Plant breeding
Sweet potatoes
	Food-based approach to alleviation of malnutrition: a food diversification program focusing on nutrition education and production of vitamin A rich vegetables Many children and adults all over the world suffer from inadequate intake of vitamins and minerals. Vitamin A is no exception and it is a public health problem in many developing countries. The consequences of vitamin A deficiency are higher risk of maternal death, increased risk of death from measles and diarrhea in children, reduced resistance to infections, delayed recovery from illness, and eye damage. In South Africa, 33% of preschool children have vitamin A deficiency (serum retinol <20 µg/dl). This is a severe prevalence of vitamin A deficiency and can be considered a public health problem.  (Read more...)
	Virus-indexed cultivar information Tables with information on the different sweet potato cultivars and its main characteristics  (Read more...)
	Sweet potato (general info and purchasing of propagation material) ARC-VOPI has a long history in sweet potato research. Twelve cultivars have been released from the breeding program from 1959 -1989, of which five are still planted commercially. Even in Zimbabwe these are the main commercially grown cultivars.  (Read more...)