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Innovation ID247
Version ID190
Innovation TitleSeed and soil health intervention framework for potato
Innovation description Field deployable Loop-mediated isothermal Amplification (LAMP) diagnostic test for bacterial wilt (BW) pathogen used by national regulatory bodies and private diagnostic services.
Reporting Staff Kalpana Sharma (CIP)
Year (Reporting)2020
Reporting statusApproved
Innovation TypeProduction systems and Management practices

Stage reached

Stage of InnovationStage 3: available/ ready for uptake
Year (Stage)2020
Stage DescriptionField deployable LAMP diagnostic test for bacterial wilt (BW) pathogen was validated in lab, field, and port of entry. For Kenya, it is in accrediting process to be used by the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), while will be piloted in Cameroon, Nigeria, and India in 2021.
Has a lead organizationyes
Lead OrganizationInternational Potato Center
Top 5 contributorsKenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service; Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture; Uganda National Council for Science and Technology

Contributions and mapping

All partners International Potato Center-CGIAR Center/Program (Center); Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service-Government; Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture-Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
Main CGIAR portfolio CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
Flagship project FP2-Adapted productive varieties and quality seed of RTB crops
Cluster PO2.4-Improving Livelihoods of Potato Farmers in Africa by Tackling Deteriorated Seed Quality through an Integrated Approach
Other CGIAR portfolios-Flagships-Clusters

Scope

Geographic scopeNational
Regions
CountriesKenya,Uganda,Rwanda

Targeted outcomes

Main Sub-IDO Reduced production risk
Other Sub-IDO
Other Sub-IDO

Evidences

Evidences"Kalpana Sharma. (31/12/2020). Cross border seed potato trade harmonization in the East African community region.""Kalpana Sharma. (21/11/2019). Seed Potato Cross Border Trade from Seed Health Prospective. Nairobi, Kenya: International Potato Center (CIP)."

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