The 'Lucea yam', also called 'negro yam', is a white, soft ground provision found in the hills of Lucea. The flavourful root was thought to be so good that it was exported to Jamaicans working abroad in the late 1900s. It is said to be the most liked yam among local and overseas purchasers. It is rumoured that Lucea yam apparently seldom retains its texture when planted outside of Hanover or along the borders of Westmoreland.

'Little Jimmy', who vends at the Lucea Market, said the Lucea yam was the only type of the root he would eat.

"Lucea has the best yam in the world," he said. "There's no other yam like it. That's why it's sold at a higher price compared to other yams."

The Lucea yam is considered to be so tasty, in fact, that the Cascade Producers Marketing Organisation in Hanover signed an agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), an arm of the United Nations, where the latter pledged approximately $225,000 in assistance to Hanover farmers for the production of yam. The massive manufacturing was aimed at boosting the specialised area of yam production in Lucea, according to FAO representative in Jamaica, Dr Dunstan Campbell.