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Climate change is outpacing science and farmers are paying the price. Agricultural research innovations need to reach farmers ...
Climate change is outpacing science and farmers are paying the price. Agricultural research innovations need to reach farmers ...
Climate change and global trade help pests move into cooler zones. These insects damage crops, risking food supplies.
To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets has sparked a major agricultural ...
Maize farming faces significant challenges throughout the world due to drought, leading to substantial economic losses. This ...
Maverick article about children in Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga having to “take turns to eat” because their families are ...
Maize is an effective crop to grow ... The Cheyney family grow the varieties Reo, Exelon and Calvini, which have a FAO rating of 170. The Kverneland Kultistrip strip-till cultivator has a set ...
most notably maize (Zea mays, also known as corn) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus). However, producing such hybrids requires a lengthy process because the parental varieties need to be inbred for ...
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Invest In Maize Farming For Quick Returns OnInvestment
As the rains have started for a new planting season, one of the agri­business that will offer quick return on investment is maize farming. Maize is one of the most important staple crops in Nigeria, ...
We would have to work so hard, but receive little.” Indigenous communities around the world are losing the crops their ...