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For a while now, maize farming has not been a walk in the park. From high cost of fertiliser and other inputs, to drought and poor prices at the market, it has been tough. Agriculture was bogged down ...

Findings from a new archaeological survey challenge long-held assumptions that intensive agriculture in North America was limited to centralized societies or favorable environments. The findings ...

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 ...

This year, Zimbabwe’s maize harvests, which are frequently affected by drought due to climate change, are facing the additional challenges of the El Nino weather phenomenon, and the high costs of ...