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

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. NYERI, KENYA: A seed company has introduced three new high yielding maize varieties for ...

George grows maize following a cover crop after winter barley, and before winter wheat. He opts for early-maturing varieties with high yield and good starch potential. “Fairly light land is ...

However, Dr Ajanja said development of the new maize seed varieties will not be a panacea ... He said some fertilisers that are popular with farmers, after being applied in one area for a long ...

"We also showed that maize could only be introduced into eastern North America once humans bred local varieties with the ... yield best fitted for the most popular food preparations in their ...