Stem-borer pest contributes up to 40 percent loss of cereal harvest to farmers, especially maize. Both the large grain borer and the spotted stem borer are highly destructive, more-so in Sub ...

These varieties are doing exceptionally well, especially in controlling stem borers and the fall armyworm, which are major issues for maize production, particularly for smallholder farmers who can ...

Agriculture remains pivotal to Nigeria’s socioeconomic development, holding immense potential for poverty alleviation and ...

The third is a drought-tolerant, stem borer and fall-armyworm-resistant maize engineered to protect farmers' harvests from attacks by these pests. ALSO READ: Rwanda finally passes law on GMOs ...

The Tela maize can withstand drought and armyworms, and can withstand stem borers. Also, its yield is higher than the normal hybrid maize. “Therefore, the way out of poverty and to get into food ...

The Regional Representative for West Africa at the African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF), Dr Jean Baptiste at the first harvest of the TELA Maize variety in Abuja, highlighted the ...

Our farmers are growing BT Maize for the control of stem borers and fall armyworm”, he noted. He said the notion that no other plant grows alongside GM maize is totally false because weeds grow ...

All of Iowa's 99 counties confirmed having the ash tree-killing insect, emerald ash borer, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported Thursday. As one of the most commonly planted street ...

TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing its STEM feed to all users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland by default. Previously, the feed was only turned on by default for ...

A TREE KILLING INSECT IS CONFIRMED STATEWIDE. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP SAYS EMERALD ASH BORER WAS FOUND IN ALL THE STATE’S 99 COUNTIES. THE ASH TREE KILLING INSECT IS ...

FNB cautions farmers and consumers to brace for significant changes in the coming season, this is while the current prices are relatively high. South African maize prices remain uncertain due to a ...