In the first study researchers from the University of Michigan and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, reanalyzed maize cobs and sediments that had been excavated in 1966 from ...

Varieties of maize found near Cuscu and Machu Pichu at Salineras de Maras on the Inca Sacred Valley in Peru, June 2007. Logan Kistler Corn is one of the world’s most important crops.

A revealing new study has uncovered a critical public health concern in Lesotho: widespread undernutrition among children aged 6 to 24 months.

Letter Published: 21 November 1953 Pre-Columbian Maize in Africa M. D. W. JEFFREYS Nature 172, 965–966 (1953) Cite this article ...

MAFETENG, Lesotho -- From miles around they come, pushing wheelbarrows in the relentless heat to collect sacks of maize meal, beans and cooking oil from the U.N. food agency. The worst drought in ...

South Africa, the continent's biggest maize producer, exported less maize last week than in the week before, data showed on Tuesday, despite neighbouring Lesotho buying more maize to cover a ...