Nigeria produces yam in vast quantity and accounts for about 70% of the world’s total yam production followed by cote d’ ivoire and Ghana respectively. Yam tubers also known as dioscorea alata, it...

Beans or cowpeas is a legume with about 32 species belonging to the family of leguminosae. Its kidney shaped and nutritional in vitamins like A, B6, E, and more. Rich in iron ore and protein.

Rice is a cereal grain with the African rice known as Oryza glaberrima. Rice is rich in carbohydrates and it’s the third highest global food in the world.

Garlic is a special spice in food preparation. Used in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical sector. Garlic is rich in antioxidant properties and appreciated globally.

Ginger is the irregularly shaped root (rhizome) of the ginger plant ( zingiber officinale). The plant is cultivated in Nigeria. Ginger is used for cooking, bakery and confectionery products and...

Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family,malvaceae. The hibiscus is also known as hardy hibiscus, rose of Sharon, tropical hibiscus. The flower is used to make hibiscus tea known...

Oil palm is grown through Africa. Nigeria output of palm oil amounts to 7% of total global production. The botanical name for oil palm is Elaeis guinneesis. Oil palm belong to the perennial crop...

Another name is saccharum officinarum, a perennial tall grass looking like a bamboo cane. Used in the production of table sugar, sweetener, edible preservative, hair removal and also used in food...

Beans or cowpeas is a legume with about 32 species belonging to the family of leguminosae. Its kidney shaped and nutritional in vitamins like A, B6, E, and more. Rich in iron ore and protein.

Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava which is called manihot esculenta belonging to the popular crop of roots and tubers. Introduced by the Portuguese in the mid- 1550s. Rich in carbohydrates,...

Nigeria is the largest producer of soybean in West Africa. Soybean is also called Glycine max, its among the species of legume and widely known as edible bean which has numerous uses. Soybeans is...

Nigeria is among the largest banana producing countries in Africa providing over 2 million tonnes of plantain each year. Another name for plantain is balbisiana hybrids belonging to the perennial...