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Food and Farming. Se June Han and Lisa Kim. Basic Farming. Crops of Nigeria: Corn, Rice, Yams, Cocoa, Peanuts, Cassava and Sorghum The farming uses about 70% of the country’s labor force Farms make 80% of the food from 30% of Nigeria’s land Diverse climate and water supports tropical crops . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Food and FarmingSe June Han and Lisa Kim
Basic Farming Crops of Nigeria: Corn, Rice, Yams, Cocoa,
Peanuts, Cassava and Sorghum The farming uses about 70% of the
country’s labor force Farms make 80% of the food from 30% of
Nigeria’s land Diverse climate and water supports tropical
crops
Peanuts and Cocoa Nigeria produces 11% of the world’s
peanuts Nigeria had potential to produce large
amounts of cocoa but urbanization cut the labor force
Nigeria produces 5% of world’s cocoa when its potential is about 10%
Mostly traded to European nations
Yams The tuber parts of yams can grow to 2.5 meters and
70kg Nigeria the largest producer of yams. Producing about
70~76% of the world’s yams Weeding, planting, staking and harvesting makes the
production of yams hard Expensive but scarce labor force increased its price Different species from sweet potato New Yam Festival
celebrated in August by offering yams to gods and distributing among people
Are planted with sisal rings for moisture
Kola Nuts (Cola) A common tree in Africa that is bitter and
contains caffeine Were used for Coca – Cola Some tribes give the nuts to children for
protection Some tribes pass and bite it to wish long life
in marriage Contains high amounts of toxic material
Pictures
Major Food Puff - Puff: frying a dough mixture into
circular balls dipped in sugar Suya: Pieces of meat spiced up and baked
over a grill with vegetables Fun fun: made by drying cassava and
making it into a powder. Then it is mixed into boiling water to a smooth texture
Yam Food Ojoj o: Water yams are cut up and fried in
oil Asaro: Yams are peeled and cubed and
cooked with ground tomatoes, peppers, meat and spices
Amala: Ground and dried the yams and then boiled in water until it has a smooth structure
Quotes ‘“Thank you. He who brings kola brings life.
But I think you ought to break it,” replied Okoye, passing back the disc.’
This shows that kola is regarded highly among the members of the tribe. It was an honor to break the kola so they are letting the other to break it to be nice.
Quotes “But the year had gone mad. Rain fell as it had
never fallen before. For days and nights together it poured down in violent torrents, and washed away the yam heaps….The yams put on luxurious green leaves, but every farmer knew that without sunshine the tubers would not grow.”
This shows that yams could grow in the harshest rainy seasons but the tubers under them wouldn’t grow unless there was sunshine. This points that Nigeria was perfect for yams since there was water and sunshine.
Questions Why would yams have become a more
delicious luxury instead of an everyday meal?
Why would the foods mostly include boiling in hot waters?
Why might have Nigeria failed to achieve their full potential for cocoa?
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