While we may have lost it in Cocoa and oil palm we seem to have maintained our dominance in yam production.

Nigeria is by far the world’s largest producer of yams ,
accounting for over 70–76 percent of the world production.
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization report, in
1985, Nigeria produced 18.3 million tonnes of yam from 1.5
million hectares, representing 73.8 percent of total yam
production in Africa. According to 2008 figures, yam
production in Nigeria has nearly doubled since 1985, with
Nigeria producing 35.017 million metric tonnes with value
equivalent of US$5.654 billion. In perspective, the world's
second and third largest producers of yams, Côte d'Ivoire and
Ghana , only produced 6.9 and 4.8 million tonnes of yams in
2008 respectively. According to the International Institute of
Tropical Agriculture , Nigeria accounted for about 70 percent of
the world production amounting to 17 million tonnes from land
area 2,837,000 hectares under yam cultivation.
Yam, a tropical crop in the genus Dioscorea , has as many as
600 species out of which six are economically important staple
species. These are: Dioscorea rotundata (white guinea yam),
Dioscorea alata (yellow yam), Dioscorea bulbifera (aerial yam),
Dioscorea esculant (Chinese yam) and Dioscorea dumetorum
(trifoliate yam). Out of these, Dioscorea rotundata (white yam)
and Dioscorea alata (water yam) are the most common species
in Nigeria. Yams are grown in the coastal region in rain forests ,
wood savanna and southern savanna habitats.

Nice one, but it market values are just low compared to palm oil and the rest.

GEJ has really improved the agricultural sector in Nigeria. Before long our dependence on oil will lessen more significantly.
Fresh air everywhere you go.

b o o k e d

We may have lost red oil and cocoa. We still keep yam.

nwafuluozoh:
GEJ has really improved the agricultural sector in Nigeria. Before long our dependence on oil will lessen more significantly.
Fresh air everywhere you go.

I think we never slacked in yam dominance.

Princecalm:
Nice one, but it market values are just low compared to palm oil and the rest.

Market value is still very high. Yam flour (poundo) + egusi is a popular staple and will remain so for a long time to come.

God bless Gej and my yoruba people.

jomonic:


Market value is still very high. Yam flour (poundo) + egusi is a popular staple and will remain so for a long time to come.

i was refering to intenational market value.

Zaki biam in benue state remains the largest producer in nigeria,but the town have suffered neglect even after nigerian troops destroyed the yam town 12 years ago,no measures have been taking by both the federal and state government to ameliorate the suffering of the peasant farmers,the road leading to the largest yam market is in deplorable state consequently causing occasional failure of truck laden with yam,its high time the govt start paying attention to all our food producing belts by providing infrastructures.

Princecalm:
i was refering to intenational market value.

OK Bro. you've got the big picture. I agree. Not sure my statement replicates all through West Africa and beyond.