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POTATO DIET PRODUCTION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH


MUFINDI: Mufindi District Council (MDC) in Iringa region is among the seven districts in the country selected by an International Potato Centre (CIP) to implement a project of potato diet production containing a high percentage of vitamin "A “compared to other foods like vegetables, fruits and roots.

The statement issued was yesterday by the information and communication officer of Mufindi District Council. Ndimmyake Mwakapiso, while he was speaking to the Guardian in his office.

He said that the potato diet so it's kind of sweet potato orange in colour inside and 90 percent of vitamin "A" needed in the human body to facilitate better able to see, create the brain of children under five years with the strengthening maternal health.

He said, the project has to be implemented in groups of farmers to grow seeds in areas with existing irrigation infrastructure in the villages of Igomaa and Lugolofu with gardens for the district's population existing in Lugema, Mabaoni and Makungu villages.
He also, added that the potato seeds will be distributed to the 18villages which is selected to start implementing the project immediately after the rainy season starts.

"The villages that is going to benefit with potato seeds are Makungu, Mabaoni, Lugema, Lugolofu, Iramba, Ikimilinzowo, Nyigo, Nyanyembe, Maguvani, Idetero, Mkangwe, Ikangawani na Idumulavani, Igomaa, Utosi, Kibada, Ugenza naIkweha”, said Mwakapiso.

In addition, he said the production of potatoes in bulk and value added will increase income as a farmer because the market easily found amid ability to make process crisp, cakes, doughnuts, biscuits, juices and nutritious flour.

"Farmers will receive seeds must use well to be able to produce their potatoes in bulk in order for them to get rid of poverty," he said.

Apart from Mufindi District Council, other districts selected to implement the project including Iringa, Ulanga, Mbozi, Chunya, Wanging’ombe na Gairo.

The International Potato Center (known by its Spanish acronym CIP) is a research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweetpotato and Andean roots and tubers. 

CIP is dedicated to delivering sustainable science-based solutions to the pressing world issues of hunger, poverty, gender equity, climate change, and the preservation of our Earth’s fragile biodiversity and natural resources.

CIP is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, an international organization made up of 15 centers engaged in research for a food secure future. 

This global agriculture research partnership is dedicated to reducing rural poverty, increasing food security, improving human health and nutrition, and ensuring more sustainable management of natural resources, in close collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia and the private sector. - See more at: http://cipotato.org

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