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Daily Monitor Saturday March 06 2021 Cakes and chapattis made out of bio-fortified orange fleshed sweet potatoes on display at a farmers’ field day. PHOTOs/Michael J Ssali Summary Joseph Kasekende who is now recognised orange fleshed bio-fortified sweet potato vines multiplier in the entire region takes credit for introducing bio-fortified orange fleshed sweet potatoes in the area. Advertisement Growing bio-fortified orange fleshed sweet potatoes is a major source of income and nutritional food for scores of households in Binyonyi Village, Kalisizo Rural Sub-county, Kyotera District and even beyond. Ms Justine Ssenyomo, chairperson of  Good Life, a women’s group of farmers that grow bio-fortified orange fleshed sweet potatoes at Binyonyi and the neighbouring villages, said since 2017 untill early last year when Covid-19 broke out, the group members have been earning money every week by selling the potatoes to schools and to an exporter who took them to Dubai.  Ssenyomo f

United arab emiratesJustine ssenyomoMichaelj ssaliJoseph kasekendeSam namandaMiti coffee farmers field schoolMinistry of agriculture animal husbandryNational agricultural research organisation naroInternational potato centreTissue culture labCommunity enterprise development organisation cedoBinyonyi villageKalisizo rural sub countyKyotera districtGood lifeSweet potato virus disease