For 56-year-old Ranganai Shonhiwa, a smallholder farmer from Murehwa district in Zimbabwe, maize is life. This vital crop not ...

It was more preferred to wheat and barley as it gave more ... famers advantage over Kenyans who had taken up maize cultivation in full swing. Hybrid seeds were cross pollinated to give another ...

Ethiopia’s Direct Seed Marketing (DSM) initiative has significantly improved maize seed adoption and yields by fostering a ...

For the season to date 427,000t of wheat for bioethanol and starch production was used which is a drop of 27% from the previous year. Maize usage by the human and industrial sector in 2024 was ...