A destructive bushfire has razed down another yam barn at KpareKpare, a farming community in the Krachi East Municipality of ...

The Root, Tuber and Banana (RTB) crops have been identified as essential produce for achieving food and nutrition security across ...

During a recent visit to the state, PREMIUM TIMES observed how farmers take advantage of the sunlight typical in northern ...

Herbalists believe its shape in lobes and notches is a signature tune. By this, they mean the shape is a secret code for which organs in the body a herbal plant is created to maintain in good health ...

but they're a cultural staple and crucial part of the diet in Southern Africa. They boast a higher content of potassium and manganese compared to most other tubers. Although yams need a bit more ...

Our culture does not acknowledge such an act,” he stated, condemning the cruelty with which women are murdered in the name of ritual practices.

Raymond Dart, who in 1924 discovered the first fossil of a human ancestor in Africa ... rely on tubers and mongongo nuts, the Aka and Baka Pygmies of the Congo River Basin on yams, the Tsimane ...