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