tailieunhanh - Báo cáo nghiên cứu nông nghiệp " Selection and development sweet potato varieties with high root quality for food processing in Northern and Central of Vietnam "

The objectives of the CARD project entitled “Development and Selection of Commercial and High Quality Cultivars of Root and Tuber Crops for Processing Purpose in the Northern and Central Vietnam” between FCRI and Sydney University are to 1) Select a certain number of sweet potato cultivars from those designated by FCRI as potentially suitable for cultivating in locations in northern and central Vietnam and conduct field trials in selected locations to evaluate these cultivars according to yield and dry matter content for value-adding purposes; 2) Develop and evaluate processing methods for sweet potato, namely production of flour and starch for food processing and industrial applications, sweet potato. | Collaboration for Agriculture and Rural Development CARD Program RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF NEW SWEET POTATO VARIETIES IN BAC GIANG THANH HOA AND QUANG TRI PROVINCES Project title Selection and development sweet potato varieties with high root quality for food processing in Northern and Central of Vietnam Code of the project CARD 008 07 VIE 1 1 1 Author s Nguyen Van Tuat Truong Cong Tuyen Nguyen Dat Thoai Truong Thi Thuy Tran Quoc Anh1 Nguyen Phan Anh1 Do Thi Lieu1 Nguyen Thi Hoai1 Les Copeland2 Peter Sharp2 and Richard Trethowan2 Project implementing organizations Food Crop Research Institute VAAS Vietnam Sydney University Australia SUMMARY The objectives of the CARD project entitled Development and Selection of Commercial and High Quality Cultivars of Root and Tuber Crops for Processing Purpose in the Northern and Central Vietnam between FCRI and Sydney University are to 1 Select a certain number of sweet potato cultivars from those designated by FCRI as potentially suitable for cultivating in locations in northern and central Vietnam and conduct field trials in selected locations to evaluate these cultivars according to yield and dry matter content for value-adding purposes 2 Develop and evaluate processing methods for sweet potato namely production of flour and starch for food processing and industrial applications sweet potato chips sweet potato wine 3 Develop methods that can be used by smallholder farmers for fermenting leaves and stems of sweet potatoes into a silage-type product for animal feeding 4 With the assistance of Australian experts improve the science capacity of Vietnamese researchers and extension workers in modern techniques for plant improvement storage and food processing technology analysis of food quality 5 Improve farmer s knowledge and skills in cultivation of sweet potato as a part of a sustainable farming system and 6 Establish model sites to display advanced cultivation techniques and organize field day meetings to .