The adoption of best practices, from the application of one to two bags of Yara fertiliser per acre, has accelerated production from a struggling 15 bags per acre to an impressive 25 bags. Under the ...

THE Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) has launched a strategic project to produce and distribute 600 tonnes of high-yielding sugar cane seeds to farmers. Dr Nessie Luambano, manager of ...

Maize seed prices were capped at Sh210 for a 1kg packet, Sh420 for a 2kg packet, Sh2,100 for a 10kg packet, and Sh5,250 for a ...

Jonathan Lubega, the Programme Officer at SEATINI noted that the training aims at equipping farmers with the necessary knowledge and skills to ensure they produce maize that meets the quality ...

German pharmaceutical, biotechnology and crop science company Bayer AG has opened a new maize seed facility in Kabwe, Zambia. Bayer has invested around $35m in the new facility, which will triple ...

In late 2023, Yerka founded Yerka Seeds to complete the development and ... with farmers to supply grain to food science companies or produce silage for dairy cattle. "We want to be nimble and ...

Alongside stewardship and agronomic training, these conventional hybrid maize seeds empower farmers in Zambia and neighboring countries to produce more food more efficiently, thereby increasing their ...

However, due to “poor publicity” by the Department of Agri-Business and Marketing, auctions have ceased, forcing farmers to sell their produce to ... 76,000 hectares of maize, 5,000 ha cotton ...

New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): India has produced record rice, wheat, and maize in the 2024-25 kharif season, as per Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare's second advance estimates of ...

As her farm’s contract was written to last for 12 more weeks, through the end of June, this freeze represents a $60,000 loss, on top of the decision to abandon the produce that has already been ...