Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa need to diversify away from growing maize and switch to crops that are resilient to climate change and supply enough key micronutrients for the population, according to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

South African farmers have increased their maize planting by 3%, with a total of 2.67 million hectares planted this year, ...