Publication: Participatory Selection Of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas (L.) Lam.) Cultivars Using Mother And Baby Trial In Western Kenya
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2011-10
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Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) is a drought tolerant food security crop. Western Kenya accounts for 60% of the national production. Intensive production is
constrained by lack of improved high yielding cultivars tolerant to pests and diseases. Currently, average farmer root yields range between 5.6-13.0 t ha-1. The objective of
this study is to evaluate with the farmers eleven sweet potato cultivars improved for
high yielding and high nutrition value; 'Kemb10', 'SPK004', 'Mugande', 'Namaswakhe',
'K117', 'Polista', 'Bungoma', 'Odinga', '292-H-12', 'Zapallo' and 'Improved Nyathi
Odiewo'. These were tested against four local popular farmer cultivars; 'Uimprove
Nyathi Odiewo', 'Jayalo', 'Amina' and 'Kuny kibuonjo'. The experiment was laid out in
a randomized complete block design with 15 treatments replicated four times per each
of four locations in mother and baby trials. Assessments were done on biomass and
root tuber yields. Results showed that there were significant differences in yield
performance between the cultivars with 'Mugande' yielding the highest across
locations. Conversely, the farmers cultivars; 'Nyathi Odiewo' and 'Kuny kibounjo' were comparable to the improved cultivars; 'Mugande', 'K117', 'Improved Nyathi
Odiewo', 'Namaswakhe', 'Kemb10', and 'Odinga'. All the cultivars had dry matter
content above 30% except 'Zapallo' that had 21.6%. The improved sweet potato
cultivars have the potential to increase farmers' food security since they yielded 14-28
t ha-1. Involvement of farmers has been decisive in the selection of preferred sweet
potato cultivars for commercial and domestic use. These cultivars could be further
developed through a multiplication and marketing program to incorporate the
preferred qualities for
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sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, baby