Harnessing the sweetpotato’s potential

Sweetpotatoes can be grown on marginal land with few inputs, and orange-fleshed varieties can make a major contribution to the diets of people at risk for malnutrition. With two billion people suffering poor nutrition globally and 3.1 million child deaths attributable to micronutrient deficiencies, there is an urgent need to get nutritious crops like orange-fleshed…

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