Maize grown for biogas is accelerating soil erosion and river pollution – yet Government support for the sector continues. Gemma Lane, Land Use Policy Manager, explains why this threatens our soils, ...

Growing maize to supply a local anaerobic digestion plant may look attractive for farmers in the right location, however haulage costs and yield ...

EZIMNYAMA, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Zimbabwe’s farmers head to the fields to plant, the country is facing yet another dry growing season, meteorologists predict. But that has not ...

Maize enhances Indian agriculture through conservation practices, crop diversification, and integrated management, ...

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 ...

Malawi’s increasingly unpredictable rainfall and higher than usual temperatures are causing problems for smallholder farmers. Soil erosion has increased, causing soil fertility and water availability ...

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 ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest court on Monday overturned France's ban on growing a strain of genetically modified maize (corn) developed by U.S. biotech firm Monsanto, saying it was not ...