date:Sep 23, 2013
Mozambique's Agricultural Research Institute (IIAM) is developing new varieties of sweet potato that have better nutrition, improved drought resistance and higher yields than the types currently grown in the country. Funding for the research comes from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
IIAM's Jose Ricardo told AIM, under the project financed by AGRA, we are looking at nine varieties of orange-fleshed sweet potato that have better drought resistance and an increased yield of