The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji has officially confirmed the first detection of the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) ...

In the Indian Ocean, agricultural development is often hampered by limited access to healthy seeds or seedlings suited to local agroclimatic conditions. Over four years, the FOOD-SEC Semence project ...

Farmers have asked the government to provide certified seeds, training and tools, especially during this long rains season.

Traditionally reliant on sugarcane, Busoga sub-region now stands to benefit from diversifying into maize, which serves both ...

Ms Grace Mutai was a successful maize farmer in Bomet County until she stumbled on avocado farming, an enterprise she ventured into by accident. And the transformation has improved her fortunes.A ...

As the costs of living and doing business in Nigeria continue to go high, many entrepreneurs and would be entrepreneurs are ...

Zimbabwe's maize production for the 2024/25 agricultural season is expected to fall short of the country's national requirements by 10% to 15% due to prolonged ...

“According to Sadc and FAO [Food and Agricultural Organisation] reports, maize production is expected to remain 10%–15% below ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, China’s National Crop Variety Registration ...

Farmers across northern Nigeria are expanding their farmlands to cultivate more of the high-yielding TELA maize variety following a bumper harvest last season.The move signals growing confidence in ...

Henry Sila Nzioki has developed a weed-killing fungus to improve food security. “I’m a plant pathologist at the Kenya ...

Most smallholder maize farmers are at risk of facing food shortage this year due to premature maize harvesting (PMH) driven ...