Farmers harvest yams in Nigeria. Image courtesy of Asrat Amele/IITA. 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 ...

The ingenious minds at Primitive Technology reveal a clever farming method that shields massive 600lb yams from pests without ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has encouraged farmers in Trelawny to capitalise on the opportunities in yam farming, positioning it as a viable means of economic development ...

Yam farming has been a vital source of livelihood and sustenance for farmers across Niger State. The state is one of the significant yam-producing states in Nigeria.

Now, Yam Sack-Farming has come to the rescue. Just last year, it was estimated that potato farmers in the state lost over N20 million due to the blight disease and the situation may not abate as ...

Farmers are lamenting that yam farming is not receiving attention as cassava, rice and other crops, in terms of intervention and inputs. The Edo State chairman of the Yam Farmers Association, Luke ...

In starting your sack yam farm, first, you will need to get sacks to plant the yams. Cement sacks are ideal and the number of sacks you will need will depend on the number of yam you want to plant.

“In this spoiled yam farm you’re seeing, I spent about N270,000, and it’s now a huge loss for me. If I had enough money, I would go to another distant location to try another farm,” Mr ...

“For large scale yam farming, one will need additional hands and larger place to plant yam. But talking of yam byproducts, investor can use at least N150,000 and can get N500, ...

Yam sack farming is the growing of yam in sacks. The beauty of this method is that it allows even those with limited space to enjoy the benefits of homegrown yams.

Owing to farmer-herder clashes, the Federal Government has come up with an alternative yam farming system which involves the use of sacks. To this end, farmers across the country are enjoined to ...

A yam farm in northern Ghana, with wooden stakes used to support the yam plants as they grow. These “yam sticks” are often harvested from surrounding forest.