Indigenous Knowledge and Development
Monitor, July 2001
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Edwin M. Igbokwe
Between conservation and production: traditional ware yam cultivation in Igbo-Etiti, Nigeria


Foto 1
The trench type of pitting and
manuring method of Yam
cultivation.
Photo: E.M.Igbokwe

Foto 2
Planting pits being dug;at the
background are older pits which
have being filled,planted with
‘seed yams ’ and staked..
Photo: Currency Agency

Foto 3
Harvesting yam tubens from
planting pits at Aku,Igbo Etiti,
Enugu State, Nigeria.
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