An orphan crop, the orange-fleshed sweet potato, in West Africa: Can we reposition it?

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Center
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin
cg.contributor.affiliationAssociation of Church Development Projects
cg.contributor.affiliationIntegrated Development Environment
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NE
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.urlhttp://www.rroij.com/open-access/an-orphan-crop-the-orangefleshed-sweet-potato-in-west-africacan-we-reposition-it-.php?aid=86588
cg.issn2347-2308
cg.issue4
cg.journalJournal of Botanical Sciences
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOES
cg.subject.cipCROP AND SYSTEMS SCIENCES CSS
cg.volume6
dc.contributor.authorAbidin, P.E.
dc.contributor.authorAdekambi, S.
dc.contributor.authorNchor, J.
dc.contributor.authorKoara, I.
dc.contributor.authorCarey, E.E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-28T19:19:05Zen
dc.date.available2018-05-28T19:19:05Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92938
dc.titleAn orphan crop, the orange-fleshed sweet potato, in West Africa: Can we reposition it?en
dcterms.abstractSweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was not an important crop in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, West Africa, in the past decades. An effort has been made to reposition the sweet potato crop in West Africa. Orange-Fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) cultivar was used as an entry point while properly designing a market-driven approach in the research project, ‘Jumpstarting OFSP in West Africa through diversified markets’. The project was implemented in these three countries in the period of April 2014 throughout March 2017. There is a clear indication that sweet potato is shifted from an orphan crop into a commercial one in these project areas. Obviously, the sweet potato crop has significantly become an important crop among other commercial agricultural commodities in the localities. Additionally, as the OFSP cultivars have already well known for its contribution to food and nutrition security, as well as to a wealth. Hence, the sweet potato crop will give great opportunities to people to improve their livelihood along with healthy life, particularly in the drought-prone regions where the homes of most resourcepoor farmers, and where the sweet potato crop is grown and consumed most. Establishment of various market models evidently played an important role to support this effort.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.audienceAcademics
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAbidin, P.E.; Adekambi, S.; Nchor, J.; Koara, I.; Carey, E.E. 2017. An orphan crop, the orange-fleshed sweet potato, in West Africa: Can we reposition it? Journal of Botanical Sciences. ISSN 2347-2308. 6(4):37-40.en
dcterms.extent37-40
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen
dcterms.subjectcropsen
dcterms.subjectascorbic aciden
dcterms.subjectsupply chainen
dcterms.subjectmarketsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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