Why Nigeria can’t export yam despite being world’s largest producer, by FG by Patrick Akpu November 27, 2019 0 The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) ranks Nigeria as one of the world’s largest producers of yam with about 60 ...
US rejected Nigeria’s yam exports – Audu Ogbeh by Patrick Akpu October 5, 2017 0 The United States rejected rejected yam exports from Nigeria because of their poor quality, Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, disclosed on ...
IITA researchers finally decode complete genome of white Guinea yam by Patrick Akpu September 19, 2017 0 Researchers have deciphered the complete sequence of one of the major food crops in Africa—the white Guinea yam. In many ...
IITA research eases fears over yam supplies as Nigeria kicks off export by Patrick Akpu July 13, 2017 0 Research being conducted by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in seed yam multiplication holds promise and could help ...
Nigeria to export 72 tonnes of yam to Europe, US, next week by Patrick Akpu June 23, 2017 0 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says that on June 29, Nigeria will export 72 tonnes of yam ...
With IITA’s new technology, Nigeria, Ghana, can produce 70% of world’s yam supply by Patrick Akpu May 6, 2017 0 In the next five years, Nigeria can top the list of the world largest producer of clean yam tubers with a ...