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The dry weather has been lovely, but I’m sure when it breaks – hopefully this May bank holiday weekend – we will kick ourselves for getting complacent and ...
JICA and UNDP will work with the Ministry of Agriculture to procure and supply approximately 200MT (200,000 KG) of maize seeds to farmer organizations in the dry zone districts of Sri Lanka. Speaking ...
Agricultural challenges in Karnataka due to early monsoon rains, affecting maize, areca nut, coffee plantations, and paddy ...
By all accounts, this should be the season when Shinyanga beams with life. It’s harvest time—June through August—months when ...
Among its many gastronomic treasures, the Bhojpuri cuisine stands tall — a vibrant, earthy, and deeply rooted culinary ...
Peter Kamuti picks maize grains at the Taveta airstrip field. The 80 year old relies on the spilled maize to fend off hunger.
That is a lot to ask one farmer, but his sucess with innovation clearly shows that others wil follow his lead.
Our world spins fast on easy ways to get things. Ordering takeout really holds a strong appeal now. After a long day, someone ...
The uptake of hybrid maize seeds among farmers is set to increase considerably by 2030, with Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) releasing more high-performing and ...
"If we went dry, the maize just fell over and we lost cobs lying on the ground. The combine harvester just ran over them." Then along came a maize seed offering from a new company, an offshoot of ...
However, there’s often a debate about using them in their soaked or dry form. Some believe soaked chia seeds offer better absorption, while others think dry seeds provide more concentrated benefits.
Abstract Maize originated from teosinte parviglumis following a subspeciation event occurred in volcanic regions of Mesoamerica. The elucidation of the phenotypic changes that gave rise to maize have ...