From cassava to corn, discover the top staple foods that fuel the world's billions – and which countries are producing them ...

Maize commands the biggest hectarages so far with 1, 8 million followed by sorghum at 418 000 hectares and pearl millet at 275 000. Other notable crops include finger millet at 27 000 hectares, soya ...

Unlike chemical pesticides, which can harm beneficial insects and disrupt ecosystems, TELA maize targets only the fall armyworm, making it a more environmentally sustainable solution. The use of ...

Government on Friday lifted an eight-day import ban on key grains such as maize and wheat, after investigations noted that the plant disease that provoked the decision is largely transmitted through ...

Who can share seeds? As counterfeits hurt African farmers, it’s a growing question - Climate change and recent troubles with ...

The affected crops encompass approximately 155 882 tons of white maize and 46 969 tons of yellow maize for the 2024/25 season ...

Tucked away in a lush, forested area of central Kenya's Kikuyu town, the National Seed Bank stands as a crucial safeguard for ...

South African food group Tiger Brands plans to sell its minority stake in Chile-based Empresas Carozzi for $240m.

Climate change is making it harder for African farmers to grow the continent’s staple crop, maize. But food activists in ...

Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Irrigation Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, visited Isla Farm to assess ...

India has sent a medical consignment to Equatorial Guinea comprising 10 tonnes of anti-retroviral drugs diagnostic kits for ...

Farmers have planted 94 percent of the 2024/25 season's targeted sorghum hectarage of 418 000 with the crop's exports from last season's harvest reaching US$1 billion between January 1 and September ...