The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to move two of the nation’s most important seed banks from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — even as some experts raise concerns that ...

Emily Sanjira and her family have been struggling with hunger as hybrid maize varieties keep failing under harsh weather in the drought-prone district of Balaka. “The adopted varieties could not ...

The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department in southeastern Khost province says successful trials of five new agricultural crops, alongside various wheat and maize varieties, have been ...

A study published today in Cell uncovers the deep evolutionary roots of flint and dent maize (also commonly known as “corn”), two foundational varieties central to modern maize breeding and ...

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Addressing widespread anemia and malnutrition, Indian agricultural scientists have developed 203 biofortified crop varieties.

Maize drilling is largely complete on two contrasting farms in Devon and Lincolnshire, but an exceptionally dry spring is ...

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has asked the Markfed authorities to speed up procurement of maize taken up with ...