Environmental Engineering Reference
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yam appears to be in Sekesua-Osonson. It is reflected by the diversity of yam
names in the local Dangbe-Krobo language, notably the following:
•
alamoa
•
alamoa kpeti
•
alamoa gaga
•
kpanya alomoa
•
nyamatso
•
kyramakyira
•
alamoayiblitse
•
odorno
•
tsom kani
•
kani
•
hier
•
kofokani
•
klowalamoa
•
alamoakpoto
.
In Gyamfiase-Adenya, the species of yam identified by their local names
include the following:
•
apuka
•
nkani
•
ode
•
nkuku
•
labreko
•
ntetareso
•
mensa
•
kokoo ase bayere
•
nkamfo
•
afasew
•
basajor
•
oboobikwao
.
The next two chapters discuss yams in greater detail.
Vegetables and legumes, notably pepper, tomato, okro, garden eggs, and beans
featured most prominently in Sekesua-Osonson. Among the perennials, plantain, and
the oilpalm was the most common. Others include citrus, cocoa, and coconut. The
rich diversity of crops helps to secure food by minimizing or preventing complete
crop failure. Mixed cropping, a traditional practice of securing food supplies, still
remains the rule. It is dominated by cassava and underlies the rich crop biodiversity,
as does the practice of using breaks in canopies in cocoa and oilpalm orchards for
food crops and vegetables. However, monoculture, centred especially on maize, is
gaining in popularity, as is row or line planting. This trend is reinforced by the
modern practice of chemical fertilizer application promoted by official government
policy. Sequential cropping is common. However, crop rotation did not appear very
widespread. Mainly perennials are planted in February-March,
annuals in
March-May and August-October,
and vegetables in January-March and
