Y is for Yam

From Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
Publication year 1998
Publication authors
  • Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Publication Type Magazine or Press item
Full Citation CTA. 1998. Y is for Yam . Spore 76. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Open original

Abstract

Africa is responsible for 96% of the world's production of food yams; producing almost 30 millions tons a year. Most of the remainder is produced in the Caribbean and Pacific. For 150 million people, yam is, together with cassava and potato, a food...