• Cocoyam is a tropical starchy tuberous root crop which is consumed after boiling, frying, roasting or baking.
• It can also be made into a porridge and milled into flour. 
• Cocoyam has better nutritional qualities than other root and tuber crops such as cassava and yam, with protein, vitamin and mineral content.

Fresh cocoyam from Ghana

• Cocoyam’s are herbaceous perennial plants belonging to the family Araceae and are grown primarily for their edible roots, although all parts of the plant are edible.