Driving nutrition, growing livelihoods with orange-fleshed sweet potato
The Strengthening Nutrition in Priority Staples (SNiPS) Project, funded by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and implemented by IITA–CGIAR since inception has strengthened the OFSP value chain across production, vine multiplication, processing, marketing, and consumption. Evidence from implementation shows growing adoption of OFSP, with Mother’s Delight emerging as the preferred variety in both states due to its high yield and adaptability.
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The Strengthening Nutrition in Priority Staples (SNiPS) Project, funded by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and implemented by IITA–CGIAR since inception has strengthened the OFSP value chain across production, vine multiplication, processing, marketing, and consumption. Evidence from implementation shows growing adoption of OFSP, with Mother’s Delight emerging as the preferred variety in both states due to its high yield and adaptability.
The project launched in March 2023, focused on Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP), a biofortified crop rich in beta-carotene (provitamin A) as a strategic entry point to address malnutrition while improving smallholder incomes.
With just 125 grams of OFSP being able to meet the daily vitamin A requirement for children and non-lactating women, making it a powerful nutrition-sensitive staple, the SNiPS project has increased the scaling of OFSP in Oyo and Benue States in Nigeria.