Kenyan researchers introduce climate-adapted sweet potato variety with purple flesh

The International Potato Center (CIP) has partnered with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to release the KC Sweet Purple sweet potato variety in an effort to address the ongoing climate challenges faced by growers in Kenya. Originally named TU-82-155, this purple-fleshed, climate-resistant and nutritious variety came to Kenya from Ghana in 2018. The new variety has been well received by growers in Ghana, where it was introduced by the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) as 'SARI-DIEDI'. To ensure reliability and performance in various agroecologies, the purple-fleshed variety has undergone rigorous testing through the National Performance Trials, a ...