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Subject: Digest for sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 2 Topics

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Group: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/topics

- Answer to Luis Lago about how to promote OFSP in Colombia [5 Updates]
http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/t/3fabee6f02642aac
- assistance [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/t/4e38bcd9f95424b1


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Topic: Answer to Luis Lago about how to promote OFSP in Colombia
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/t/3fabee6f02642aac
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From: kelly kioi mwangi <kelly...@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 15 03:56AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/msg/8a7355d56f5e2fd7

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.


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From: "Laizer, Lembris" <Lembris...@crs.org>
Date: Oct 15 11:10AM
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/msg/2a0ab41fe5b9b5c9

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<mailto:pics...@googlemail.com>

Thanks, Lembris llais...@yahoo.com<mailto:llais...@yahoo.com>


From: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com [mailto:sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Afolabi Mike
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:31 PM
To: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Edward Carey
Subject: Re: Answer to Luis Lago about how to promote OFSP in Colombia

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:

From: Edward Carey <e.c...@cgiar.org>
Subject: Answer to Luis Lago about how to promote OFSP in Colombia
To: "Sweetpotato Knowledge" <sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Saturday, 13 October, 2012, 21:51
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:
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


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From: Edward Carey <e.c...@cgiar.org>
Date: Oct 15 12:24PM
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/msg/37c79f42941e17f3

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-multiplica
tion
There may be some somewhat useful information there. I¹m 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.




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From: "Low, Jan (CIP-Nairobi)" <J....@CGIAR.ORG>
Date: Oct 15 12:26PM
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/msg/cf65db3e13b3205b

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

From: sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com [mailto:sweetpotat...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Edward Carey
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 3:25 PM
To: Sweetpotato Knowledge
Subject: Rapid multiplication techniques for sweetpotato

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:
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.


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From: kelly kioi mwangi <kelly...@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 15 10:55AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/msg/c45b02f198245541

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




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Topic: assistance
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/t/4e38bcd9f95424b1
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From: Afolabi Mike <afolab...@yahoo.com>
Date: Oct 15 01:37PM +0100
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sweetpotatoknowledge/msg/53077a2e4b8a8d4d

Dear friends,
I am working on sweetpotato breeding. I need your assistance in getting soft ware for phenotypic characterization of the varieties that I have. I also need tutorials to use it .
Mike