date:Nov 07, 2018
Around 50 farmers from the districts of Gorakhpur and Sant Kabir Nagar are growing orange fleshed sweet potatoes in a fight against malnutrition, especially for the children in the two districts. The bio-fortified crop Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) is rich source of vitamin A.
The idea of cultivating the OFSP was conceived by a native of Gorakhpur, Ram Chet Chowdhary. He is a retired agricultural scientist who worked as assistant technical expert with the UN Food and Agriculture Organizati