A seedling breakthrough, which involves the planting of yam leaves to produce millions of healthy high yield stems, has been discovered by the international research institute, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State.
According to experts at the world leading research station, Nigeria would soon become one of the leading global yam producing countries with the current breakthrough recorded by the research institute, which would help farmers to achieve the mass production of healthy yields.
Yam Seed System Specialist, IITA, Abuja, Dr. Beatrice Aighewi, disclosed that the project was aimed at ensuring food security in the country.
She said that the breakthrough was mainly targeted at helping Nigerian farmers and those in the sub-West African tropical belt to achieve significant global foreign currency accruable from yam exportation.
