i) Basic requirements
- Requires altitude of below 1500m.
- Moderate rainfall/ drought resistant
- Sandy soils / free draining soils
ii) Seedbed preparation and planting
- Deep ploughing recommended/ prepare ridges
- Plant stem cuttings 40cm long at 45o or less
- Spacing is 1.5m x 0.9m
- Bury half stem in soil.
iii) Field management
- Control weeds at early stages of growth.
iv) Pest control
- White scale controlled by clean planting materials.
v) Diseases.
- Mosaic disease causes melting of leaves and deformed tubers
- Control by planting resistant varieties.
vi) Harvesting
- Remove individual tubers or uproot whole plant
- Use stick or forked jembes to harvest
- Yields about 7-10 tons per hectare
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