Malawi’s maize remains the cheapest in southern Africa, averaging K963 per kilogramme (kg), yet the cost of fertiliser keeps rising, now at K3748.97 per kg (or K187 448.5 per 50kg), a new study has ...

BUA Cement has started distributing N400 million worth of farming inputs to 300 resettled communities displaced by its operations in Wamakko, Sokoto. The inputs include maize, rice, sweet potato ...

Massive irregularities have been uncovered in Dr Bryan Acheampong’s importation and distribution of rice and maize during government interventions to mitigate the impact of the 2024 prolonged dry ...

Plant physiology research, specifically concerning water and mineral nutrition, is a cornerstone for advancing sustainable field crop production and ...

KOMO Biosciences, a developer of non-viral targeted insertion technologies, today announced that it has granted Syngenta, a world leader in agricultural innovation, a Research Evaluation License to ...

A push to reduce maize acreage in parts of Uasin Gishu that have produced grain for decades is gaining momentum despite calls for the status quo in Kenya’s breadbasket.

Rosa Bor is 110 years old. She has lived through decades of change in her village of Lelmokwo, raised children and ...

For years, life was defined by hardship for Grena Banda and her husband, Daniel Mwafulirwa, in Malawi’s northern district of ...

The Arikara Tribe led the last tribal movement north to North Dakota. They were skilled corn farmers who relied on the crop for sustenance and trade. They were also the first Plains tribe to battle ...