Sweet Potato Is a source of carbohydrates that can be harvested at the age of 3-8 months. Besides carbohydrates, sweet potatoes also contain vitamins A, C and minerals and anthocyanins which are very beneficial for health. Besides that, sweet potato is not only used as food but also as industrial raw material and animal feed.
In Indonesia, sweet potatoes are generally used as a side food. Whereas in Irian Jaya, sweet potato is used as a staple food. This commodity is planted both in paddy fields and dry fields. The area of sweet potato harvest in Indonesia is around 230,000 ha with a productivity of around 10 tons / ha. Even though with advanced technology, several superior varieties of sweet potatoes can produce more than 30 tons of wet tubers / ha.
Sweet potatoes or yam or "sweet potato" is thought to originate from the American continent. Botanical and agricultural experts estimate the area of origin of sweet potato plants are New Zealand, Polynesia, and central America. Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, a Soviet botanist, confirmed that the primary center area of origin of sweet potato plants is Central America.
