The Volta Africa American Chamber (VAAC) and the Volta Development Forum (VDF) have outlined an ambitious vision to make the Volta Region the number one maize producer in Ghana, alongside its ...

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...

These record-breaking figures highlight India's growing agricultural efficiency and achievements by collective efforts of ...

The past two years have proved particularly challenging for maize growers, with late springs, unpredictable growing periods and wet autumns resulting in huge crop variability. See also ...

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A new study warns that swapping palm oil for other vegetable oils could backfire—leading to more deforestation, higher carbon emissions, and a growing ... like wheat, maize, and rice ...

“The maize genome, for instance ... This creates a conflict between the need to produce more food to feed the world’s growing population and the goal of reducing emissions. Despite its environmental ...

Eventually, he required 24/7 care and was placed in a nursing home. The experience of growing up with older parents has influenced Messrie’s approach to parenting and her own health.

This useful study examines patterns of diversity and divergence in two closely related sub-species of Zea mays, patterns that have bearings on local adaptation in maize and teosinte ... sympatric ...

Here, a two-year field trial for maize designed with five progressive soil drying regimes applied at two different growth stages (three-leaf stage and seven-leaf stage) was conducted during the ...

the work has revealed significant genotype-specific stress responses in maize, and also some elements of the underlying stress-response mechanisms. In this study, genotype CML448 tolerated the highest ...