Sylvester Okoth Ojwang, Julius Juma Okello, David Jakinda Otieno, Janet Mwende Mutiso, Hannele Lindqvist-Kreuze, Peter Coaldrake, Thiago Mendes, Maria Andrade, Neeraj Sharma, Wolfgang Gruneberg, Godwill Makunde, Reuben Ssali, Benard Yada, Sarah Mayanja, Vivian Polar, Bonny Oloka, Doreen M Chelangat, Jacqueline Ashby, Guy Hareau, Hugo Campos
Crop breeding programs have often focused on the release of new varieties that target yield improvement to achieve food security and reduce poverty. While continued investments in this objective are justified, there is a need for breeding programs to be increasingly more demand-driven and responsive to the changing customer preferences and population dynamics. This paper analyses the responsiveness of global potato and sweetpotato breeding programs pursued by the International Potato Center (CIP) and its partners to three major development indicators: poverty, malnutrition and gender...
2023: Frontiers in Plant Science