Marando Bora “Better vines” for higher sweetpotato production in the Lake Zone of Tanzania
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International Potato Center. 2011. Integrating health and agriculture to maximize the nutritional impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotato: The Mama SASHA proof-of-concept project in Western Kenya. Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa. CIP. 2 p.
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Access to timely, quality sweetpotato planting vines in the Lake Zone of Tanzania can improve food security and nutrition, especially during times of drought, crop disease, and hunger. The Marando Bora project has established and trained 88 decentralized vine multipliers (DVMs) and an estimated 110,000 households have received quality vines, the majority of who are women. Research activities are contributing to our knowledge of what factors influence the sustainability of community-based multipliers compared to a mass dissemination model.