The high cost of maize production is driving farmers to opt for alternative income-generating ventures in parts of the North Rift region. A number of farmers in Trans Nzoia county have resorted to ...

First grown as an emergency biogas feedstock, maize has held its place in the rotation on one Hertfordshire arable farm ...

With the onset of climate change and changes in irrigation, adapting food crops to grow in diverse environments could help feed the world. Now UC Davis scientists are leading a major new project, ...

Farmers have long known that it's a good idea to rotate crops, and that concept is now getting a new spin. A Swiss study indicates that wheat yields are boosted when those crops are planted in fields ...

MARATANE REFUGEE CAMP, Mozambique, January 2 (UNHCR) - Leticia Zau picked up the latest eggs laid by hens distributed in Maratane Camp and headed off to join her neighbours at a lecture on how to grow ...

Sylvia Poareo cups a tomatillo in her hand and sees nourishment for body and soul. She grows the Mexican husk tomatoes, used in salsa verde, at Milpa Mariposa Farm, a one-acre plot she leases on ...