Hmm ! Good as it sound but I have mixed reaction .If only yam farming can be mechanized in rural areas ,gov,should support yam farming to boost production .If yam goes on export with regulated high price ,it will benefit farmers but domestic consumers will have to be paying more for yam .When there's high demand more than production then it will result to scarcity of the product ,thereby causing food shortage ,Yam is a staple food in west Africa and most notably Nigeria .Make una no export all the yam cum leave us hungry oooooo.Na petroleum hike we dey protest sooner or later Na Yam protest go carry go
Excellent argument there. But do you know that the farmer make only 300 naira at best on each yam you buy today? The high cost come from middlemen who have to transport the yams to where you can buy them. And it not entirely the fault of the middlemen; they have to "settle" at various checkpoints on the road apart from the high cost of transportation. And again transporters are not totally to blame as well, when diesel price went up, they also have hike their price. This is a compressed version of the chain. I hope this helps you see how everything is linked. We currently produce more yam than we can eat in Nigeria, a lot of them go to waste. Some are turned into flour for amala. So this development is highly welcomed but other angles also need to be addressed to make it work. 
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