අල (එළවළු)

මෙම ලිපිය මිනිසා විසින් ආහාරයට ගන්නා අල පිලිබඳවය.

Yams at Brixton market

Yam output in 2005

Top Producers - 2005 (million metric ton)
නයිජීරියාව	26.6
ඝානාව	3.9
කෝට් ඩවාර්	3.0
බෙනින්	2.3
ටොගෝ	0.6
කොලොම්බියාව	0.3
World Total	39.9
Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)[1]

පිසින ක්‍රම

Tongan farmer showing off his prize yams

බාහිර සබැඳුම්

• Yam Genebank - IITA has the world mandate to preserve the YAM genetic variety in its genebank, accessions can be searched here
• Yam Research at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
• Purdue University's Famine Foods Database includes a page about how various Dioscoreaceae species are used
• African Pygmies - Wild yams gathering
• The African Table by Jessica Harris. Simon & Schuster: 1996. ISBN 0-684-81837-X.
• Sweet Potato Awareness, education about the differences between yams and sweet potatoes, with a downloadable flyer to distribute.
• The Straight Dope answers "What's the difference between yams and sweet potatoes?"