News on Sweet Potatoes from Nigeria

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April 15, 2026
Nigeria potato sector calls for policy support as CIP advances sweetpotato trials in Africa
Stakeholders in the potato sector are calling for defined and time-bound policy measures aimed at strengthening farm incomes, expanding processing capacity and supporting export development.
A baker holds a loaf of orange-fleshed sweet potato bread in her bakery in Nnewi (Courtesy: Esomchi Foundation)
July 14, 2022
Facing high wheat prices, Nigerian bakers turn to (sweet) potato puree
In the midst of a sunlit room in Nnewi, south-east Nigeria, a woman measures out four parts of sweet potato puree – the colour of apricot – into a large basin containing six parts wheat flour.

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