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The sweetpotato production-postharvest use system in Vietnam: participatory needs and opportunity assessment.

Fliert, E. van de; Oanh, N. T. K.; Son, N. T.; Hoa, T. D.; Thanh, P. D.; Hung, L. Q.; Khoang, L. H.; Lan, N. T.;

Scientist and farmer: partners in research for the 21st Century. Program Report 1999-2000

2001

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The sweetpotato production-postharvest use system in Vietnam: participatory needs and opportunity assessment.

A participatory needs assessment on root crops production-postharvest use systems was conducted in 8 major root crop production provinces of Vietnam in 1998-99 as a collaborative effort of 6 Vietnamese institutions, the International Potato Center, and UPWARD. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) production data showed that the greatest opportunity for increased profitability from sweet potato was in more effective and efficient use of existing technologies. This implied the development of farmer learning methods and mechanisms rather than technology development research. A follow-up workplan for the development and institutionalization of adapted integrated crop management-farmer field school protocols for sweet potato resulted from the study. Moreover, research and extension organizations committed themselves to implement the workplan. The participatory nature of the study has been instrumental in achieving the final output.