Crop
Greater yam
Dioscorea alata L.
Temperature
22°C to 32°C
Rainfall
945mm to 2122mm per season
Conditions
What it needs
Soil
EcoCrop records it growing on light and medium soils. It needs well-drained ground. The pH it does best at is 5.5 to 6.5, and it is recorded between 4.8 and 8.5.
Still being written
The pests, stages and input list for greater yam have not been written yet. What is above — the conditions it needs and how it scores against your land — is the same assessment every other crop here gets.