Advantages of Yam Production in Soil-Filled Sacks
Yam production in soil-filled sacks can offer several advantages, particularly in areas with limited land or specific growing conditions.
Key Advantages
- Space Efficiency: Growing yams in sacks allows for cultivation in limited spaces like backyards, urban areas, or containers.
- Soil Control: Control the soil composition and quality in the sacks, optimizing it for yam growth.
- Reduced Weeding: Sacks minimize weed intrusion compared to open field cultivation.
4. Mobility: Sacks can be moved easily to optimize sunlight or protect plants from harsh weather.
- Pest and Disease Management: Effective pest and diseases management.
- Optimal manure application
- Avoiding banditry which is accompanied with brutality of maiming, kidnapping, raping and killing
8.Acceptable good yield.
Further Considerations
– Yams need sufficient space in the sack for tuber development.
– Sacks need adequate drainage to prevent waterlogging.
– Regular watering and fertilization are crucial for good yields.
Pictorial Representations:
Plate 1: Yam cultivation in sacks at seven months after planting
Plate 2: The shape and size of yam tuber in the soil filled sack in Plate 1. The yam tuber weighed 3.4 kg.
Plate 3: Yam planted in soil filled sacks by the side of building in the urban farming initiative
Plate 4: Yam planted in soil filled sacks in the frontage of building in the urban farming initiative.
Plate 5: Yam in soil filled sacks arranged round a live glyricidia plant as a common stake.
Plate 6: A section of medium scale yam production in soil filled sack.