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close this bookBetter Farming Series 16 - Roots and Tubers (FAO - INADES, 1977, 58 p.)
close this folderYams
close this folderHow to grow yams
View the documentThe place of yams in a crop rotation
View the documentHow to prepare the soil for yams
View the documentHow to propagate yams
View the documentHow to plant yams
View the documentLooking after the plantation
View the documentHarvesting and storing yams

The place of yams in a crop rotation

It is best to plant yams at the beginning of the rotation, as a first- year crop after clearing the land.

If yams are grown after a long fallow, they find plenty of mineral salts in the soil, and yield many good tubers.