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Agronomic performance and farmer preferences for biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties in Zimbabwe

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Title Agronomic performance and farmer preferences for biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties in Zimbabwe
 
Creator Jogo, W.
Kudita, S.
Munda, E.
Chiduwa, M.
Pinkson, S.
Gwaze, T.
 
Subject sweet potatoes
farmers
biofortification
 
Description This report summarizes the findings of a study carried out to evaluate the agronomic performance and sensory
acceptance by small holder farmers of six biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties that were
first introduced from CIP’s sweetpotato breeding hub for Southern Africa in Mozambique. The study was
participatory and carried out under different agroecological environments in Zimbabwe. The six OFSP varieties,
namely Alisha, Victoria, Delvia, Sumaia, Namanga and Irene were planted in the 2019/20 agricultural season
along with two non-biofortified white-fleshed local varieties, namely Chingova and German II, at seven DR&SS
research stations (Kadoma, Marondera, Harare, Henderson, Gwebi, Makoholi and Panmure) and 120 farmer
managed on-farm trial sites in 12 LFSP districts of Bindura, Gokwe North, Gokwe South, Guruve, Kwekwe,
Makoni, Mazowe, Mount Darwin, Mutasa, Mutare, Shurugwi and Zvimba. At all but one of the research stations,
two trials were set up, one under irrigation and the other under rain-fed conditions. On-farm trials were
established following the Mother-Baby Trial approach with 2 mother trials and 8 baby trials per district. In each
of the districts, one mother trial was planted under irrigation while the other was rain-fed. All the baby trials
were rain-fed.
 
Date 2021-01
2021-01-16T18:16:01Z
2021-01-16T18:16:01Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Jogo W., Kudita S., Munda E., Chiduwa M., Pinkson S., Gwaze T. (2021). Agronomic performance and farmer preferences for biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties in Zimbabwe. International Potato Center: Lima, Peru.
978-92-9060-566-9
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110878
https://doi.org/10.4160/9789290605669
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 36 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Potato Center