Read full article by McCarthy J & Chileshe M, PC: @globalcitizen.org Zambian meals revolve around maize. People regularly eat it two or three times a day, prepared and cooked it in a variety of ways. The crop can be quickly boiled and folded into a tasty treat,...
Read the full article in Thomson Reuters Foundation News by Sabine Homann-Kee Tui Sabine Homann-Kee Tui is a social scientist with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). People in Bulawayo’s townships in Zimbabwe primarily...
Read the full article in phys.org by Adityarup Chakravorty PC: Santosh Rajput Proso millet growing in western Nebraska, which is believed to have been one of the earliest domesticated crops. It’s grown in the developing world as a food source and in the U.S. and...
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....
