Water engineers in ancient South America turned seasonally flooded Amazonian savannas into hotbeds of year-round maize farming. Previous excavations dated Casarabe society, which covered an area of ...

One of the most important agricultural activities in Kenya contributing to food security is maize farming. According to Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro), maize, ...

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Maize output rose slightly by 2.2 percent to 45.8 million bags in 2025 from 44.8 million bags the previous year, indicating ...

A new study reveals that farming in Argentina’s Uspallata Valley was adopted by local hunter-gatherers rather than introduced by outside populations. Centuries later, a stressed group of maize-heavy ...

Sunflower farming in West Yimbo in Siaya County. [Isaiah Gwengi/Standard]. For years, maize has been the staple crop for many farmers across Kenya. By July, under normal circumstances, most households ...

Most maize production relies on natural rainfall, making it vulnerable to changing rainfall patterns. Shutterstock Global maize production is worth billions of dollars annually and is key to global ...

BLANTYRE, July 28 (Reuters) - Malawi's output of maize, its staple grain, fell 5.6% in the 2022/23 farming season because of a shortage of fertiliser and extreme weather conditions that damaged crops, ...

In the once-barren northern chars of Rangpur, maize has become a lucrative cash crop. But low market prices this year have left farmers disappointed despite expanded cultivation.

Nigeria’s total maize production was about 11 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) in 2019, according to data from Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). This makes her Africa’s second-largest maize producer ...