Organization: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Registration deadline: 31 May 2016
Starting date: 25 Jul 2016
Ending date: 05 Aug 2016
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in partnership with CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CRI) and the International Potato Center (CIP) will be offering a 10-day Training of Trainers course designed to provide the participants with the skills and knowledge to train others. This course has been adapted for Ghana from the original course: “Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato”, developed and implemented by the International Potato Center under the “Reaching Agents of Change” project.
The training course dubbed “Everything-you-need-to-know-about-Sweetpotato” will be offered at KNUST and CSIR-CRI in Kumasi, Ghana. Its sole aim is to consolidate other efforts in promoting OFSP, thus building capacity of national implementing agencies in Ghana and the West African region to drive uptake of OFSP. Instructors knowledgeable on all aspects of the sweetpotato for health and wealth will serve as resource people, using a hands-on approach to provide educators and trainers with the skills and knowledge in training others on all aspects of the root for profit and health. Participants will be drawn from all regions of Ghana and beyond.
The specific topics that will be covered include:
- Origin and importance of sweetpotato
- Sweetpotato varietal selection and characteristics
- Orange-flshed sweetpotato and nutrition
- Sweetpotato seed systems
- Sweetpotato production and management
- Sweetpotato pest and disease management
- Harvesting and postharvest management
- Marketing and value addition
- Processing and utilization
- Gender and diversity aspects
- Monitoring of OFSP dissemination and uptake
- Entrepreneurship
Interested persons should complete the application form and send to the emails provided below
OFSPTOTCourse@knust.edu.gh or knust_totcourse4ofsp@outlook.com
Enquiries about the program should be addressed to the emails:
OFSPTOTCourse@knust.edu.gh or knust_totcourse4ofsp@outlook.com
How to register:
A maximum of 30 participants will be accepted to foster a conducive learning environment. This Training of Trainers (ToT) course seeks participants from organizations committed to incorporating nutritious crops into their programs.
Interested persons are invited to send an application and motivation letter by 31 May, 2016. Women are particularly encouraged to apply.