Crops

Ethiopia is seeking to transform sorghum from a largely traditional food crop into a commercially driven agricultural value chain capable of attracting investment, creating...

Uganda’s oilseed farmers are increasingly moving from subsistence agriculture to commercial production, with rising yields, stronger market linkages and growing incomes emerging as key...

Bayer and Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, have finalized a commercial agreement to jointly scale Bayer’s newgold®...

For maize producers, the value of a fungicide programme is often measured in terms of disease control. But what happens in the crop after...

Small-scale farmers are heading into the 2026/27 summer season facing hotter conditions and unpredictable rainfall, but for many, preparing for the impacts of El...

Twelve-year blended finance mechanism to reach 260,000 smallholder producers and 500 rural enterprises across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, with Equity Group matching concessional...

In Mahalka village, Meerut, farmer Virender Singh Vihan’s one-acre sugarcane–groundnut plot by the highway has drawn wide attention from neighboring farmers (Photo: Nima/CIMMYT).For decades,...

Bayer is implementing its previously announced ambition to bring 10 blockbusters to market over 10 years, beginning to launch major Crop Science innovations in...

Ecovado was established by Hulisani Mudau, who recognized the region’s untapped potential: an abundance of avocados that could help address the limited economic opportunities....

For South African grain and oilseed farmers, producing a high-yielding crop is only part of the equation when competing on the local and international...