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Item Lessons from the Sweetpotato Seed System and Crop Management Community of Practice(Brief, 2018-11) International Potato CenterThis brief describes the establishment and evolution of a sweetpotato seed systems community of practice (CoP) and aims to identify potential lessons which could enhance the learning in other communities of practice, in particular the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) cross-cutting cluster on Access to Quality Seed and Improved Varieties.Item Sweetpotato silage: Nutritious and a ordable all year-round feed for pig farmers(Brief, 2017-09) International Potato CenterIn Uganda, researchers have finalized the supplementation strategy and the cost-benefit analysis for sweetpotato silage for pig production. This is expected to contribute to the transformation of the livestock industry whose major production constraint is expensive and poor quality feeds.Item Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) Phase 2: Continuing to make a difference in sub-Saharan Africa!(Brief, 2014) International Potato CenterIn 2009, the Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) project set out to improve the food security and health of poor families in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by exploiting the untapped potential of sweetpotato. The project seeks to tackle the bottlenecks along the sweetpotato value chain that prevent the full exploitation of crop’s potential. The $22.5 million, five year Phase 1 effort (2009-2014) was led by the International Potato Center and implemented with over 30 partners, thanks to the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Item To eat or not to eat the peel of sweetpotato(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterResults of this experiment, clearly prove that it is best from a nutrition standpoint to carefully wash, but not peel your orange-fleshed sweetpotato root before cooking.Item Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we?(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterExploitation of hybrid vigor is one of the hallmarks of modern plant and animal breeding, but until recently had not been seriously considered by root and tuber breeders. In sweetpotato breeding, we have made exciting progress developing and implementing heterosis exploiting breeding schemes (HEBS) and are now applying this approach at breeding platforms across sub-Saharan Africa and in Peru (Fig. 1). We have completed a full cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection, the method used in heterosis breeding in Peru, and are now applying HEBS to speed up genetic gains in yield and important traits such as virus resistance, earliness, low-sweetness, as well as high iron and zinc.Item Finding the sweet spot for low-sweet sweetpotato in West Africa(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Making the Best Bets Accessible(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Yield impact of Sweetpotato Begomoviruses: Are They Significant?(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Simple, sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) to detect key viruses in the field(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Triple S PLUS is Ready for Scaling: Learning, Research, Impact ...Together(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Rice-sweetpotato rotation system: Improving rice yields and profitability while providing sweetpotato planting material and food in irrigated rice schemes in northern Uganda(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Cost-effectiveness of different irrigation approaches for producing sweetpotato vines in net tunnels compared to open nurseries(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Strategies for strengthening the Institutionalization of the Early Generation Seed (EGS) Business by public institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Borlaug Fellowships Benefit Up and Coming SASHA Sweetpotato Researchers(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Financial Feasibility of Sweetpotato Vine Multiplication in Uganda and Tanzania and Implications for Going-to-scale(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Solar-Powered Sweetpotato Fresh Root Storage: The Challenge Continues(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Puree Development & Utilization Continues to Grow(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem Highly Interactive Data Analysis Platform (HIDAP): Advances in Collecting & Analyzing Breeding Data(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem The DASHBOARD: Visual Monitoring of Progress Towards 10 Million Beneficiaries, Varieties Available, and Where to Get Vine(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato CenterItem The Sweetpotato Community of Practice Focuses on Sharing Experiences and Promoting Product Development(Brief, 2018-08) International Potato Center