Read the original article in Anthropocene Magazine by Emma Bryce Looking at 29 of the most important African food crops – which included grains, fruit, and vegetables – an international team of researchers found that depending on the severity of climate change,...
Read the original article in Croptrust.org Plant breeders need genetic diversity in order to improve the yield and nutritional quality of crops and adapt them to changing climatic conditions. But that diversity is limited in cultivated grasspea and finger millet....
Read the original article in News Ghana Cereal production in Botswana is estimated at an extremely low level of 8,000 tonnes in 2019, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement. The principal factor for the significant decrease is the severe...
Read the original article in Kenya News Agency Farmers in Kirinyaga have been advised to adopt new farming technologies as a way of coping with emerging weather changes. The County Crop Development Officer (CCDO), Charles Waweru said the department has started a...
Elizaphan Gichangi was a trader in different varieties of cereals at his shop in Embu town. His stock included millets, rice and beans. From a kilo of pearl millet which Mr Gichangi buys at Sh70 a kilo, he churns out more than 144 small snacks in form of bars which he...
