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Julius J, Norman K (SINGER), Pieter W, L Wanjohi SPHI Annual Meeting, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Status of Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Julius J, Norman K (SINGER), Pieter W, L Wanjohi SPHI Annual Meeting, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania September 24-26, 2017. 2016, the Year of Sweetpotato. Trends in Sweetpotato and Staples in SSA.

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Julius J, Norman K (SINGER), Pieter W, L Wanjohi SPHI Annual Meeting, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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  1. Status of Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Julius J, Norman K (SINGER), Pieter W, L Wanjohi SPHI Annual Meeting, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania September 24-26, 2017

  2. 2016, the Year of Sweetpotato

  3. Trends in Sweetpotato and Staples in SSA Area increased rapidly until 2010 then rate slowed down

  4. The slow down (acreages) East and Central West Africa

  5. Acreages contd… Southern Africa Altogether….

  6. Production (tons) East & Central West Africa

  7. Production contd… Southern Africa Altogether….

  8. The SPHI goal …. 10 M by 2020 … with

  9. Producing improved varieties continue to be a major effort…. • Nine new varieties released in 2016/17 • 6 orange-fleshed , 3 non-orange fleshed Resilient varieties released in Mozambique

  10. Much progress in putting better vines into hands of the vulnerable… Households reached (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017) = 1,396,206 Beneficiary = one getting vines from project or implementing partners

  11. Individuals reached: July 1, 2016- June 30, 2017

  12. Projects and partners paying a lot of attention to gender

  13. A lot of beneficiaries being reached indirectly … by design

  14. Beneficiaries by partner/project

  15. Progress against TARGETS, by Country Beneficiaries reached to date = 4,291,936

  16. Improvement in diet quality

  17. Households producing OFSP

  18. Multipliers improving vine access We now have approx. 1000 vine multipliers in 11 SPHI countries

  19. # of female multipliers increasing

  20. Prioritized Mapping Vine Multipliers Using Improved ODK Smart Phone Tool

  21. In summary… • 2016 was a great year for SPHI • External recognition • Much progress in dissemination • But we still have ground to cover • 6 million HH to go

  22. Acknowledgements This research was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). Funding support for this work was provided by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Partners Project & partner M&E staff

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