This presentation includes the visits to CARDI Field Station at La Ressource and a farmer's field at Latille, the meeting with co-operative farmers at Bellevue and the visit to farmer fields on the Daban/Saltibus ridge. Among the many valuable points brought up by the farmers, the following were highly relevant to the Workshop purpose: 1) Lack of planting material is the first hindrance to may development; 2) yam development however is a reality since several years and market demand is high; 3) production aims primarily (95 percent) at domestic market; 4) yellow yam is by and large the fist in production, followed by Portuguese yam; 5) oriental, recently provided by the Ministry, is well accepted, but due to lack of planting material is not common. It is sold cheaper than the precedent varieties; and, 6) Cush-cush represents, no more than 1 percent of total production. A strong decline of Cush-cush is seen, from previous years, among other points. (MIBA)