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 on a ...

The Yam Growers Association of Nigeria (YAGAN) has accused the Federal Government of neglecting the country’s yam farmers in its nascent yam export drive. Alhaji Shuaibu Idris, the President of the ...

After learning farming under his father, Alpha Shonvo, 29, started his farm in Kakulu village, Zing Local Government Area of Taraba State, when he was 12 years old. He dreamt of cultivating a much ...

Farmers in Enugu are apprehensive of what would be their harvest this year since the state’s lockdown order to check the spread of coronavirus has prevented them from farming. Between January and June ...

Elijah Matumbi M’Irura demonstrating how weeding is done on yams plants. Elijah Matumbi M’Irura says he keeps his money under the soil in form of tubers called yams. Elijah Matumbi started his yams ...

A teenager, identified simply as Williams, has been arrested for stealing tubers of yam from a farm in Issele-Uku in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. Southern City News gathered ...

At The Porch restaurant in Midtown, Sacramento, one of the most popular side dishes on the menu is Candied Yams. Back in the kitchen, sous chef Matt Sonzust reaches into a box, clearly labelled : ...