The closure of the Sdot Yam production plant was announced as the venerable maker of kitchen counters reported a first-quarter loss of $3.8 million, compared to net income of $6.2 million during ...

The plant acts as a living yam stick, he says, and as well as reducing the need to cut wood from the forest, the pigeon pea brings other benefits too. Like all leguminous crops, ...

One of the more acceptable means of preserving yam is to convert it to yam flour. Nigeria: Setting Up Yam Flour Producing Plant for Export - allAfrica.com AllAfrica ...

Analysis - Nigeria accounts for 60% of the world's [yam output] and 74% of the total production in West Africa. Grown as a staple food, the tuber of the yam plant is its economically important part.

Sinachi Farms Limited has set an October 2019 deadline for the completion of its $15.6 million plantain and yam flour plant. The plant which would occupy about 2,200 square metres, would be built ...

Leaves of wild yam are fairly uniform, but leaf arrangement varies on a plant and from plant to plant. Generally, whorls of five to six leaves are found near the base of the stem, with whorls of ...

Yam daisies, once so widespread they were likened to fields of gold, quickly vanished from many regions. Trampled by livestock and outcompeted by invasive grasses, these nutritious tubers became a ...