A Modest Proposal
ASSESSING FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW SWEET POTATO YIELD AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: IN MPINGU EXTENSION PLANNING AREA IN LILONGWE DISTRICT
BY SAMUEL CHINTHALO Cell: 0888626384/0993260142 Email: Samuelchinthalo@yahoo.com
A RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION DEPARTMENT IN A PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI BUNDA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
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ACRONYMS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ii 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 3 1.2. PROBLEM STATEMENT 3 1.3. JUSTFICATION OF THE PROBLEM 3 1.4. OBJECTIVES 3 1.4.1. MAIN OBJECTIVE 3 1.4.2. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 3 …show more content…
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) was originally domesticated in tropical America (CIP Program Report 1999 – 2000.). The exact center of origin and domestication of the sweetpotato has not been well defined, neither has the wild ancestor of this species been found. Based on the numerical analysis of key morphological characters of sweet potato and the wild Ipomoea species, Austin (1988) postulated that sweet potato originated in the region between the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico and the Orinoco River in Venezuela, within which the four major American taxa of the batata group are distributed.
Worldwide, sweetpotato is the sixth most important food crop after rice, wheat, potatoes, maize, and cassava. In developing countries, sweet potato is the fifth most important food crop. More than 105 million metric tons are produced globally each year; 95% of which are grown in developing (CIP 2010).Maize is the main food crop and occupies 70 percent of the cultivated land but of late sweet potato (ipomoea batatas) and cassava (manihot esculenta) have gained importance as food crops (C.C Moyo et al
BY SAMUEL CHINTHALO Cell: 0888626384/0993260142 Email: Samuelchinthalo@yahoo.com
A RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION DEPARTMENT IN A PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI BUNDA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
MONTH YEAR
ACRONYMS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ii 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 3 1.2. PROBLEM STATEMENT 3 1.3. JUSTFICATION OF THE PROBLEM 3 1.4. OBJECTIVES 3 1.4.1. MAIN OBJECTIVE 3 1.4.2. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 3 …show more content…
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) was originally domesticated in tropical America (CIP Program Report 1999 – 2000.). The exact center of origin and domestication of the sweetpotato has not been well defined, neither has the wild ancestor of this species been found. Based on the numerical analysis of key morphological characters of sweet potato and the wild Ipomoea species, Austin (1988) postulated that sweet potato originated in the region between the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico and the Orinoco River in Venezuela, within which the four major American taxa of the batata group are distributed.
Worldwide, sweetpotato is the sixth most important food crop after rice, wheat, potatoes, maize, and cassava. In developing countries, sweet potato is the fifth most important food crop. More than 105 million metric tons are produced globally each year; 95% of which are grown in developing (CIP 2010).Maize is the main food crop and occupies 70 percent of the cultivated land but of late sweet potato (ipomoea batatas) and cassava (manihot esculenta) have gained importance as food crops (C.C Moyo et al