(Tetum) It was a battle of the taste buds at Loes Research Station in late-July as farmers and MAF-SoL researchers gathered to do a sweet potato blind taste test.
Ten varieties were compared for their sweetness, texture, and dryness, before two winners were awarded – a purple variety and a bright orange variety.
(Tetum) Over the last few months, Timor-Leste has been experiencing above average rainfall. There have been at least two major floods in June in the area of Viqueque and Ainaro. On 22 June, Betano experienced the highest rainfall on record for June with over 270mm in one day. This increased rainfall is related to increased sea surface temperatures in the Timor area.
In addition to Seeds of Life’s 17 new weather stations we now have a fully functioning Automatic Weather Station installed on the island of Atauro 26 km off Dili streaming live weather reports through our website.
Just click here to access the weather report, which is updated every 3 hours. (more…)
