Read full article by McCarthy J & Chileshe M, PC: @globalcitizen.org Zambian meals revolve around maize. People regularly eat it two or three times a day, prepared and cooked it in a variety of ways. The crop can be quickly boiled and folded into a tasty treat,...
Full article by Davis et. al. @WaterPortal PC: Wikimedia Commons A study finds that selectively increasing coarse grains/millets in crop production can greatly help in reducing the negative impacts of climate shocks on future food production in India Crop production...
Read the complete report from The Relief Web In West Africa, harvest of main season sorghum and millet is underway across the Sahel and conditions are favourable with some concern due to dry conditions. Across the Sahel region, harvesting of main season sorghum and...
Read the full article in The Hindu In the wake of increasing pest and insect attacks on crops, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has initiated measures to screen some crop varieties in the neighbouring countries to test their resistance to new pest...
Read the original article in The Fence Post Scientists with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are working on field trials and genetic studies that could one day double the yields of sorghum, which is one of the world’s most...
