Exploring the potential of organic sweet potato in the EU

Description

The promotion of agrobiodiversity is more frequently seen as a way to fight against the challenges faced by modern agriculture with benefits such as improved landscape conditions and better nutritional outcomes. The ROTATES project aims to sustainably enhance agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services by introducing and promoting starchy root and tuber crops, currently underutilised in Europe. This note looks at the current situation of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) in countries where the project is active.

Subject

Orphan crops