andes, poor farmer is “dirt rich” in potato diversity

August 2, 2012

Asking a custodian potato farmer in Peru’s Andes which is his favorite native spud is like asking him to choose which of his children he would save in a sinking ship. Leoncio Quinto answers the question by shooting off a list of 20 varieties. The question is repeated “but which one is your favorite?” – Leoncio, who just harvested 200 varieties this May on his hectare plot, looks at the visitor with a quizzical expression “the ones I just told you.”