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About two lakh hectares of land are under sweet potato cultivation SWEET POTATO is a nutritious tuber that is rich in beta-carotene and anti oxidants. Sweet potato is called Sakaravalli kizhangu in Tamil and Malayalam, Shakarkand in Hindi, Chilagada dumpa in Telugu and Genasu in Kannada.About two lakh hectares of land are under sweet potato cultivation in India. The crop is cultivated mostly in Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The crop can be cultivated three times in a year and hence there is a continuous supply of the tubers in the market, according to Dr. S. Edison, Director, Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.Researchers at the CTCRI have developed a short duration sweet potato variety named Sree Kanaka. Source :
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