Yields of between 9-10t/ha have been achieved on farms, according to Peter Collier, area manager at United Oilseeds, with grain maize outperforming a lot of other cereal and break crop options.

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in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), International Maize and Wheat Improvement ...

Ministry of Agriculture has announced an outbreak of African armyworm which has attacked 412.6 hectares (ha) of maize crop in some parts of the country. The ministry’s Department of Crop Development ...

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