Distinctness, Uniformity, Stability (DUS) and Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) test protocols for the homologation of new potato varieties in Cameroon

Published on: March 20, 2021, Submitted by Enrico Bonaiuti on: March 19, 2021, Reporting year: 2020

Sustainable Development Goals Contribution

CGIAR provided technical backstopping for the co-development of Distinctness, Uniformity, Stability (DUS) and Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) test protocols for potato variety release

New potato varieties in Cameroon

Cameroon has recently released the first national catalogue of crop varieties. However, all those varieties are registered under the C category which means that they are still on a temporary list. They will only be moved to the A category after passing the Distinctness, Uniformity, Stability (DUS) trials and the Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) tests enacted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Potato breeding programs will benefit from streamlined protocols to officially register potato varieties under the C category of the national catalogue.

Disaggregates for Sphere of Influence

  • 1.1.1 - Increased household coping capacity to cope with shocks

Focus

  • Capacity Development & Knowledge Sharing: 1 - Significant objective

  • Climate change: 1 - Significant objective

Specific Disaggregates for this Policy Indicator

  • Policy/Investment Type: Legal Instrument

  • Whose policy is fixed? Public Sector

  • Stage of Maturity: Level 2 - Policy/Law etc. Enacted

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Acknowledgement

The potato DUs and VCU test protocols were developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) with the technical backstopping of the International Potato Center (CIP). The Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) was then commissioned by the MINADER to conduct the first potato DUs and VCU tests using the said protocols. 

 

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Keywords

protocol variety potato dus vcu cameroun

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About the author

Dieudonne Harahagazwe is REGIONAL ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST at International Potato Center - CIP.