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Pomato: Doubling Harvests on a Single Graft

Smallholder Coops  ·  Musanze District

Assessment of compatibility, growth, and yield of Tomato grafted on Irish Potato (Pomato) in Musanze District. This research ensures land use efficiency by enabling a double harvest — both potato and tomatoes — from a single plant through grafting techniques. Our test plots successfully demonstrated that smallholder farmers can produce tomato crops on top and potato tubers below, maximizing output in limited highland farm sizes.

Key Metric Outcome

Potato yield: 8T/ha → 15T/ha