Cotton (gossypium hirsutum) is an important cash crop in Nigeria which produces lint and seeds that serve as raw materials for the local textile and s...
Cassava is a woody shrub of the family Euphorbiacea possessing tall, thin, straight stems and when fully grown, attains an average height of 1-2 meter...
Cacao belongs to the genus Theobroma in the family Sterculiceae. The tree of typical cultivated cacao (hybrids of the traditional cacao and generally ...
Cashew, Anarcadium occidentale, a flowering plant belonging to family Anacardiaceae is allied with mango pistachio, poison-ivy and poison oak. The fam...
Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed ...
Sesame (Sesamum indicum) belongs to the plant family Pedaliaceae. Commonly called beniseed in Nigeria, it is an important oilseed crop believed to hav...
Gum Arabic is the dried exudate obtained from the stems and branches of Acacia senegal (L.) Willdenow or closely related species (FAO, 1990;Anon., 200...