The Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) is a five-year initiative designed to improve the food security and livelihoods of poor families in Sub- Saharan Africa by exploiting the untapped potential of sweetpotato. It will develop the essential capacities, products, and methods to reposition sweetpotato in food economies of Sub-Saharan African countries to alleviate poverty and under-nutrition. Progress in Breeding Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato in sub- Saharan Africa Mwanga R., G. Ssemakula, B. Yada, J. Kreuze, S. Fuentes, J. Low, W. Grüneberg, E. Carey, M. Andrade, E. Lukonge, B. Kivuva, J. Ndirigwe, C. Yencho Planet Earth Institute Spotlight Seminar: The Future of Agriculture in Africa The Library, Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London, UK March 15, 2017 SWEETPOTATO ACTION FOR SECURITY AND HEALTH IN AFRICA
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Progress in Breeding Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa
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The Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) is a five-year initiative designed to improve the food security and livelihoods of poor families in Sub-Saharan Africa by exploiting the untapped potential of sweetpotato. It will develop the essential capacities, products, and methods to reposition sweetpotato in food economies of Sub-Saharan African countries to alleviate poverty and under-nutrition.
Progress in Breeding Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa Mwanga R., G. Ssemakula, B. Yada, J. Kreuze, S. Fuentes, J. Low, W. Grüneberg, E. Carey, M. Andrade, E. Lukonge, B. Kivuva, J. Ndirigwe, C. Yencho
Planet Earth Institute Spotlight Seminar: The Future of Agriculture in Africa
The Library, Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London, UK
March 15, 2017
SWEETPOTATO ACTION FOR SECURITY AND HEALTH IN AFRICA
Outline of presentation• Background, yield losses due to sweetpotato
virus disease (SPVD)• Old sweetpotato breeding cycle • Breeding for beta-carotene (orange flesh)• Progress to date