date:Sep 23, 2013
fifteen tonnes per hectare. In Mozambique, sweet potato is the third most important crop for small farmers - after maize and cassava. It is grown by two million farmers for the roots and leaves.
IIAM has carried out research to improve yields over many years. In 2000, it introduced eight varieties of sweet potato. However, these only produced three tonnes per hectare.
Consequently, more research was undertaken in 2005. This resulted in the release of eleven new varieties in 2011 with yields of