Sharing her knowledge and expertise about sweet-potato breeding, AWARD Fellow Dr. Felistus Chipungu encouraged a group of Malawian farmers to look at new applications and techniques for their sweet potato crops. Her successful training event, held at the Nsikawanjala extension planning area in Mulanje district, drew some 200 farmers, the majority of whom were women.

“I explained how processing of sweet potato can result in increased income for farmers and can sustain production,” says Chipungu, a national horticulture research coordinator and sweet-potato breeder with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. The farmers were also interested in hearing her ideas for using the excess sweet potatoes that are typically produced.

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