Wow that's good news, seriously we can achieve a lot through Agriculture.

These are the people we should be praising, not thieves.

I'm glad to hear this

If only yam could be turned into some form of sandwich that would rival the cheese,chicken and ham burger, it will be so nice and bring in more revenue.

Americans live and breath burgers/sandwiches, I'm sure they would be our major buyers.

Unionised:
I guess the world doesn't like yams then?

much likely.

Huffington:
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).

http://leadership.ng/news/398242/nigeria-worlds-largest-yam-producer


: http://ndibenonso..com/2014/12/nigeria-worlds-largest-yam-producer.html

that's good. They should also improve on the side of beans before obesity kill us...//

I shame 4 naija scam... A tuber still goes 4 350 naira, story 4 TAN.

Yet one can't get a small tuber of yam in Abuja for less than #200.

Good for them.

Tinubu:
Op



You mean this kind of yam?


Crazy statistics with too little to show for it


Next story jor....

that one na female yam

Oh tank God for that, at all at all, na witch.

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

come to my House Right away..its' gettin Cold..

AYAM happy with this. BTW, i can count the number of times i chop Yam this year ooo, so AYAM not eating YAM frequently because AYAM not seeing enough YAM in the YAM market to purchase.

oluwadanie1:
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

and if they find a substitute. The situation will become that of our oil.

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

and an ebola infested monkey meat to mak it delicious

Jostico:
so its an achievment abi??

What? 100% it. Is! Source of income revenue for the country.
Nigeria has very fertile land and is also blessed with over 400 solid minerals , gold being one of them

Unfortunately, nigeria till date is not aware of what the government is doing on this

I strongly beleivev that they are. Doing their personal business with it and only exposing us to the knowledge on oil revenue

70% of that said Yam produced is still bought and eaten by majorly Nigerians the world over...

Wetin concern oyibo with Yam? Who sabi yam?

Don't mind me jare! Good achievement! Taaa!

Dr Morufat Balogun of CPEB.

So what?

Yam is not a cash crop.

Yet the price of garri is high,go and die

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

Curiosity....are you fat?

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

Are you sure its that type of yam u want? Na question i dey ask oo

laplace19:


Curiosity....are you fat?

Why?

This is not new information na.. There was never any competition from the beginning.

True talk.

White Yam - Dioscorea Rotundata
Yellow Yam - Dioscorea Cayenensis
Water Yam - Dioscorea Alata

Production
Worldwide yam production in 2007 amounted to 52 million tons, of which Africa produced 96%. Most of the world's production comes from West Africa representing 94%, with Nigeria alone producing 71%, equaling more than 37 million tons. African countries imported more than 2,000 tons in 2002, and exported 15,500, of which Nigeria exported 12%.

Water yam is the 2nd most cultivated species, originated from Asia and is the
most widely distributed species in the world.

Na so foreigners dey chop yam. I doubt this statistics.

Yam is my favorite but I hardly eat it anymore. Why ?

They have started cultivating breeds that rot under one month. I used to buy 10 tubers and they keep intact till I consume them.

I Trust Benue special.......na benue get yam o

NaijaOptimist:
And still, many have got no food.

He who works not eats not.

Should one look at peoples' faces before bowing his head to work ?

bukatyne:


Why?

Your name... fat people do bear it as their nickname

laplace19:



Your name... fat people do bear it as their nickname

Lol!

Hearing it for the first time

It is a combination of my first & middle name