Nigeria’s prospects of agricultural industrialisation will take a leap forward this week with the groundbreaking of two major ...

South Africa is currently looking at a 20% reduction in maize yields, while the Southern African region has suffered a 50% loss in staple food crops. Maize represents 90% of South Africa’s grain ...

Analysts predict a much better maize harvest this year in South Africa, as domestic maize prices have dropped in the past ...

For sub-Saharan African subsistence farmers, such a reduction in pest control services by birds may be a significant disadvantage. Here we explored to what extent birds provide pest control services ...

Niger State Governor, Muhammad Umaru Bago, has expressed concern over Africa's heavy reliance on food importation, valued at ...

With maize prices stabilizing and inflation showing signs of easing ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from ...

Reduce maize residue through crop rotation with soybean ... are working with South African breeders to establish resistance in locally adapted breeding material. Trials done during the current ...

Malawi deposited 813 seed varieties, including sorghum, maize, rice and legumes while Nigeria secured, among others, two rare varieties of Oryza glaberrima (African rice) that is deeply rooted in ...

Reduce maize residue through crop rotation with soybean ... are working with South African breeders to establish resistance in locally adapted breeding material. Trials done during the current ...

Professor Gordon Awandare, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs, University of Ghana, has urged African leaders to invest in biotech to transform university knowledge into practical ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, plagued by drought in the 2023/2024 season, has forced many countries—including South Africa—to turn toward Tanzania for maize imports.

The African Union has underscored the importance ... with nearly 50% coming from rice, maize, and wheat alone. Climate change was pushing these crops to their limits. The Intergovernmental Panel ...