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<technology><row><technologyid>9</technologyid><technology_title>LOWLAND SWEET POTATO VARIETIES</technology_title><technology_intro>NARI has released 79 sweet potato varieties suitable for the normal lowland conditions of PNG. These include four lowland drought tolerant varieties previously released as a drought coping strategy. The release of these cultivars will give the farmers in the Islands Region and other lowland areas a wider range of superior sweet potato varieties to choose from and will improve their food security and income generation.</technology_intro><technology_usage>null</technology_usage><technology_scale>null</technology_scale><technology_year>null</technology_year><technology_project>null</technology_project><technology_region>null</technology_region><technology_docs>null</technology_docs></row></technology>
