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So You Think You Know Sweet Potato?

Sweet potato is not a relative of potato, nor yam. In fact, they are all very different – yet even researchers often get confused and publish improperly aggregated data. Here are some useful facts about sweet potato – one of the most important and nutritious crops commonly found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Yield Reliability: Room for Improvement

With limited resources to cope with weather variability, smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are facing highly unreliable crop production from year to year. In this modeling exercise we quantified how much area is under such condition and what are their production potential under intensification. The simulation result indicates that, without further intensification, only 15% of current maize growing area has the potential to reliably produce more than 3 t/ha, a yield level suggested as being sufficient to sustain the cereal needs of a typical smallholder household. However, with well-managed intensification, 82% of the current maize area showed the potential to reliably produce 3 t/ha or more.

Quick Update

• We're all busy preparing for the brand new HarvestChoice website - targeting mid-September 2011 for the launch. Stay tuned for the update! #
• We're developing a use-case survey "Tell Us Your Story" Make sure your voice gets heard! http://labs.harvestchoice.org/we-listen #
• "CROP SYSTEMS MODELING PLATFORM FOR STRATEGIC DECISIONS" - HarvestChoice Presentation at the Agronomy/Crop/Soil Science Annual Meetings in Long Beach, CA, in November 2010 http://bit.ly/f2xjSr #
• Need help on which soil profiles to use in your site? Try the Soil Profile Selector (powered by Tableau) - http://labs.harvestchoice.org/2010/09/which-soil-profiles-to-choose/ #
• Droppr added to the Growing Seasons post - http://labs.harvestchoice.org/2010/08/growing-seasons-4 #