Tubers, which are essentially thick underground stems of above-ground plants ... Take Ghana's white yam, for instance, a mild ...
Lakshmi spends several hours each day digging out large lumpy and hairy yam tubers, starchy roots that grow below the soil. Some weigh an unwieldy 5kg (11lb) and are 4.5ft-long (1.4m), almost as ...
A yam is a starchy root vegetable and stem tuber belonging to the yam family ... for the many different types of yams. Yams ...
In a tribe in southern India, a group of women are working hard to revive the country's ancient native tubers, and bring them back into everyday culture. Lakshmi spends several hours each day ...