Yams

Kheri Vance Information on The Magnificent Yam

-Nigerians grow yams as an art form. It is a very important fruit in Nigerian culture, and in tradition in general.

-The Igbo people believe that yams are the king of the crops and that they are a sacred plant to Nigeria.

-Yam cultivation began atleast 11,000 years ago and is still around today.

-Farmers that occupy the Yam Belt occupy these countries, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Ivory Coast, Central Africa, Cameroon and Togo.

-Nigeria alone accounts for 71 percent of the worlds yams production.

-Nigerian Yams also account for 61 million people in Africa who eat this plant.

-Nigerian Yams can grow upto 150 pounds.

- I fNigeria were to stop producing yams more than half of africa would enter a state of starvation.(technically)



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