Target Crops

Sweetpotato - The VITAA Partnership

Background | Breeding

Steering Committee

• Fina Opio, Chair, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Kampala Uganda
• Edward Karuri, Dept. of Food Technology and Nutrition, University of Nairobi, Kenya
• Gabriel Ndunguru, Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Sonja Venter, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Pretoria, South Africa
• Bogalech Alemu, Department of Women’s Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Charlotte Johnson-Welch, Int’l Center for Research on Women, Washington, D.C., USA
• Annie Westley, Micronutrients Initiative, Ottawa, Canada
• Thomas Remington, Catholic Relief Services, Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya
• Regina Kapinga, CIP, Acting Coordinator of VITAA, Kampala, Uganda

Partner Agencies

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO)
• Awasa Agricultural Research Centre
• Ministry of Agriculture

Kenya

• Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
• Plant Quarantine Station, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
• Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRIDI)
• Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
• University of Nairobi
• Kenyatta University
• Foodlink Resources
• Agriculture and Environment Program
• Appropriate Rural Development Agriculture Programme
• German Agro Action, Kenya
• Kirinyaga Flour Millers
• Rural Energy and Food Security Organization
• Women for Improved Rural Health and Nutrition

South Africa

• Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
• Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute, Roodeplaat (ARC)
• Medical Research Council (MRC)
• National Department of Agriculture (NDA)
• National Department of Health (NDH)
• Provincial Departments of Agriculture and Health
• University of Stellenbosh
• Africare – South Africa

Tanzania

• Ukiriguru Research Institute, Mwanza
• Sugarcane Research Institute, Kibaha
• Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), Dar es Salaam
• Tanzania Home Economics Association , Mwanza
• Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro
• Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology , Dar es Salaam
• Catholic Relief Services, Mwanza
• Bugando Hospital, Mwanza
• Muhimbili Hospital, Dar es Salaam
• CARE- International, Mwanza
• UNICEF, Dar es Salaam

Uganda

• Namulonge Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Organization, NARO
• Kawanda Agricultural Research Station, NARO
• Department of Food Science and Technology, Makerere University
• Child Health and Development Centre, Makerere University/Mulago Hospital
• VEDCO
• Africare -Uganda
• SOCADIDO
• BUCADEF
• Maganjo Grain Millers Ltd.
• House of Quality Spices Ltd.

Mozambique

• Ministry of Health
• Estacao Agraria
• Rural Extension Department
• World Vision
• Action Aid
• Save the Children
• Caritas
• INIA—National Institute for Agricultural Research
• Handicap International
• Maniquenique

Ghana

• Ministry of Health
• Crops Research Institute
• Kwame Nkurumah University of Science and Technology
• Root and Tuber Improvement Programme
• Women in Agricultural Development
• University of Cape Coast

International and Regional Organizations

• International Potato Center (CIP)
• Catholic Relief Services, East and Central Africa
• Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
• International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Washington, D.C.
• Micronutrient Initiative, Ottawa, Canada
• Michigan State University, Program in Mozambique
• Natural Resources Institute, (NRI), U.K.
• PRAPACE (ASARECA network for potatoes and sweetpotatoes)
• SARRNET (Southern Africa Root Crops Research Network for SACCAR)
• ASARECA/CIP Technology Transfer Project
• Winrock International
• Senior Family Fund, USA