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

Busia Governor Paul Otuoma is facing public criticism after a video of him hitting one of his supporters during a seed distribution event. The incident occurred during an event in which the county ...

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 ...

People whose land was acquired by the Ugandan government for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) ...

Agriculture department has advised that farmers growing maize should ensure the control of harmful pests in the spring maize crop during the current month. Assistant Director Plant Protection, Pest ...

Genes that play a key role in the formation of an infectious organ used by parasitic plants have been identified by plant scientists at RIKEN. This discovery fills a gap in our understanding of how ...

Belgian agtech startup Rainbow Crops has been awarded a $7M grant from the Gates Foundation to advance its AI-driven tech to ...

Chinese scientists have unveiled a new molecular mechanism designed to simultaneously enhance cold resilience and phosphate use in maize, offering a potential solution to a classic agricultural ...

Maize traders and farmers have stuck to their guns by refusing to sell their stock to State-owned National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) at K840 per kilogramme (kg) when parallel market prices are ...

A field study in western Kenya found that a genetically engineered microbial fertilizer significantly increased maize yields, ...

Government has slashed spending on Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp) by almost 54 percent in the 2026/2027 National Budget, signalling possible reduction in the number of beneficiaries. Presenting ...

In January, the Texas Department of Agriculture reported that last year it had collected, from 109 locations, 1,101 packs of seeds that had been sent unsolicited to people in the Lone Star State. The ...