This guideline contains best practices for enhanced control of product quality along the potato value chain, covering key aspects such as certification, regional and international standards applicable to potato and traceability technologies.
This document belongs to a set of guidelines delivered in the context of the SPIRIT project to foster the adoption of innovative technologies and practices along the potato value chain in East Africa. Guideline 1- Innovative technologies and best practices for enhancing quality management along the seed potato value chain in East Africa. Guideline 2- Production and post-harvest technologies and practices for improving potato quality in East Africa. Guideline 3- Enhancing product quality in the potato industry processing sector of East Africa. Guideline 4- Enhanced control of product quality and management of information along the potato value chain in East Africa.
This document belongs to a set of guidelines delivered in the context of the SPIRIT project to foster the adoption of innovative technologies and practices along the potato value chain in East Africa.
This report is an update of information on gender-differentiated producer and consumer preferred characteristics of sweet potato conducted at the Lake Zone of Tanzania.
A guide to conduct an environmental diagnosis in horticultural processing MSMEs, developed by Horti-Green project (ENV/2017/391-383)
In this research brief, two potential roles of potato-legume intercropping are reported: (i) improved control of soil erosion to make potato production more sustainable in the highlands; and (ii) optimizing soil temperatures, soil water contents and soil nutrient balance thus enabling potato production in the drier midland agro-food systems. The results are derived from six separate studies conducted between the 2014 wet season and 2018 dry season in Kenya.
Improved individual ambient storage units allow proper ware potato storage, are easy to maintain and help smallholder farmers fetch higher prices; more education and suitable financial products are needed that entice farmers to invest in these units to enable greater profitability.
This brochure, developed by Horti-Green project (ENV/2017/391-383), provides an overview of the information that food labels should contain.