To protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can survive months ...

Maize farming faces significant challenges throughout the world due to drought, leading to substantial economic losses. This ...

Sunchokes ( Helianthus tuberosus ), also known as Jerusalem artichokes, grow from tubers, which store water. Additionally, ...

For the past several seasons, she has been cultivating a drought-tolerant hybrid maize that has become her lifeline. When she first planted hybrid maize in 2016, she was surprised by the results ...

As a result of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project undertaken during the first decade of this century by CIMMYT and IATA, both centers of the CGIAR system, millions of African ...

“We found that drought stress damages the photosystem apparatus in maize by reducing the function ... of melatonin were more conspicuous in the tolerant cultivar than in a more sensitive ...

The Government has intensified efforts to diversify from maize to production of traditional drought tolerant crops in anticipation of a drop in rainfall this year. Agriculture assistant Minister ...