With the growing popularity of Japanese food, the Department is now trying to improve the quality of the strain ‘Kor Khor 45’, which is similar to Japanese rice with short and rounder grains, to cater to Japanese eateries in Thailand. He said the situation gets particularly bad during January and May, due to excessive heat within that period.Thailand remains the largest rice exporter of the worldīANGKOK, 1 February 2012 (NNT)-The Rice Department reveals Thailand exports the largest amount of rice in the world and produces 20 million tons of rice a year, with half of that amount for domestic consumption alone.Īs the Rice Department is responsible for rice production and quality, it continuously provides knowledge on planting techniques to rice farmers, improves rice species and grains, prevents damage from pests and diseases, as well as finds new technology to boost rice production. “We do not have storage facilities we leave the tubers in the open and exposed to the sun, causing the yam to rot,” said Barnabas Abu, a yam-farmer based at Yendi-Bimbilla in the Northern Region. ![]() Read also: Agric commodity market: Overview of the global mango marketįor instance, every year there are reports of heaps of yam being left to rot across many farming communities because they lack storage facilities. In commercial terms, yam production is constrained by a lack of modern storage facilities, the absence of a ready market, and a well-coordinated national policy to boost production and export. Just like any other agricultural produce, constraints to its production include high labour demand and other inputs such as planting materials, unreliable sources of credit, pests and diseases, declining soil fertility, and unpredictable weather conditions. Read also: Agricultural commodity market: Overview of global melon and watermelon market Challenges facing yam production However, Ghana remains the region’s largest exporter of the starchy tuber. The global yam market is projected to register a compound annual growth rate of 3.5% between 20 says Mordor intelligence, a market research firm.Īccording to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, most of the world’s production comes from West Africa which represents 94% – with Nigeria alone producing 71%. Yam Growth forecast for the largest exporter of yam The leading global exporters of yam were Ghana, US$48 million Jamaica, US$39 million the United States of America, US$22 million Japan, US$21 million and China, US$20 million. Jamaica had 82.8% of its yam exports go to the United States market, as compared to the 39.6% of Ghana’s exports to the same market. Its total exports were valued at US$39 million in 2021. Meanwhile, globally, Jamaica is Ghana’s closest competitor, ranking second in the export of yam. Read also: Ghana govt must cut down wholesale fiscal incentives in oil field – PIAC ![]() “The United States of America’s imports of yam from Ghana represent 39.6% of the total global value of yam exported by Ghana,” GEPA added. ![]() Among its top suppliers were: Jamaica, 37.4% Ghana, 21.9% Costa Rica, 10.8 percent Colombia, 8.7% and Brazil, 8.2%,” GEPA said in a yam industry report. The USA alone imported US$87 million worth of yam from the world in 2021. GEPA said exports grew at an annual rate of 14% from 2020-2021 and an average of 9% between 20. The country now controls 24% of the US$200 million global export market, growing its export value from US$38.5 million in 2018 to US$48.2 million in 2021. A ccording to data from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), e xports of yam tubers reached a record high of US$48 million last year – making the country the world’s largest exporter of yam. The West African country, Ghana, is now the world’s largest exporter of yam.
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