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Innovation ID41
Version ID13
Innovation TitleOrange-fleshed Sweetpotato Purée for Bakery Applications in Kenya
Innovation description Techniques for production and storage of fresh sweetpotato puree and/or concentrate for use with limited or no cold chain, including chemical preservatives and vacuum packing.
Reporting Staff Tawanda Muzhingi (CIP)
Year (Reporting)2017
Reporting statusApproved
Innovation TypeProduction systems and Management practices

Stage reached

Stage of InnovationStage 3: available/ ready for uptake
Year (Stage)2017
Stage DescriptionPiloting conducted with private companies and NGOs
Has a lead organizationyes
Lead OrganizationInternational Potato Center
Top 5 contributorsEuropean Food Ingredients Ltd; Organi Limited; University of Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute

Contributions and mapping

All partners International Potato Center-CGIAR Center/Program (Center); University of Nairobi-Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
Main CRP CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
Flagship project FP4-Nutritious RTB food and added value through postharvest intervention
Cluster SW4.4-Nutritious sweetpotato for expanding markets and improving diets
Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters

Scope

Geographic scopeRegional
RegionsWestern Africa,Eastern Africa,Middle Africa,Southern Africa
Countries

Targeted outcomes

Main Sub-IDO
Other Sub-IDO
Other Sub-IDO

Evidences

EvidencesMuzhingi, T. 2015. The role of the new Food and Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory (FANEL) in developing shelf-storable orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée. Nairobi (kenya). International Potato Center (CIP). 2p.
[http://hdl.handle.net/10568/69167 ]

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