Dioscorea species or commonly named as yam is reported to be one of the major food sources worldwide. This ethnobotanical study was conducted to document local knowledge and potentials of DioscoreahispidaDennst. and to investigate and record its distribution in three districts of Terengganu. Information was gathered from 23 villagers from three districts of Besut, Marang and Setiu by using semi...

ABSTRACT: Yam is a tuber vegetable crop with vegetative propagation. The low yielding due to the difficulty of obtaining quality material for propagation and high cost acquisition. cutting technique new alternative yam. present studyevaluated production minitubers yam through cuttings, follow formational growth minitubers. Different types obtained from three positions on shoots, substrates were...

ABSTRACT: Feed formulation is a basic need in the animal feed industry. In view of this, alternative foods have been used as way to minimize cost feed. Yam flour substitute for corn bran can meet energy requirements fish. The objective was study potential use yam flour, proportions that add quantities nutrients and conventional raw materials, order daily juveniles tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus...

Grown in Jamaica since the days of slavery, food yams are major staples in local diets and a significant non-traditional export crop. The cultivation system used today is the same as 300 years ago, with alleged unsustainable practices. A new cultivation system called minisett was introduced in 1985 but the adoption rate twenty four years later is extremely low. This paper analyzes the prospects...

169 that in the short-term major efforts should be made to cut wastage and to increase the amount and quality of foods presently eaten by low-income families. Looked at in this way rural development and the conquest of urban food problems are related by agricultural development within the framework of real national economic developmcnt. In West Africa, for example, it is easier to get a low-inc...

Yam tuber (Dioscorea spp.) is a staple tropical crop that usually best eaten in its fresh form. However, inadequate preservation and storage can result yam tubers deterioration immediately after harvesting due to their relatively high moisture content. All the traditional structures of preserving storing could not maintain freshness for long time. Therefore, need developing new structure farm p...

Labour is one of the factors of production. And it is expected that with increase in adoption, the farmer’s output would increase and, consequently, there would be increases in the quantities of production inputs, and labour is one of such inputs. This study was, therefore, conducted to find out the effect of adoption on labour used for yam production by resource-poor farmers in Cross River Sta...