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 ...

Extreme wet weather can significantly impact any farming business, with increased disease risk, crop loss, and machinery problems, making harvest time ...

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 ...

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 ...

An important gene in maize called HPC1 modulates certain chemical processes that contribute to flowering time, and has its origins in 'teosinte mexicana,' a precursor to modern-day corn that grows ...

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 ...

At this time of the year, nearly all maize-growing areas in Kenya have planted and the crop is at the vital stage where nutrition will determine the quality and the size of the harvest. At this stage, ...