PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF YAM PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF ORHIONMWON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF YAM PRODUCTION: A CASE
STUDY OF ORHIONMWON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background to the study
Statement of problems
Research question
Objective of study
Significance of study
Scope of study
Limitation of study
Definition of terms
CHAPTER
TWO
Review of
Literature
Yam Agricultural System
Environmental requirement
Cultivation
Sowing
Weeding
Staring
Fertilizer application
Harvesting
CHATTER THREE
Methodology
Study population
Sample size
Sample techniques
Instrument
Method of data collection
Analysis of data
CHAPTER
FOUR
Data presentation, analysis and interpretation
CHAPTER
FIVE
Summary, conclusion and recommendation
Summary and major findings
Costly labour
Discussion on the findings
Conclusion
Recommendation
REFERENCE
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Definition of yam problems (discoral supp) yams means many things to most
people. To the farmers it is edible root tuber crop, which generate his income
for the up-keep of his family and himself. It has helped raised the standard of
living over the years. The oxford dictionary describe yam as a starch tuberous
root largely replacing potato as a staple food in many tropical and
sub-tropical countries of the world. Yam belongs to the botanical genes
discovered, but there are very many species of great importance in West Africa.
The white yam
(Discoreal rotonlata)
The water yam
(Discoreal alata)
The yellow yam
(discoreal caganesis)
Lesser yam (D.
bulbfery)
Trifoliate or three
leave yam (D. dumetorum)
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The edible yams are root crop groom on a field scale for the tubers. They provide
staple carbohydrate food in the yam zone of west Africa, where daily
consumption is 0.5, 1.0kg yam need a great deal of labour for their cultivation
and to prepare them for food and they are usually expensive to buy for normal
human consumption, the field or peal, sometimes after partial boiling in west
Africa, they are usually eaten as pounded yam which is prepared by pealing cut
up yam and boil before pounding them in a wooden mortal to produce a glutinous
dough (pounded yam).
The chemical composition of yam tuber is as follows:
Water
70%
Starch
25%
Sugar
1%
Protein
1.2%
RESEARCH QUESTION
Yams have high starch content and low amount of protein yam has an important
role the social religion life in the yam eating areas of West Africa. In
Nigeria this was associated with religious count, which has a priest hold.
Annual festival was helded at planting and harvesting and was later known, as
the new yam festival was the most important celebration of the year. Discorea
species are widely used in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia. The tuber
of some wild Spp contain steroidal sapogenias related to the sex hormones and
conticosteriod. These now provide a source of diosgenin, which is use to the
manufacture of oral contraceptive bere hormones and conbsone.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
Yam production in Edo State have hither to received security attention from
research workers and students, the main reason for this is that people are
ignorant at the importance of yam production in the state.
One of the present day problems of yam production in Edo state has not been
encouraging, the people regard the production of yam in the state as fit for
only poor and the illiterate. Illiteracy is regarded as a passport to shirt and
tie job in town.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Yam is a notable for its importance in human life.
To ensure it’s confined existence with better performance
To ensure the
awareness of people to the need for development of a positive attitude towards
the production of yam in Oredo Local Government of Edo State.
To improve the
quantity and quality of yam production in our local government area of Edo
State.
To make people
understand better effective and efficient modern methods of producing yam in
the state.
To find out why yam
is not cultivated in lorry scale by the farmer in Edo State.
To identify the
different condition favourable for yam production in Edo State.
The existence of yam
is threatened by cassava production if care is not taking the survival of yam
doubtfully.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This product works is centered on the production of yam in Oredo Local
Government Area of Edo State.
The problems associated with yam production in Edo State and ways of finding
solution to the problem encountered by the farmers.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
This research of work or project should be centered on definition on the
problems and prospect of yam production in Edo State. However, due to the
complex nature of the villages in Edo State, some selected villages in the
state are Edogbo Oregbani and Asoro.
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