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    August 2024
    Visayas, Philippines

    Flour from Unmarketable Sweet Potatoes

    Sweet Potato, locally referred to as Kamote is known for its sweet flavor and versatility. It is a nutrient-dense plant rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber that thrives...

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    November 2023
    Visayas, Philippines

    Value Adding for Sweet Potato: From Research to Income Generating Activities

    Sweet potato, locally known as Kamote has long been considered as a poor man’s crop. However, this lowly crop, is nutrient rich and needs to be integrated in the diet especially for children...

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    November 2023
    Guimaras, Philippines

    Tripartite Community Empowerment in the Province of Guimaras

    Guimaras is the newest and smallest province in Western Visayas, Philippines with 5 municipalities, 98 villages with Jordan as the capital...

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    November 2023
    Negros, Philippines

    The Finest Teacher is Actual Experience

    The Covid 19 pandemic changed how educational institutions functioned with online learning...

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    April 2021
    Negros, Philippines

    Research on GMO maize on Negros, Philippines: advantages and roadblocks

    Research on GMO maize on Negros, Philippines: advantages and roadblocks

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  • Our Stories
    December 2020
    Honghe Prefecture, China

    Tudobang shares top quality seed potatoes with Honghe Prefecture, China

    Tudobang shares top quality seed potatoes

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  • Our Stories
    November 2020
    Pula, Canlaon city, Philippines.

    A young farmer’s struggle and success amidst the Covid Pandemic.

    SPSI’s partner, PSRTC provides the encouragement, technology and financial loans to allow a newly unemployed young man to come home to successfully farm with his parents and prospering through amazing vegetable production and marketing!

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  • Our Stories
    September 2020
    Negros, Philippines

    Dissemination of Nutritionally rich Sweet Potato Varieties using Apical cuttings

    SPSI’s partner, PSRTC, introduced and selected numerous nutritionally rich varieties of sweet potatoes, which are now informally spreading rapidly across the whole of the Negros island.

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  • Our Stories
    August 2020
    Zhaotong, China.

    Zhaotong invests in quality seed potato production garnering international recognition

    SPSI’s partner Tudobang developed a model of cooperative farming groups growing excellent quality seed potatoes over the past 3 years, adopted to scale by the local government leaders. For their outstanding work, the World Potato Congress gives Zhaotong global recognition.

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    July 2020
    Pula, Canlaon City, Philippines

    SPSI demystifying potato tissue culture in the Philippines

    Quality planting material of an adapted variety is a crucial factor for optimum crop yield, socio-economic acceptability and marketability.

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