Story behind Yam Festival From "Notsei" in the Republic of Togo, Ewes brought this festival to Ghana several years ago. The cultivation of yam is not a smooth job, but rather very dull and lazy one.

Ghana today October 8, 2013 launched a national strategy for the development of the country’s yam industry. Ghana has now become the first yam-producing nation to rollout such a national strategy for ...

The Oti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has suspended the celebration of the 2025 Gyogyi Yam Festival in the Nkwanta South ...

Accra — Far away in the scorching sun of Northern Ghana, farmers are busily burning the bush, turning the soil and raising mounds to plant yam, which has become a staple in many homes in Ghana ...

The Ghana Yam Sector Development Strategy was formulated in 2012 at the behest of the Government of Ghana. It was to support the development of the yam sector in terms of production, value ...

“The yam is a climber,” says Eric Owusu Danquah, a research scientist at Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), “it has to climb to expose its leaves to the sunlight.

“We were surprised that the food loss of yam was over $560 million per annum ... study for cold chain business and investment in Ghana by the Embassy. Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Tom Norring ...

“Despite the contribution of yam, the crop has not been given the right attention. This is what this strategy aims to correct,” says Mr Anthony Sikpa, Chairman of the Ghana Yam Strategy Committee.