Susan Kitayimbwa, a cassava farmer, cleans some of her crops in preparation for a meal. Easy to grow and packed with nutrients, cassava and sweet potatoes are a vital resource for improving nutrition and livelihoods in developing countries. A four-year grant to Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) is studying the best ways to disseminate more nutritious sweet potato varieties in Uganda and Mozambique. (Luwero District, Uganda, 2009)
