Over the past decade, the International Potato Center (CIP) and partners in 16 African countries have delivered nutritious orange-fleshed sweetpotato to almost six million smallholder farming households. Through a combination of breeding, seed systems, farmer training and nutrition education, CIP-led interventions have improved the lives of over 25 million people—more than the population of Australia.
CIP and partners have gotten nutritious sweetpotato varieties to 6 million African households. M.Andrade/CIP
The latest CIP intervention, SweetGAINS (Genetic Advances and Innovative Seed Systems), seeks to accelerate and expand the development and dissemination of nutrient rich, climate-resilient sweetpotato varieties to benefit millions more African families.