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 Nidhi Joshi @OutlookPoshan Photo Credit: Outlook Poshan By 2050, there will be more than 10 billion people on earth. Already, at the current population levels, there 820 million people who go to bed hungry each night, 2 billion are micronutrients...
Read full article by Tejasvi Dantuluri & Shawn Sebastian@DownToEarth Photo Credit Indian farmers and urban consumers have a common concern amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak — of food security. While farmers need money and resources to harvest...
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 article@Farming Portal Photo Credit: ICRISAT Millets are a cereal crop that have largely been forgotten by the developed world, where in recent decades the crop has been grown more for animal feed than human consumption. But Australian researcher Joanna...
