This study was undertaken to determine the adoption of improved cocoyam production, processing and storage technologies … among small-holder cocoyam farmers in Enugu-North Agricultural Zone in Enugu state. A multi-stage random sampling technique … was used to select 120 cocoyam farmers disaggregated into 60 males and 60 female in 2008. Adoption scale analysis was …

Low multiplication ratio of cocoyam {Colocasia esculenta (taro) and Xanthosoma mafafa (tannia)} and scarcity of … planting materials are major constraints militating against sustainable cocoyam production. During harvesting and processing of … cocoyam, very small cormels weighing about 7.0 g (micro cormels) and less are discarded as wastes. These ‘wastes’ usually …

Lack of good storage reduces the shelf life of harvested cocoyam (Colocasia spp and Xanthosoma spp) corms and cormels …. This is a major challenge facing cocoyam farmers, processors, and marketers in Nigeria. The National Root Crops Research …, has developed the ‘Gocing Storage’ for improved storage of cocoyam. The paper highlights this improved method of storing …

The study presents the results of analysis of data collected on 120 cocoyam farmers (60 females and 60 males) across … farm to market, pest and diseases etc. These constraints constitute serious impediments to cocoyam production and need to …

efficiency in small-holder cocoyam production in Anambra state, Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to … select 120 cocoyam farmers in the state in 2005 and from them input-output data were obtained using the cost-route approach …