Improved Cocoyam Varieties

RTIMP, through it's structured research, has obtained improved varieties of planting materials. These varieties have several advantages compared to the local/traditional varieties. 

Our Root and Tuber Improved Planting Materials include

• Sweet Potato Vines
• Cassava Sticks
• Cocoyam Corms

Advantages include:

• Better Yield
• Taste and quality of the harvest obtained
• Pest and Disease Tolerance

Still want to see more to believe? Check the picture below...
This is what you get when you use our improved planting materials. Our able researchers have painstakingly developed these for YOU!

 CRI-Gye me di (Picture 1  on the left)

• This variety has a potential yield of 8.00mt/ha
• Maturity is 12-15 MAP
• Diseases tolerated: Root rot, Mosaic Virus and Leaf Blight
• High dry matter, Ash & Carbohydrate (58.22%, 2.73%, 48.19%) content
• Food uses: Varied- Fufu, Ampesi, Eto, Bread, Confectioneries etc

CRI- AKYEDE (Gift)-Purple

• Potential yield of 7.00mt/ha
• Maturity is 12-15 MAP
• Diseases tolerated: Root rot, Mosaic Virus and Leaf Blight
• High crude protein, crude fibre, Ash, Dry matter & Carbohydrates
• Food uses: Varied- Fufu, Eto, Ampesi, Koliko, Bread, Confectioneris 

CRI- MA AYE YIE (I am better off)-White

• Potential yield of 5.7-6.00mt/ha
• Maturity is 12 MAP
• Diseases tolerated: Root rot, Mosaic Virus and Leaf Blight
• High carbohydrate, Dry matter, Ash, Crude protein & crude fibre (48.62%, 59.88%, 2.84%, 6.72%, 1.17%) content.
• Food uses: Varied- Fufu, Eto, Ampesi, Koliko, Bread, Confectioneris

Cassava Varieties - Capevars Bankye

Capevars Bankye

• Young Stem and Petiole color

Young Stem is green and petiole is reddish

• Mature Stem color

Light brown

• Branching Habit

Low Branching

• Tuber Shape and Outer color

Shape is cylindrical
Outer color is dark brown

• Uses

• Excellent for fufu and ampesi
• High Quality starch for industrial use production
• Recommended for other food uses such as gari, flour and agbelima

Improved Cassava Varieties (Characteristics)

Characteristics of improved cassava varieties recommended for planting in Ghana

Variety	Year Released	Maturity Period(Months)	Mean Root Yield(T/ha)	Total Dry Matter(%)	Uses	CMD Resistance
Afisiafi	1993	12-15	28-35	32	Starch, flour, gari	Tolerant
Abasafitaa	1993	12-15	29-35	35	Starch, flour, gari	Tolerant
Tekbankye	1997	12-15	30-40	30	fufu, ampesi, gari	Susceptible
Dokuduade	2005	12	35-40	30	Starch, gari	Resistant
Agbelifia	2005	12	40-45	33	Starch, gari	Resistant
Essam bankye	2005	12	40-50	35	Flour, gari	Resistant
Bankyehemaa	2005	9-12	40-50	32	Flour, gari, fufu	Resistant
Capevars bankye	2005	9-12	30-35	30	Flour, gari, fufu, starch	Resistant
Bankye botan	2005	12-15	25-30	28	Flour, gari, starch	Tolerant
Eskamaye	2005	15-18	16-23	25	Tuo, konkonte	Tolerant
Filindiakong	2005	15-18	16-20	28	Tuo, konkonte	Tolerant
Nyerikobga	2005	15-18	17-29	30	Tuo, konkonte	Tolerant
Nkabom	2005	12-15	28-32	32	Starch, fufu	Tolerant
IFAD	2005	12-15	30-35	30	Starch, fufu	Tolerant
Ampong	2010	12	40-50	36	Flour, Starch, fufu	Resistant
Broni Bankye	2010	12	40-45	33	Flour, bakery products	Resistant
Sika bankye	2010	12	40-45	36	Flour, Starch	Tolerant
Otuhia	2010	12	35-40	39	Flour, Starch	Resistant