Prospects and Constraints to Yam Production in Ghana

Effect of Extrusion Variables on Extrudates Properties of Water Yam Flour - A Response Surface Analysis

“…Besides the cultivated yam species, there are a number of wild types that are also harvested for food. The commonest of these is D. prachensilis , which is common in the forest belt (Tetteh and Saakwa 1994). …”

Farmers\' knowledge and perceptions of insect pests of yam (<i>Dioscorea</i> spp.) and their indigenous control practices in northern Ghana

“…Farmers showed a deep understanding of the crop ecosystem and the constraints that limit production. Production constraints were many and included declining soil fertility, lack of credit facilities, lack of transportation to market centres, inaccesible roads to areas of production, high crop perishability due to lack of storage facilities, high cost of labour, unpredictable weather, high cost of planting materials, and pests and diseases (Tetteh & Saakwa, 1991). In all the surveyed areas, over 90 per cent of the farmers reported that they had pest problems (Table 1).…”

Evaluation of the Physico-chemical, Functional and sensory attributes of instant fufu developed from bitter yam (Dioscorea dumetorum)

“…There are over 600 species of yam and ten of these species are commonly cultivated for food while a number of them are harvested from the wild in times of famine [1,2]. Six are widely cultivated in West Africa and Central Africa and these are D. alata, D. bulbifera, D. dumetorum (pax), D. esculenta (lour), D. cayenensis Lamk and D. rotundata (Poir) [3]. The tuber of yam is believed to be the most economically important part of the plant [4] and can be processed for consumption by boiling and pounding with palm oil into a mealy mass, drying and converting into flour, fried into crispy chips or pounded into a local delicacy known as fufu in Ghana.…”