Yams

=By: Gary White =

What are Yams? Significance Problems Picture Citations Works Cited
 * A yam is large root vegetable that looks like a tube.
 * People usually confuse a yam with a sweet potato.
 * Yams can be stored for 2 months in dark and cool areas.
 * They can also be dried and turned into flour for longer storage
 *  An estimated 60 million Africans eat yams daily
 *  Considered a cash crop for trading to othe countires
 *  West Africa produces more than 94% of the world's yams
 *  Their harvest marks the farming season's end for the Igbo people
 *  Used in traditional Igbo ceremonies to celebrate
 *  Yams are considered "the king of crops"
 * Instead of growing yams, Igbos have embraced trading. They are now only celebrating yams and not growing it.
 * Over the last 20 years less and less yams are being produced in Nigeria and all of Africa.
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11385436
 * http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/food/food.htm
 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7543897.stm
 * Mbah, Fidelis. "BBC News - Celebrating Nigeria's yummy yams." //BBC - Homepage//. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11385436>
 * Chiefs, the Igbo Council of, and Lagos. "Igbo Festival: In Honour of New Yam ." //Philip Emeagwali - A Father of the Internet - Pioneer of the Supercomputer that is an Internet//. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <http://www.emeagwali.com/nigeria/cuisine/igbo-new-yam-festival.html>.
 * "Yam Festival in Ghana and Nigeria." //Vivienne Mackie's Homepage//. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <http://www.vivienne-mackie.com/articles/holidays/family/yam.html>.