Fall armyworm, an invasive insect pest, has attacked maize crops in the districts of Una and Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh, leaving farmers worried. This insect can cause damage to the maize leaves and ...

Vijayawada: Mentioning that Andhra Pradesh was a leading performer with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8.8% in the ...

Faulty seeds and an early monsoon season rain on its yield expectation as the crop struggles with compounding challenges.

Some farmers in Gombe State have also abandoned the cultivation of rice and maize, citing the high cost of fertiliser. Reports indicate that many of them have turned to cultivating millet, sorghum, ...

A research team pioneers an automated, high-throughput pipeline using open-source tools to quantify over 50 root traits in diverse maize genotypes, enabling researchers to investigate how genetics, ...

Nigeria's food security threatened by soaring fertiliser prices. Farmers abandon major crops like maize, rice due to high ...

Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer has said India achieved a record food grain production of 353.95 million tonnes in 2024, increase of 6.5pc increase compared to the previous year, driven by ...

THE Kibaigwa International Crop Market in Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, is facing a significant maize shortage following poor harvests caused by below-average rainfall during the current season. Dr ...

In 2013, David Matabaro, a cassava farmer from Ruhango District, saw his entire 26-hectare cassava plantation wiped out by the devastating Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD).

FAO report finds that weak market structures and poor price transmission in El Salvador's maize and the Dominican Republic's ...

The Cabinet's Media Center said Thursday the State continues to support the maize crop for being among key strategic and economic crops for achieving food security, easing burdens on farmers.