Yam in West Africa : food, money, and more / Felix I. Nweke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nweke, Felix I., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yams--Africa, West.

Yams.

Yam industry--Africa, West.

Yam industry.

West Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Yam in West Africa examines a crop that has been sidelined and ignored for too long while being central to the existence of so many and consumed worldwide.In this book, Felix Nweke attempts to unravel the contradictory nature of the yam crop sector in West Africa by looking at the largest issues in the problematic industry.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword by Werner Kiene

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Yam Primer

Chapter 2. Yam Production Contexts in Nigeria and Ghana

Chapter 3. High Labor Cost in Yam Production

Chapter 4. Yam Seed Technologies

Chapter 5. The Challenge of Nematodes in the Yam Food Sector

Chapter 6. Yam Crop Improvement Research

Chapter 7. Prospects and Impediments to Difffusion of Hybrid Yams in Nigeria

Chapter 8. Periphery Situation of Yam in National Food Policy Programs

Chapter 9. Yam Stereotype as a Man's Crop

Chapter 10. Yam Postharvest Matters

Chapter 11. Trade in West African Yam

Chapter 12. Fuels of Yam Consumption in West Africa

Chapter 13. Yam in the Igbo Cultural Rite of Marriage

Chapter 14. Synthesis

Appendix 1. Participants in Activities that Contributed Information Reported in this Book

Appendix 2. List of Hybrid Yams Released to Farmers in Nigeria

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-60917-474-7

OCLC:

932575228