The modern food system is largely dependent on a limited genetic pool of crops, raising significant concerns about ...
We are wrongly focused on growing and exporting low-value crops that don’t feed us and then counting on other countries to supply the high-value, healthy food crops that we rely on. Current farm ...
As a high-value crop that is in high demand both locally and globally, mushroom farming has emerged as a profitable venture for small farmers in Nigeria and other African countries. Despite its ...
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A major error has cropped up in the raids carried out by the Special Police Establishment (SPE) on the residential premises of former ...
On a Friday in early December, Hopkins dragged burly limbs from the path of the tractor-like machine that picks his cotton crop six rows at a time. “I have wrestled with lots of emotions the ...
As Day 2 of the 32nd Pro Farmer Crop Tour wrapped up on Tuesday ... coming in at a low of 107 bu. per acre and a high of 141 bu. per acre. As his team headed east, however, dryland yield estimates ...
The Indian Government is encouraging the cultivation of high-value crops such as fruits, vegetables and maize to replace cereal crops as part of its plans to reduce stubble burning, Union Minister ...
In rural Toombs County, Chris Hopkins just finished harvesting his ravaged cotton crop and figures he lost half of it, costing him about $430,000. Poultry grower Jeffrey Pridgen in Georgia’s ...
Fausto said the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) budget has had too much of a focus on rice production. “High-value crops have contributed 33% of the agricultural output in crops and rice is only 23%.