The Cabinet's Media Center said Thursday the State continues to support the maize crop for being among key strategic and ...

Women in Kenya Revive Traditional Maize Seeds In the town of Marigat, western Kenya, a group of women is leading a little revolution in eco-friendly agriculture. Using wood ash to protect maize seeds ...

The Global Maize Seed Market is projected to register a CAGR of 3.99%. Key Highlights. Largest Segment by Breeding Technology - Hybrids : There is an increase in the demand for hybrid seeds due to ...

Juba (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has distributed more than 370 tonnes of seed right across South Sudan, with nearly 32,000 South Sudanese families receiving seed in areas ...

In an interview with NewsDay Business last week, Sirdc chief executive officer Robson Mafoti said the new varieties were his organisation’s response to uncertainties brought about by drought ...

New experimental hybrid maize on display at a maize field in Harare, Zimbabwe, Oct. 24, 2016. Scientists in Zimbabwe say they have developed new heat- and drought-tolerant varieties of maize that ...

The seed has been on the market since the 2012/13 farming season. Cumulative seed supply to marginal rainfall areas has exceeded 5 000 tonnes enhancing food security on over 200 000 hectares.

Keep the traits Hybrid maize varieties resurfaced in 1972 bred by Patrick Rubaihayo, professor emeritus at Makerere University, which were not preserved. In 1980s, there was foundation seed ...

Cutting maize seed rates by 5-10% has the potential to lift starch levels by 2-3% and bring harvest date forward by three to ... Devon red soil, with south-facing fields at sea-level; See more. Beef; ...