I said to be continued on the previous post
Nigeria is a national abundantly blessed with a lot of agricultural resources but today many still wonder if we still produce since the attention has been shifted to oil discovery.
Here's the continuity of the previous post thank for staying tuned.
Maize is a major source of starch. Cornstarch is a major ingredient in home cooking and in many industrialized food products. Maize is also a major source of cooking oil and of maize gluten.
state's that produces maize in nigeria are:
The cashew tree is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple. It can grow as high as 14 m, but the dwarf cashew, growing up to 6 m, has proved more profitable, with earlier maturity and higher yields.
State's that produces cashew in nigeria are:
Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, yuca, mandioca and Brazilian arrowroot, is a woody shrub native to South America of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
Note:
While the ground cassava was still damp it was then beaten into a mortar into a fine four texture.
States that produces cassava in nigeria are:
Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea that form edible tubers. Yams are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in many temperate and tropical world regions.
States that produces yam in nigeria are:
The peanut, also known as the groundnut or the goober and taxonomically classified as Arachis hypogaea, is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.
Did you know:
The proportion of kids with both peanut and tree nut allergies also climbed, to 2.1 percent from 0.6 percent in 1997.
States that produces groundnut in nigeria are:
Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world.
Note:
The most popular and conspicuous use for hibiscus flowers is decorative.
States that produces hibiscus in nigeria are:
Gum arabic, also known as acacia gum, arabic gum, gum acacia, acacia, Senegal gum and Indian gum, and by other names, is a natural gum consisting of the hardened sap of various species of the acacia tree.
States that produces gum arabic in nigeria are:
Ginger is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems about a meter tall bearing narrow leaf blades.
Note:
The word ginger comes from the ancient Sanskrit singabera, meaning 'shaped like a horn'.
States that produces ginger in nigeria are:
Garlic is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion.
Note:
Cook over medium heat for 1-2 minutes, or until the garlic is soft and fragrant.
States that produces garlic in nigeria are:
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose.
States that produces cotton in nigeria are:
Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima. As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia.
Note:
Arguably one of the most consume food in nigeria.
States that produces rice in nigeria are:
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa.
States that produces palm oil in nigeria are:
Our lands are still arable!
Our soils are still fertile!
With this I hope I've been able to pass across some of this things our various state produces agricultural wise to you.
