Bio en verse zoute patate uit Oeganda: if you compare with Sweet Potatoes from China or India, African Sweet Potatoes are strong inside.
Sweet potato is one of the most important starchy crops. It’s an herbaceous, perennial creeper cultivated as an annual crop.
In Africa, Uganda and Rwanda are the biggest producers of Sweet Potatoes, especially white sweet potato. The orange flesh variety is preferred because has high amounts of beta-carotenoids, associated with preventing vitamin A deficeny can cause blindness.
Common Sweet potato varieties in Uganda
We have several sweet potato varieties with varying characteristics and attributes:
Some have high dry matter, and are traditionally the most preferred types, while others have low dry matter and are less preferred.
You can also differentiate sweet potatoes by their skin and flesh color.
The most predominant skin colors are white and pinkish; while the flesh colors are mostly yellow, red and orange.
Outstanding sweet potato varieties grown in Uganda include; Tanzania, Rwanda,and Burundi
