SWEET POTATO PRODUCTION IN MALAWI
Sweet potato is one of the crops grown in Malawi & it is the World’s seventh most Important food crop (Mussoline & Wilkie, 2017) & more than 100 countries in South East Asia, Africa, Oceania, Latin America regions & China. The World’s leading sweet potato producer with more than 75% of the world’s production is China (FAO 2016). Ipomea Mbatatas is the scientific name of this crop & it Originates from the Central America & is a dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family of convolvulaceae (Shekhar et., al 2015). Sweet potatoes are root vegetables that have a creamy texture & a sweet spicy flavor that makes them ideal for savory dishes. There are two variety of sweet potatoes namely; local variety and hybrid variety. Local variety include; Samosa, kamchiputu, Korea, kachamba, kenya etc. & can either be white or yellow inside & outside can be reddish, purplish, white & orange. On the other hand, hybrid include ...