Farmers turn to living ‘yam sticks’ to grow their crop and spare the forest

Mongabay
Apr 3, 2025, 6:27 pm93 ptsTrending
Yams are considered one of the world’s most important crops. A starchy, nutrient-rich root vegetable of the genus Dioscorea, the yam thrives in a tropical belt across West Africa, with outliers in the Caribbean and some Asian countries such as Japan. In 2023, nearly 90 million metric tons of yam were produced…

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