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Technology package	LOWLAND SWEET POTATO VARIETIES
Summary	NARI has released 79 sweet potato varieties suitable for the normal lowland conditions of PNG. These include four lowland drought tolerant varieties previously released as a drought coping strategy. The release of these cultivars will give the farmers in the Islands Region and other lowland areas a wider range of superior sweet potato varieties to choose from and will improve their food security and income generation.
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	LOWLAND SWEET POTATO VARIETIES	All cultivars have acceptable yields with good market and consumer appeal. Good tuber shape and colour (including orange tuber flesh with a high B-carotene content) Degree of sweetness Elite varieties selected out of a total of 1,167 varieties tested over nine years by the European Union PRAP project

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