Yams are considered one of the world’s most important crops. A starchy, nutrient-rich root vegetable of the genus Dioscorea, ...

The Abuja World Trade Center (WTC) says Nigeria accounts for 70 percent of global yam production, yet only 11 percent of the ...

"Fulani herdsmen set fire on the largest yam market in the World located in the Plateau state, Nigeria," reads a message doing the rounds on social media in April 2025. As evidence, the message ...

Food anthropologist and Nigerian native Ozoz Sokoh is out with a cookbook that's being hailed as the first comprehensive ...

The agricultural sector makes sig­nificant contributions to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) an­nually. However, a large part of farm produce is lost post-harvest due to poor packaging and ...

The white yam market is dominated by Costa Rica, Nigeria and Ghana. “While other countries have tried to replicate (the cultivation of) yellow yam, they have not yet become successful at it ...

Amid ongoing bloodshed and insecurity, Benue State, the Food Basket of the Nation braces for yet another catastrophe, with deadly floods projected to ...

No fewer than over 70 houses and yam barns were destroyed by windstorm that wreaked havoc in Mabudi, Sabon Gida as well as ...

In various Nigerian communities, a pervasive belief holds that akara (bean cake) sellers are often coerced into joining ...