Category: Agriculture – Others
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Cotton; Plant grown and woven into cloth in western Nigeria and many parts of West Africa. Cotton was second to groundnut among cash crops through which farmers in northern Nigeria made their income[i]. Cotton had long been grown by the people of the western region for their own manufacture of cloth, but its cultivation was…
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Ofada town, founded by warriors who took part in the Egba-Oyo war in the 19th century, is inhabited by the Igboin and Igbore people of Egbaland. The community is famous for production of the local “Ofada rice” which is the favourite of many. The town is mostly inhabited by the Yoruba who speak Egba dialect. Other…
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Yam is a tuberous root vegetable rich in carbohydrates. Though the edible underground grown tubers of this perennial vine crop is starchy, they contain dietary fiber which qualifies it as low glycemic index food. Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of yam, export accounting for over 70 percent of total world output. Unlike some of…
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Cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, are seeds from pods produced from the cocoa tree, from four years of its life; a small evergreen tree that grows exclusively in regions 20 degrees north or south of the equator. This perennial crop lasts for up to four decades. It thrives best under forest canopy where even…
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Palm Oil is red oil extracted from palm fruits. To produce palm oil, the palm tree, Elaeis guineensis is being climbed by dexterous men for the harvest of nuts which is then separated for the fibrous pulp that goes into large clay pots, to be boiled. The pulp is crushed in mortars, and then placed…
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Acanthus montanus is a forest region robust erect plant occurring in humid places mostly on the stream banks.The plant, native to West Africa, has been introduced to the rest of the world for ornamental purpose. In Nigeria, it is commonly known as the Leopard’s tongue. It grows up to 1 or 1.5 meters high with variable…