Using the listserv

[Ted Carey]

Dear Colleagues,

There is a growing nucleus of members (now 16) on this listserv. I
personally believe that email listservs can be very useful for sharing
information rapidly and building a "community of practice." I think
there are various ways that it can be useful, but in order to be
useful, it must be used. So don't be bashful if you need some
information from others, or want to contribute, please do so and you
will probably get an answer. Also, please encourage colleagues or
partners to sign up as well. I expect that this listserv and the
sweetpotato knowledge portal website will be synergistic helping all
of us to more effectively use sweetpotato to improve lives,
livelihoods, etc.

Sincerely,

Ted Carey

[Luis Lago]

Hi Ted!!

 

I meet you in the past when I live in Cuba.

Since 1995 I working in Colombia as R&D Director for the andean zone.

At the moment I am working as director of agriculture research center  in the Caribean zone of Colombia.

I know that sweetpotato is not an important crop in Colombia, but the issue of malnutrition and low food alternative is an incentive for me to support sweetpotato in this part of the country.

I observe the SASHA  iniciative and I belive that I can promote some action similars.

Could you advice me the best way to develop cooperation or support for swwetpotato.

 

Best regards

 

Luis Lago

2011/9/14 Ted Carey <tcar...@gmail.com>

[michae...@t-online.de]

 

Dear Lago

 

I believe there should be sufficient information to make sweetpotato a good source for controlling malnutrition, especially in the provision of precursors for vitamin A. This information is most likely available from sweetpotatoknowledge. However if you require specific information in the use of sweetpotatoes as a source vitamin A, I would be more than delighted to help.

 

Michael A Ameny

 

Von: Luis Lago <l.lago...@gmail.com>

An: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com

Betreff: Re: Using the listserv

Datum: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:41:09 +0200

 

 

[Sonny Dinger]

Hi There Lago,
And thanks for writing, I have no idea who you are, but thank you
for the info,
Yes, I did some research myself and learned this truth,
I believe when you eat the vegetables you're supposed to eat
you will need less vitamins pills,
How did you start this letter, where did you learn of me ?
Thank you for writing,
Sonny

On 7/22/12, michae...@t-online.de <michae...@t-online.de> wrote:
> Dear Lago
>
> I believe there should be sufficient information to make sweetpotato
> a good source for controlling malnutrition, especially in the
> provision of precursors for vitamin A. This information is most likely
> available from sweetpotatoknowledge. However if you require specific
> information in the use of sweetpotatoes as a source vitamin A, I would
> be more than delighted to help.
>
> Michael A Ameny
>
> Von: Luis Lago <l.lago...@gmail.com>
>
> An: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com
>
> Betreff: Re: Using the listserv
>
> Datum: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:41:09 +0200
>
> Hi Ted!! I meet you in the past when I live in Cuba. Since 1995
> I working in Colombia as R&D Director for the andean zone. At the
> moment I am working as director of agriculture research center in the
> Caribean zone of Colombia. I know that sweetpotato is not an important
> crop in Colombia, but the issue of malnutrition and low food
> alternative is an incentive for me to support sweetpotato in this part
> of the country. I observe the SASHA iniciative and I belive that I
> can promote some action similars. Could you advice me the best way to
> develop cooperation or support for swwetpotato. Best regards Luis
> Lago
>

> 2011/9/14 Ted Carey <tcar...@gmail.com [1]>

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> There is a growing nucleus of members (now 16) on this listserv. I
> personally believe that email listservs can be very useful for
> sharing
> information rapidly and building a "community of practice." I think
> there are various ways that it can be useful, but in order to be
> useful, it must be used. So don't be bashful if you need some
> information from others, or want to contribute, please do so and you
> will probably get an answer. Also, please encourage colleagues or
> partners to sign up as well. I expect that this listserv and the
> sweetpotato knowledge portal website will be synergistic helping all
> of us to more effectively use sweetpotato to improve lives,
> livelihoods, etc.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ted Carey
>

> Links:
> ------
> [1] mailto:tcar...@gmail.com
>


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[abeba tsegazab]

Dear Sonny Dinger  how are you doing I hope you very well    Sweet potato the seventh most important food crop after wheat, rice (paddy), maize, potato, barley and cassava, is a staple food in many developing countries of the tropics, sub-tropics, also serves as animal feed raw material for several food and feed-based industries. This New World crop has high biological efficiency of converting solar energy into edible energy (152MJ/ha/day) in form of tuberous (storage) roots and could be the food for the ever growing human population in future .Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes are particularly nutritious, ranking highest in nutrient content of all vegetables for vitamins A and C, iron, copper, calcium, and fiber .Currently, the newly introduced yellow-orange fleshed variety is being promoted to combat vitamin A  deficiency that results in blindness and even death, malnutrition.

[Abeba Tsegazab]

Dear  Sonny Dinger

Sweet potato the seventh most important food crop after wheat, rice (paddy), maize, potato, barley and cassava, is a staple food in many developing countries of the tropics, sub-tropics, also serves as animal feed raw material for several food and feed-based industries. This New World crop has high biological efficiency of converting solar energy into edible energy (152MJ/ha/day) in form of tuberous (storage) roots and could be the food for the ever growing human population in future .Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes are particularly nutritious, ranking highest in nutrient content of all vegetables for vitamins A and C, iron, copper, calcium, and fiber

--- On Sun, 7/22/12, Sonny Dinger <dinger...@gmail.com> wrote:

[George Aogon]

Dear All

Thanks very much for your informative e-mail i dont particular work with a S potato promoting organization i have i have ever worked with one especially on Orange fleshed. i just have interest in Potatoes because in my region(Mid Eastern Uganda- Teso Sub region) its the second  most grown root crop for which it gets sold to most urban parts of the country so as expected there are challenges ranging from weather patterns to diseases. So these discussions and many more are really of advantage to people like me


Regards

[Mary Oyunga]

This is great,
Best of luck.
Mary Oyunga

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Research Scientist (Head Root & Tuber Program)
Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, Kisumu
Box 1490-40100, Kisumu, KENYA
Cell phone:      254-721-710038
Email:  oyung...@gmail.com

[Whytone Fole]

I strongly support this initiative for it will provide a forum where we can share a lot of developments to do with sweet potato.

Whytone S. Fole ( A student at Bunda College of Agriculture-Malawi and and Agriculture Extension Office)

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From: Mary Oyunga <oyung...@gmail.com>
To: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:49 AM

Subject: Re: Using the listserv

[Edward Carey]

Dear Luis,

Sorry to delay in getting back to you. Great to hear from you, Luis. I could answer you directly, but thought maybe it makes more sense, in the spirit of the listserv, to share my response with others.

As someone has already mentioned, look on the Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal for good information. The Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project has put together a nice series of flyers related to promotion of OFSP.   

I would also recommend that you contact CIP in Lima to ask for some promising varieties to try out, since productive varieties are an important component of any effort.  You might also find a willingness in CIP to partner on some research and development effort.  I would recommend that you contact my colleague Wolfgang Gruneberg (W.gru...@cgiar.org) to tell you what he recommends that you request.  The current on-line germplasm ordering system will not help guide you with this.  

Sweetpotato has a range of potential value chains, including animal feed (vines). Planting material is likely to be a constraint.  As you are originally from Cuba, you will already know much about sweetpotato and its potential.

Best of luck with all, and don’t hesitate to contact me. I promise to respond more quickly in the future.

Sincerely,

Ted Carey

On 21/07/2012 09:41, "Luis Lago" <l.lago...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Mary Oyunga]

Luis,
this is good advice from Carey I hope this is helpful to your  situation
kind regards
Mary Oyunga

[Afolabi Mike]

Dear Sir, The advice Ted gave Luis is timely and Practicable. please act quick. Mike --- On Sat, 13/10/12, Edward Carey <e.c...@cgiar.org> wrote:

[kelly kioi mwangi]

Hi all,
Im kelly kioi from One Acre Fund Bungoma Kenya.Im very excited to get to hear such wonderful information about sweet potato.My question is:
How is rapid multiplication carried out,apparently im working on asweet potato project and ihave not fully gotten the concept of RAPID MULTIPLICATION correctly,is there amore elaborate explanation about this concept.
Thanks.
kelly.

[Laizer, Lembris]

Hi Luis,

Greetings from Tanzania. This contribution from Carely is great!  Please consult   with public research institutions based in Colombia first  as this can be  the better  way  to pick  off  perhaps?

Also Neil Palmer is the CGIAR communications specialist based in Colombia  can be in the better position  to link  you, please conduct him through   pics...@googlemail.com

 

Thanks, Lembris  llais...@yahoo.com  

[Edward Carey]

Dear Kelly.  

Nice that you have identified who you are, where you are and what you need.  All of us should do that.  We should also appropriately label the subject matter lines of our messages so as to allow easy reference.

In response to your question, I will start to sound like a broken record, but there are some materials on the Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal that may be of help.  Look in the the field multiplication folder under Seed systems: http://sweetpotatoknowledge.org/seedsystem/seed-propagation/field-multiplication
There may be some somewhat useful information there.   I’m sure that there are other useful materials and experiences that people may be willing to share.   The point of rapid multiplication is that with water and fertility and a densely planted bed, one can rapidly produce a lot of sweetpotato planting material.  Planting the beds densely  and harvesting vines regularly may allow the beds to remain productive over a longer period of time than would be the case if you just let them grow and harvested them after a few months.  In Bungoma, it should be able to harvest vines every 6 weeks, no problem, provided that water and fertility are there.   Typically following harvest of vines, we fertilize beds to make sure vines grow quickly again.

There are other techniques which may have an important place in the multiplication system, namely the triple-S system (which you can read about on the knowledge portal as well) and the row cover system to keep virus vectors off the sweetpotato vines and create a mini-greenhouse environment conducive to growth.

You are fortunate to be in Kenya where a wealth of knowledge is available on sweetpotato multiplication. I am sure that Sammy Agili (S.a...@cgiar.org) will be able to point you in the right direction should you need additional advice.

All the best.

Ted Carey
Kumasi, Ghana.

On 15/10/2012 10:56, "kelly kioi mwangi" <kelly...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Low, Jan (CIP-Nairobi)]

Dear Kelly,

 

Jennie from your office has been in contact with us concerning a possible collaboration in Western Kenya, so we will get back to her soon.

 

Regards,

 

Jan Low

[kelly kioi mwangi]

Hi all
Thank you very much,this is very informative,Iam definately heading somewhere.
Thanks Edward.

[Whytone Fole]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen

I'm really impressed with the level of interaction that is taking place regarding sweet potato production among all members of this site. Let us continue joining hands in promoting this crop which is not treated as an important crop that can help us to reduce the problems of food insecurity and malnutrition. Keep it up!

Whytone S. Fole-Malawi

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From: kelly kioi mwangi <kelly...@gmail.com>
To: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: Rapid multiplication techniques for sweetpotato

[kelly kioi mwangi]

Hi all,
Im delighted to be in touch with you anytime ihave aquerry.I admit i have learnt alot from the sweetpotato knowledge group.
However,iwould like to get your recommendations for the correct amount of fertilizer to be applied during the following stages of sweet potato growing:

• Rapid multiplication stage.
• Farmer Growth-Root growth purposes.
   

The fertilizers im refering to are DAP,CAN,UREA or even phosohatic fertilizers or even farm yard manure.
Thank you.
Mr.kelly

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[Mary Oyunga]

Hi Kelly,
in Kenya fertilizers are only applied for rapid multiplication for seed. For Farmer Growth-Root purposes there is no fertilizer applied unless there is a specific recommendation from results of a soil analysis. I think there are studies that have worked with farmyard manure. Sweetpotato are aggressive feeders and are known to improve soil structure.
regards
Mary

[Willy Okot]

Hi all,

Rapid multiplication requires a lot of care, supervision and fine nursery bed , i personally tried leaf gro fertilizer and work well,you can as well use but it depend on the type of soil , other wise there is also local technique we tried and work well that is planting under big trees during dry season and stake it thanks willy from northern uganda. 

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From: Mary Oyunga <oyung...@gmail.com>
To: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:39 AM

[Henok Fikre]

Thank you for your quick reply ! i ma very satisfied in your information

On 10/17/12, Mary Oyunga <oyung...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kelly,
> in Kenya fertilizers are only applied for rapid multiplication for seed.
> For Farmer Growth-Root purposes there is no fertilizer applied unless there
> is a specific recommendation from results of a soil analysis. I think there
> are studies that have worked with farmyard manure. Sweetpotato are
> aggressive feeders and are known to improve soil structure.
> regards
> Mary
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:58 AM, kelly kioi mwangi
> <kelly...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Im delighted to be in touch with you anytime ihave aquerry.I admit i have
>> learnt alot from the sweetpotato knowledge group.
>> However,iwould like to get your recommendations for the correct amount of
>> fertilizer to be applied during the following stages of sweet potato
>> growing:
>>

>> - Rapid multiplication stage.
>> - Farmer Growth-Root growth purposes.

>>
>>
>> The fertilizers im refering to are DAP,CAN,UREA or even phosohatic
>> fertilizers or even farm yard manure.
>> Thank you.
>> Mr.kelly
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Whytone Fole
>> <whyton...@ymail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Ladies and Gentlemen
>>>
>>> I'm really impressed with the level of interaction that is taking place
>>> regarding sweet potato production among all members of this site. Let us
>>> continue joining hands in promoting this crop which is not treated as an
>>> important crop that can help us to reduce the problems of food
>>> insecurity
>>> and malnutrition. Keep it up!
>>>
>>> Whytone S. Fole-Malawi
>>>

>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* kelly kioi mwangi <kelly...@gmail.com>
>>> *To:* sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com
>>> *Sent:* Monday, October 15, 2012 7:55 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: Rapid multiplication techniques for sweetpotato

>>> S.a...@cgiar.org <http://S%2Ea...@cgiar.org/>) will be able to point

[Halimat Afolasade]

I'm also impressed with the level of interaction that is taking place regarding sweet potato production among all members of the Sweetpotaoto knowledge portal site. Let us continue to promote this underutilized crop which can help us reduce the problems of food insecurity and malnutrition, and hence alleviate poverty in our society. Thumbs up!

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From: Whytone Fole <whyton...@ymail.com>
To: "sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com" <sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:36 PM

[gilberts nzunda]

Hallo Halimat

 i'm really pleased to receive your message is so nice i want to get more interaction with you, i being a FOOD SCIENTIST AND TECHNOLOGIST I found it more useful

REGARDS

  Gilobert Nzunda