Abstract:
Integrated Sweetpotato
Management through farmer field schools was
incorporated into the already established
IPPM FFS (Integrated Pest and Production
Management Farmer Field Schools)
programme in East Africa. It was aimed at
promoting sustainable sweetpotato
production and post harvest management.
After four months field implementation of this
technology-based and farmer education
project, partnership was forged with the
VITAA (Vitamin A Africa) initiative to
disseminate and promote commercial
production of orange-fleshed sweetpotato
(OFSP) varieties. Since then a cumulative total
of 1622 bags of vines each containing 1800-
2400 cuttings ready for planting worth Uganda
Shs 9,732,000 (US$ 4866) have been
distributed to farmers through farmer-oriented
organizations within Soroti district