NIGERIA WORLD'S LARGEST YAM PRODUCER - EXPERT
Ibadan, Dec. 28, 2014.

A Geneticist at the University of Ibadan, Dr Morufat Balogun, on Sunday said Nigeria produced 70 per cent of the yam grown annually and globally.

Balogun, who is also a researcher at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. She said while Nigeria grew 70 per cent of yam annually, other countries shared the remaining 30 per cent. She said that between 37 and 40 million of metric tons of yam were produced in the world annually. "Nigeria alone produces 70 per cent of yam every year all over the world, the remaining 30 per cent is shared among Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo and Benin Republic," Balogun said.

She said in some areas in Southern America, some varieties of the commodity were also produced adding that the production of yam both for import and export largely depended on Nigeria.

"If Nigeria stops to produce yam today, the global production of yam will reduce by 70 per cent and it will affect exportation," she said.

The expert said that production of yam if properly harnessed, could turn around the standard of living of millions of farmers and other investors interested in the business.

She advised farmers to plant more yam so as to improve the economy, saying that the crop could liberate Africa from excessive rice consumption. (NAN).

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Good news.

Op



You mean this kind of yam?


Crazy statistics with too little to show for it


Next story jor....

hmmm so much resources in Blessed Nigeria

Can we make chips or bread from yam?

Ok, PDP and APC are still useless 4cktards that have turned this country to the laughing stock of the world.

Yam, seriously?


Warrabout Shekpe n Sapele water

How does this affect the price of yam in the market

Yam & cassava.
It will now take some scientific research to find other things that could be done with yam and cassava aside swallowing them. That's where we're lacking.

Sure

so its an achievment abi??

Thank God for that, we are so blessed in this country, unfortunately we don't realise that

Hmmmmmmmmm

Yet it is very costly to purchase, or haven't you people noticed?

That sounds cool. All the pounded yam

AYAM HAPPY TO HEAR THIS.



LOOKING UP TO THE DAY WE GO RESPECT AGRICULTURE THAN OIL.



#ewa na beans by dbanj ft African all star

Can we now start exporting yam since crude oil is messing us up?

Is it not because i allowed your crop to grow, dont worry when my master Buhari gets there things will change

Chai Naija oooooo. Gej fans will now be like "in this administration even guiness worlds records can testify to d fact that Nigeria is now the largest producer of yam". Naija I hail o

Yam exporting things

Bt wait o, y can't we punish the world by hoarding it for a particular period of time then just release it into the market to make maximum profit.

Abi I no dy tink am well ni

I feel like eating pounded yam with egusi soup...fill with bush meat,magala fish, kpomo, beef......yummmy

BENUE STATE (food basket of the nation) Benue produce the highest quantity of yams, benue state provides the whole of south south with yams some states in the east (Enugu guys can testify to this) and and few other states in the north.

Yam....na wa...others dey export technology.....produce high calibre products......na yam be our own.Who did this to us?

News! Where does the money goes?

Great news

am d next agropreneur cum 2015

Yam? Naija? 70 percent? The Igwe Must Hear This.

And still, many have got no food.

Great

wow. what a record.

NaijaOptimist:
And still, many have got no food.

So who should provide food for the many?

I guess the world doesn't like yams then?