yam must read this

Feedback Madagascar is one of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that we support.The project we support promotes yam farming with training on yam cultivation techniques, the creation of demonstration plots and household plantations. Working with twelve community forest management associations, over 250 people are already producing and yams are taking off.

Famous for providing the fuel for Usain Bolt’s sprinting successes, the yam is commonly confused as a sweet potato (they are un-related), they are similar in properties.

 “Anyone for yams?”

The project is based around the Malagasy rainforest, where people are reliant on inadequate rice and cassava harvests; the cultivation of yams reduces the impact of the annual famine and dramatically ups people’s nutritional intake.

And yams are fun. To raise awareness of yams and their benefits, alongside rainforest conservation, there are now yam festivals. Associations take stands, organise competitions, cook offs, speeches and full-on carnival singing and dancing.

As part of the project, training on culinary techniques is included to make the most of the yam.

Here are 6 of their suggested recipes:

1. Yam Pudding
2. Yam Crisps
3. Yam Pizza
4. Yam Soup
5. Yam salad
6. Baked Yam.

Here in Fruit Towers, we think they all sound delicious and the soup sounds like a great defence against winter.

If you fancy trying your hand at Yam Pudding, here is an embellished Western version:

Ingredients:

800g grated uncooked yams

300g milk

120g golden syrup

3 eggs

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

120g brown sugar

1tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp salt

½ tsp ground nutmeg

• Preheat oven to 160˚c
• Grease baking dish (approx 8”x8”x2”)
• Combine all ingredients
• Bake until a knife comes out of mixture clean, approx 1 hour.
• Serve warm with cream or ice cream

For more information on Feedback Madagascar, please visit our foundations page: www.innocentfoundation.org/ or their own website: www.feedbackmadagascar.org

Comments

[David]

I yam definitely going to try this recipe.

[buikvet kwijtraken]

Nice recipe!

[solid waste management in india]

Thanks for sharing the only one non government organization that works yarn farming.I like very much sweet potato.

[yammabamma]

Lovely post. Yam bam thank you mam!

[Lucy Irvine]

It is wonderful that Innocent is supporting projects such as this.

Yam most impressed.

If more companies followed Innocent's example, we could get a lot of good done in this world and a bonus for the company is respect.