Sweet Potato Value Chain Analysis Reveals Opportunities for Increased Income and Food Security in Northern Ghana

Table 9

Description of some improved cultivars of sweet potato in Ghana.

Name of variety	Year of release	Original name	Origin	Skin colour	Flesh colour	Dry matter content; (%)	Yield potential; (t/ha)
Okumkom	1998	TIS 8277	IITA	Pink	Cream	30	20
Sauti	1998	Tanzania	Malawi	Cream	Dark yellow	35	19
Faara	1998	TIS 3017	IITA	Dark purple	Pale yellow	34	22
Santom pona	1998	TIS 88/0320	IITA	Copper	Yellow	32	17
Tech-Santom	2003	TIB 2	IITA	Yellow	Light yellow	31	20
CSIR-CRI Hi starch	2005	Hi-starch	Japan	Brown	Cream	40	18
CSIR-CRI Ogyefo	2005	Mugande	Rwanda via CIP	Red	White	34	20
CSIR-CRI Otoo	2005	Mogamba	Burundi via CIP	Cream	Light orange	33	23
CSIR-CRI Apumuden	2005	Kamala	Bangladesh via CIP	Copper	Orange	22	35
CSIR-CRI Patron	2012	Mohc	Burundi via CIP	Dark yellow	Dark yellow	34	20
CSIR-CRI Bohye	2012	199062.1	CIP-Peru	Purple	Pale orange	31	22
CSIR-CRI Ligri	2012	Cemsa 74-228	CIP-Kenya	Cream	Pale yellow	35	22
CSIR-CRI Dadanyuie	2012	Kemb 37	CIP-Kenya	Dark purple	White	35	18

Note. This information was collated from different secondary sources with varying degrees of accuracy.