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RTB Potato Scaling Fund Project Completion Report: Scaling up and Adoption of Potato in Africa through Combining Market-driven, Climate Resilient, Novel Potato Varieties and Seed Systems Innovation
The International Potato Center and partner institutions through the scaling fund project endorsed the use of rooted apical cuttings (RAC) as a rapid seed multiplication technique to accelerate the scaling up and adoption ...
Catalyzing a Greater Supply of Seed Potato in Kenya - Agrilink
Apical cuttings have the potential to greatly expand the supply of seed potato. This appropriate technology is poised to contribute significantly to improving access to seed and the accompanying increases in yields and ...
Training and Field Day Report: Introducing Apical Cuttings of Potato to Kiambu, Nakuru and Usain Gishu Counties of Kenya, 2021
Training of ToTs on production and management of potato rooted apical cutting (RAC) was conducted in Kiambu, Nakuru and Nandi counties. The objective was to build the capacity of farmers to produce clean seed on-farm from ...
Robust Potato variety advertisement Compare Apical cuttings to Stem cuttings and – what is needed to know, National Potato Council of Kenya
Robust Potato variety advertisement Compare Apical cuttings to Stem cuttings and – what is needed to know, National Potato Council of Kenya
Farmer inspires better lives through quality seed potato
In Eastern Kenya, Meru, farmers are celebrating better potato harvests. Over the past 2 years they have witnessed a transformation to potato farming in their area. From harvesting approximately 10 tonnes per hectare to 28 ...
Smart Farm FreshCrop
Farming cultivating high yielding potato in Nyandarue, Kenya
Evaluation of the effects of mother plant physiological age on production and field performance of apical cuttings
In this study, we evaluated the effect of physiological age of stock mother on maximal potential production of rooted apical cuttings considering nine rounds of propagation over a production cycle. The results reported ...