SweetGAINS Africa. Project profile.

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2020-01

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International Potato Center. 2020. SweetGAINS Africa. Project profile. Lima (Peru). International Potato Center. 2 p.

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This Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project aims to modernize Africa’s current systems for sweetpotato breeding and early generation seed production. The resulting improved varieties and their rapid dissemination and adoption will provide a strong foundation for better nutrition and diversified diets among rural and urban households across the continent.

AGROVOC Keywords
sweet potatoes; breeding; seed production; nutrition; project profiles
Subjects
BREEDING; FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITION; SEED SYSTEMS; SWEETPOTATOES; SWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
Countries
Ethiopia; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia
Regions
Africa; Eastern Africa
Investors/sponsors
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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CIP Brochures
CIP Project Profiles
CIP Science Goal: Crop Improvement
RTB Brochures
SweetGAINS: Genetics Advances and Innovative Seed Systems for Sweet Potato