Cocoyams commonly reach in excess of 1 m ( 3.3 ft ) in height and although they are perennials, they are often grown as annuals, harvested after one season.
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She also produces food crops such as yam, cocoyam, cassava, pepper, tomatoes, and banana . and all crops mentioned above are produced in large quantities with good qualities.
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To combat this, MIDEVIV, the Food Development Authority, sets up growing zones around major towns, especially Yaound? for the growing of bananas, cocoyams, plantains, and other necessities.
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At the start of the wet season, spices and common vegetables are planted close to the home and tubers, such as cocoyams and manioc, are placed with plantains in larger plots farther afield.
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Key ingredients in Equatoguinean cuisine come from local plants and animals, including plantains, sweet potato, bread fruit, yam, cocoyam ( known locally as malanga ), ground-nuts and snails.
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?ch?cha is made by steaming the dried cocoyam and mgb?mgb? until they are soft, then mixing the two thoroughly with a sauce made of palm oil, ?gba, onions, fresh pepper, and salt.
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Cocoyams that are cultivated as food crops belong to either the genus Colocasia or the genus Xanthosoma and are generally composed of a large spherical corm ( swollen underground storage stem ), from which a few large leaves emerge.
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Benue State is the nations acclaimed food basket because of its rich agricultural produce which include Sweet-potato, Maize, Soybean, Sorghum, Millet, Sesame, cocoyam etc . The state accounts for over 70 % of Nigeria's Soybean production.
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Available crops included millet, African rice, cocoyam, coconuts, bananas, citrus fruits, pomegranates, figs, sugar cane, cotton, and various vegetables, while the principal livestock was likely cattle with the addition of sheep, goats, and chickens.
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A selection of soups that could be served with fufu includes but not limited to : light ( tomato ) soup, Palm Nut Soup, groundnut soup, peppersoup, and other types of soups with vegetables such as okra, nkontomire ( cocoyam leaves ).
