Other Plant Disease -- Nigeria
According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO], Nigeria's yam yield has presently dropped to its lowest level in 2 decades, even though the area under cultivation is rapidly rising. Nigeria accounts for 61 per cent of yam production in the world.
"Seed yam is a big problem," said Robert Aseidu, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). "It's only now that we're seeing how big a problem this could become." Due to many years of flawed farm practice,
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