by Bede | Jan 5, 2023 | Blog
Yam is a staple food in Nigeria, it is highly consumed by all tribe and region in the Country. It also has high demand internationally. Nigeria is the highest producer of yam in the world. Accounting for 70-77 percent of the total yam production in the world. Yam is...
by Bede | Nov 6, 2020 | Blog
Guava (Psidium guajava), the apple of tropics, is one of the most common fruits in India. It is the fourth most important fruit in area and production after mango, banana and citrus. Being hardy, it gives an assured crop even with little care, and is good for rainfed...
by Bede | Jan 10, 2020 | Blog
It has been established that one of the ways to diversify our economy is through agriculture. Through agriculture we would be able to feed ourselves, earn foreign exchange and stabilise our local currency. The responsibility to diversify the economy rests not just on...
by Bede | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog
Corchorus olitorius (Ewedu) was first described by a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist named Carl Linnaeus, who derived the name from an Ancient Greek word Korkhorus or Korkoros, the word referred to a wild plant of uncertain identity. It’s a genus within the...
by Bede | Oct 24, 2019 | Blog
Yam is in the class of roots and tubers that is a staple of the Nigerian and West African diet, which provides some 200 calories of energy per capita daily. In Nigeria, in many yam-producing areas, it is said that “yam is food and food is yam”. However,...
