(1)Sorghum According to Wikipedia.. Grain sorghum is the third most important cereal

crop grown in the United States and the fifth most important cereal crop

grown in the world. In 2010, Nigeria was the world's largest producer of

grain sorghum, followed by the United States and India but now Nigeria is

third largest sorghum producer with a production of 6,300.00 MT per year


(2)Yam

Nigeria is the largest producer of yams in the world with the production of

38000000(MT)followed by Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire respectively




(3)Kolanuts

Largest producer of Kolanuts with 88,000 m/t in 2010 accessment followed by

Cote d'Ivoire(68,000 m/t) and Cameroon(36,000 m/t) respectively

(4)Cassava

Nigeria produces 54000000 MT of cassava according to 2012 accessment and the

largest producer in the world followed from afar are Thailand and Indonesia



(5)Shea Nuts


Shea nut from a tree called Vitellaria and shea tree is a traditional

African food plant which produces Shea butter...Nigeria is the largest

producer



(6)Millet

India(9,500.00) is the largest producer of Millet followed by Nigeria with

4,800.00(MT)


(7)Sweet potato

China is the largest producer with 77375000(MT)while Nigeria is the second

with 3400000(MT) with Tanzania at third 3018175(MT)


(Cashew nuts and groundnut

Nigeria is the second largest producer of cashew nuts with shell with about

836500(MT) while Vietnam produces 1190900(MT) while Nigeria is the third

largest producer of groundnut with shell


(9)Palm kernels

Nigeria is the third largest of palm kernels with 1200000(MT) with Indonesia

leading with 6560000(MT) while Malaysia is second with 4859000(MT)



(10)Cocoa bean

Nigeria is the 4th largest Cocoa producing countries with 383000(MT)while

Côte d'Ivoire is leading with 1650000,Indonesia 936300(MT) and Ghana 879348

(MT)



Honorable mentions are Plantains(6th world producer) Papayas(5th largest)

Pineaaples(7th largest) Okra(2nd largest) Onions(6th largest) Ginger(4th

largest) Mango(9th largest) Soy beans((14th largest) Maize(12th largest)



What are they producing in your State out of all this crops?



N.B Being a largest producer don't equally means largest exporter



Sources.....http://faostat.fao.org/,http://www.indexmundi.com/ and Wikipedia

Am frm Borno nd we produce Bombs in large Metric tonnage.

amunkita:
Am frm Borno nd we produce Bombs in large Metric tonnage.

I just dey pity u

Nigeria is also the largest producer of cocoyam, a crop which is highly under-utilized.

Kolanuts....Shagamu

Pavore9:
Nigeria is also the largest producer of cocoyam, a crop which is highly under-utilized.

U are right so under utilized!even all those crops cos so many big companies around the world cant do without them!I really wish to go into processing soon!God help us

LajaLaba:
U are right so under utilized!even all those crops cos so many big companies around the world cant do without them!I really wish to go into processing soon!God help us

Yes, processing is the way to go.

Pavore9:
Yes, processing is the way to go.

I have been doing research on Sweet potatoes,potatoes,plaintain now im adding cocoyam(Taro) frozen them will be good for exportation

LajaLaba:
have been doing research on Sweet potatoes,potatoes,plaintain now im adding cocoyam(Taro) frozen them will be good for exportation

Do google Senai Wolderufael of Feed Green Exports Company. lt inspsires.

Very interesting. What could be done with cocoyam.

nigerfine:
Very interesting. What could be done with cocoyam.

The commonest is to make flour out of it to serve as soup thickner,l live in a place where l have no access to fresh cocoyam so l use d flour for soup.

Pavore9:
Nigeria is also the largest producer of cocoyam, a crop which is highly under-utilized.

U are right Nigeria is the highest producer of Cocoyam trailing by China and Cameroon respectively

nigerfine:
Very interesting. What could be done with cocoyam.

I got this from a journal of University of Hawaii

Taro-Based Food Products.....The other name for Cocoyam is Taro

It can be made to deep-fried taro
chips (snack) and taro baskets (found mostly in the restaurants). Other products such as taro bread or rolls,
taro pancakes, and kulolo (a type of fudge-like candy) use taro as one of the main ingredients in their
formulations. Improvements on existing technologies definitely can make the products more attractive to
the consumers.
In other countries, other forms of taro such as taro flakes (Taiwan), frozen taro chunks (China),
dried taro chips (Fiji and Western Samoa) and frozen taro cake (Taiwan) are available.
Other Available Technologies in Processing Taro
Researchers have conducted studies on the use of taro as food ingredient, in canned products and
extruded pasta products. These include the manufacturing of baby food type products, taro flour, taro meal
or grits, canned taro, extruded products (rice, noodles and macaroni), fermented alcoholic beverage and gum
replacer. However, food processors have not considered these for commercial applications.

Pavore9:
Do google Senai Wolderufael of Feed Green Exports Company. lt inspsires.

thats nice funny the wise guy is even looking for market in Nigeria.Person got to wake up faster!

LajaLaba:
thats nice funny the wise guy is even looking for market in Nigeria.Person got to wake up faster!

so u can imagine while there ain't much going from our end when we have so much variety of local spices!

Pavore9:
Yes, processing is the way to go.

Right on point.

Pavore9:
so u can imagine while there ain't much going from our end when we have so much variety of local spices!

The land is green!

noted

Isokay

See topics rushing to front page per second

Nice one

#DoAgric

Agbalumo

Damn!

Naija get phood ooo

Damn!

Naija get phood ooo

Hmm am just wondering.
Nairalanders be complaining about the kinda topics making fp being not worth it.
But when topics that are worth it e.g this one makes fp, there will be very little traffic