Sweetpotato varietal development: Emphasis on evaluating orange-fleshed sweetpotato for nutrition and livelihood improvement in eastern India
Food and nutritional security is the primary concern of the rural livelihoods in most parts of eastern India. Micronutrient malnutrition is increasingly recognized as a health problem in several parts eastern India primarily Orissa state. Orissa is the largest sweetpotato growing state in India with average productivity of 8.6 tons/ha which is below the National average of 9 tons/ha and the Asian average of 15tons/ha. Introduction of improved varieties or germplasm could enhance the yield. This paper discusses on the sweetpotato varietal improvement through research institutional partnerships, introduction of improved sweetpotato varieties/germplasm and their performance over local or traditional sweetpotato varieties. The performance of the improved genotypes especially those with orange flesh colour was good at two of three locations tested in Orissa. Several organizations partnered with International Potato Center (CIP) in Orissa to demonstrate and provide high yielding sweetpotato varieties that could help the resource poor farming communities for food and income and to further reduce vitamin A deficiency u-sing β-carotene rich sweetpotatoes named orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP).
Sweetpotato varieties nutrition evaluation Iivelihood India
Sreekanth Attaluri
International Potato Center (CIP), Liaison office, Regional Center of CTCRI, Dumduma Housing Board, Bhubaneswar-751019,Orissa,India
国际会议
徐州
英文
254-260
2010-11-27（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）