Getting Sweetpotato Varieties to Farmers Faster: The Accelerated Breeding Scheme (ABS)

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International Potato Center. 2014. Getting Sweetpotato Varieties to Farmers Faster: The Accelerated Breeding Scheme (ABS). Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa Project. CIP. 6 p.

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Solid evidence generated since 2005 in Peru and Mozambique has shown that the ABS efficiently reduces the time (8 to 4-5 years) from crossing to varietal release within a given sweetpotato population.

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