Your profit potential starts each year with the seed you choose. Even if you do everything else right, from spraying through marketing, you lose yield and profit if you plant a hybrid or variety that ...

For the first time in the history of the seed corn industry, two companies control 71% of sales. “A few acquisitions by DuPont this spring puts them neck and neck with Monsanto with regard to market ...

Agriculture sector is one of the major sources of income and employment for the people of barani areas. Successful transfer of improved technology to target beneficiaries requires strong and viable ...

Indigenous seeds on display at a seed fair in Kampala. Organic farming practices ensure sustainability of indigenous sseds.. PHOTO/LOMINDA AFEDRARU Farmers cultivating traditional crops nationwide ...

Hybrid rice—bred from two different parents—greatly contributes to food security. However, the process of hybrid seed production is labor intensive, and fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding is ...

Ludhiana, successfully undertook a first-time maize hybrid seed production trial in a farmer's field in Punjab. The trial was ...

With the increasing market demand for vegetables and fruits driven by rapid urbanisation and changing dietary needs, the adoption of these improved technologies is expected to double Uganda’s current ...