Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- With toxic pesticides and chemical fertilisers saturating its farmlands, Bangladesh faces a growing public health crisis as food safety slips further out of reach. Although these ...

The kind, dry autumn conditions continue with wheat drilling nearly complete in many areas. Favourable conditions have seen some fields after maize that were destined for spring barley to be drilled ...

Scientists have discovered how one of the world's most destructive plant diseases manages to slip past crops' defenses—a breakthrough that could help farmers grow stronger, more resilient plants.

Mark Hanrahan cut open a Cosmic Crisp apple on his orchard north of Buena on a hazy morning in mid-September. With a spray of iodine, he could tell by the ensuing coloration the conversion of starch t ...

Paddy crop hit by false smut, a fungal disease that replaces the rice grain with yellow spore balls on the panicle (flowering head), rendering it unfit for consumption or sale ...

According to Carbon Brief, the most frequent types of extreme weather that destroyed crops in 2023-2024 were rain and floods, followed by drought and heat. One crop that has been impacted by drought ...

Drones to aid soil health, pest control, and input efficiency High costs, skills gap challenge access for smallholder farmers The Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, through its Agricultural Information ...

A giant canvas bag full of seed hangs from a fork lift on the Crop Air tarmac in Eaton. It’s a mix of sorghum, rye, radishes and turnips, weighing in around 2,000 pounds. The fork ...

Farming is changing, and fast. We’ve got more people to feed, and the weather’s getting wilder, making it tough to grow enough food. Plus, things like fertilizer cost a fortune now. So, what’s a ...

In 2024 alone, Kenya imported 309,300 metric tonnes of maize, an amount that could have been produced locally.

This story was originally published by The New Lede. Children whose mothers lived near farms and fields treated with certain pesticides during pregnancy have a higher risk of a deadly cancer that is ...