| Sweet potato is not yet common in
Northern Namibia. It has been grown in small plots around homesteads and
in gardens and was not considered suitable for rain-fed production. A few
projects with irrigation equipment have made larger plantings of sweet
potato. Recent tests, however, show that sweet potato can produce well
under rain-fed conditions, and the crop is now being promoted by the agricultural
research and extension services.
There has generally been a shortage
of cuttings when the rainy season begins, and that may have been the reason
why so few farmers grew sweet potato. Small nurseries were therefore stablished
with tested and recommended varieties and farmers can now get planting
materials (cuttings) from these nurseries. |
A recommended variety
of sweet potato
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