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Resources Tagged: Sweet Potato

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  1. TN #18 Sweet Potato

    1988-01-19 Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are already the 6th or 7th most produced food crop in the world, surpassed onlyby wheat, rice, corn, potato, barley, and possibly cassava. Among the reasons that sweet potato is a great crop is that it is relatively easy to grow, relatively free of pests and...
    Sweet Potato Ipomoea batatas

  2. TN #81: Introduction to Tropical Root Crops

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    2015-02-16 Tropical root and tuber crops are consumed as staples in parts of the tropics and should be considered for their potential to produce impressive yields in small spaces. They provide valuable options for producing food under challenging growing conditions. Cassava and taro, for instance, are...
    Root Crops Potato Sweet Potato Cassava Taro Yam

  3. App: SweetPotato DiagNotes

    Available on: iOS Android Sweetpotato DiagNotes is an interactive tool for extension workers, students, researchers and others who want to learn about the crop; about the pest, disease and other problems that can occur; how to diagnose crop symptoms and what management practices can be used to...
    iOS Android Sweet Potato

  4. Orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) production and its added nutritional value

    2019-11-26 Session: Potatoes and sweet potatoes play a big role as a staple and nutritious food, as well as a source of farmer incomes in the densely populated highlands of sub-Saharan Africa. They are grown by small family farms mainly intercropped with beans and maize. Per capita, potato annual...
    Sweet Potato Potatoes Rwanda

  5. Effect of Intercropping On Yield Of Sweet Potato

    1997-11-19 If I intercrop sweet potato with taller plants, how much will that reduce the productivity of the sweet potato?
    Sweet Potato Intercropping Root Crops

  6. Resources to Help with Haiti Disaster Response

    2010-04-01 https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/eb967d93-10ff-4c3d-a238-86ac0382bd68ECHO has considered how our resources can be most helpful in light of the recent devastating earthquake near Port Au Prince, Haiti. Our main strength is in the area of agricultural information relevant to development...
    Haiti Disaster Mitigation Water Filters Moringa Nitrogen Fixing Cowpea Pigeon Pea Banana Sweet Potato Disaster Water Treatment Earthquake Biosand Filter

  7. Why Intercropping Reduces Yield Of Sweet Potatoes

    1998-05-19 Sweet potato produces tubers when it is STRESSED. That is why, in intercropping, it produces more leaves and fewer tubers.
    Sweet Potato Intercropping

  8. Enhancing Sweet potatoes technologies in conservation agriculture using farmer field school approach

    2015-02-03
    Sweet Potato East Africa

  9. Preparation Of Diffusion Processed Sweet Potato At Home

    1983-02-19 Dr. Frank Martin is a research specialist in sweet potato breeding. He writes, "A persistent nagging question is why people don't eat and don't want to eat more sweet potatoes. We believe this is due to sweetness itself, as well as flavors and textures that are not liked. We developed a new...
    Sweet Potato

  10. Perennial Vegetables Workshop @ECHO - Eric Toensmeier

    Eric Toensmeier conducts a workshop in 2012 @ ECHO-Florida highlighting some of the 4000+ plants grown on the ECHO Global Farm in North Fort Myers, FL. For more from Eric Toensmeier, check out http://carbonfarmingsolution.com/
    Perennial Vegetables Global Farm Katuk Yam Winged Bean Chaya Lima Beans Perennial lima Hibiscus Moringa Cranberry Hibiscus Sweet Potato Cactus Bamboo Sprout Taro Basket Vine Pigeon Pea Lablab Garlic Chives Welsh Onion Papaya