Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is an essential crop in the Paraguayan diet. It plays a crucial role in food security. It is a source of income for family agriculture. It has a significant potential to adapt to various climatic and soil conditions in Paraguay, making it a promising crop for improving productivity. However, Paraguay faces a deficit in the development of sweet potato cultivation technology, resulting in a low productivity of 5.3 ton/ha. Efforts have been made to collect and characterize sweet potato genotypes, covering a diversity of native varieties. These efforts have laid the groundwork for future sweet potato research and development. Still, ongoing research and development of strategies are needed to address existing challenges of improving genetic resource traits and developing cultivation technology and to fully exploit growth opportunities in this sector. This review summarizes sweet potato cultivation in Paraguay, focusing on several key technical aspects. It analyzes current market situation and production conditions as well as the availability of genetic materials adapted to different ecoregions. Additionally, it explores prospects for the development of advanced sweet potato crops, including the production of high-quality, virus-free sweet potato plants with improved productivity.

INTRODUCTION
RELEVANCE OF SWEET POTATO INPARAGUAY
SITUATION OF NATIONAL SWEETPOTATO PRODUCTION
AN O VE RVIEW OF THE MARKE TING A NDIMPORT DYNAMICS OF SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATO CULTIVARS
CROP REQUIREMENTS ANDOPTIMAL AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES
POSTHARVEST AND VALUE CHAIN
INDUSTRIALIZATION CAPACITY
AVAILABILITY OF STEM CUTTINGS
IMPROVEMENT OF GENETIC RESOURCES
PERSPECTIVES FOR SWEET POTATO INPARAGUAY
적 요
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES

• Jenny Bareiro(KOPIA Paraguay Center, Centro de Investigación Hernando Bertoni - CIHB – Instituto Paraguayo de Tecnología Agraria, Ruta 02 Km. 48.5, Caacupé, Paraguay)
• Seong-Bin Kim(Rural Development Administration, Korea Partnership for Innovation of Agriculture Division, 300, Nongsaengmyeong-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk State, 54875, Republic of Korea) | 김성빈 (농촌진흥청 국외농업기술과, 전북특별자치도 전주시 덕진구 농생명로300, 54875)
• Betania Fernandez(KOPIA Paraguay Center, Centro de Investigación Hernando Bertoni - CIHB – Instituto Paraguayo de Tecnología Agraria, Ruta 02 Km. 48.5, Caacupé, Paraguay)
• Bong Nam Chung(KOPIA Paraguay Center, Centro de Investigación Hernando Bertoni - CIHB – Instituto Paraguayo de Tecnología Agraria, Ruta 02 Km. 48.5, Caacupé, Paraguay) | 정봉남 (KOPIA 파라과이 센터, Centro de Investigación Hernando Bertoni - CIHB – Instituto Paraguayo de Tecnología Agraria, Ruta 02 Km. 48.5, Caacupé, Paraguay) Corresponding author