Growing sweet potato



     sweet potato is considered as one of the important food sources in the philipines. aside from this, it is used in the manufactured of the industrial products like flour and starch and as a raw material in the commercial production of animal feeds.
moreover, sweet potato can be processed into different food products with higher economic value than fresh roots.


    Because of its many uses, the demand for sweet potato has  significantly increased. This demand, however, has not been met because of the recurrent problem on low farm productivity.
  

   This techoguide contains  the recommended cultural management practices to increase the yield of sweet potato. Information include here are products of researches conducted by the Philrootcrops. It is hoped that this techno-guide can used by farmers, technicians and other users to increase sweet potato production in the country.