The kind, dry autumn conditions continue with wheat drilling nearly complete in many areas. Favourable conditions have seen ...

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

As a result, the technology stands at a complicated intersection in the fight against a shifting climate. Breeding plants to ...

Sales of meat alternatives are on the rise in Thailand, as plant-based proteins get cheaper and consumers look to shift away ...

Grand Cape Mount County- Liberia Development and Agriculture (LIDA), with backing from the Ministry of Agriculture and ...

Mercy Githara is the mental health and psychosocial manager at the Kenya Red Cross. In her experience, the mental fallout ...

South African farmers are expected to plant 7% more hectares of maize in the 2020/2021 season compared with the previous season as higher prices and favourbale weather conditions encourage plantings, ...

Innovative genetic engineering strategies are transforming crops, enabling them to withstand extreme climate conditions and ...

Laurajean Lewis’ new position at CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, is a return to her roots.

Dual emission carbon dots strengthen maize photosynthesis and stress tolerance by converting light more efficiently and ...

A thin section of a maize ear at a very early stage of development (about 3 millimeters long). Each color represents the expression of a different gene in stem cells and associated cells. Credit: ...