Review Article
Ecological and Edaphic Drivers of Yam Production in West Africa
Table 1
Common ecological conditions for yam production in West Africa.
| Agroecological zone | Rainfall (mm) | Temperature (°C) | Reference |
| Forest-Savannah transition | 1000–1500 | 18–35 | (Udoh et al. 2000; [20, 21, 25, 26]; Cornet et al. 2014; Akanji et al. 2018) | Guinea Savannah | 1000–1401 | 24–33 | [27, 28] | Humid Forest/Forest | 1300–2000 | 21–32 | (Udoh et al. 2000; [20, 21, 26, 29] | Forest-Coastal Savannah | 1050–1200 | 21–34 | [21] | Guinea-Sudan transition | 1100–1200 | 22–32.8 | [24, 30] | Derived Savannah | 900–1200 | — | (Udoh et al. 2000; [26] |
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