OUR FELLOWS
Felistus Patience Chipungu is a sweet-potato breeder who works in Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation with the Department of Agricultural Research Services. She is determined to “put sweet potatoes on the map” in Malawi, where poverty, food insecurity and under-nutrition prevail.
“I foresee major improvements in the livelihoods of rural Malawians through the adoption of these varieties,” Chipungu reports with enthusiasm.
Field of Research
Sweet-potato breeding for improved food security and nutrition.
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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.