Read full article By Mzansi Agriculture Talk News @ MZANSI Photo Credit: MZANSI The most common staple grain across Africa is refined maize, very low in proteins, essential amino acids and micronutrients. Small grains such as millet and sorghum are widely considered a...
Read full article by Andrew Mambondiyani@Reuters Photo Credit: ICRISAT MAMBWERE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Samuel Mudziwepasi lost his entire maize crop in the last farming season, when a drought ravaged much of Zimbabwe. Now he fears his next...
Read full and original article by Jill Richardson@Alternet Photo Credit: Food First Quinoa is rising up the popularity charts as a food staple in U.S. and Europe. A growing spate of positive coverage cites quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wa) as a high-protein grain-like...
Read full article By Anne Mwale @Kenya News Agency Photo: ICRISAT The County government of Nakuru has launched an Agricultural Enterprises Support Programme targeted at ensuring production of staple food crops such as maize, wheat and vegetables was not interrupted...
Read full article by Martin Kadzere @The Herald Photo Credit: The Herald The Government has said it will intensify climate smart agriculture, a farming technique that helps farmers to be more productive on a warming planet, than adopting “harmful” genetically modified...
