Wheat seed selection is more than just picking the variety that yields the highest in test plots. While yield still reigns as king of seed selection priorities how do quality and other agronomic ...

“This initiative is expected to improve the living conditions of the community and address the shortfall of wheat production in the country. “SMK Nigeria Limited provides the farmers with NPK and Urea ...

“Able farmers, especially the smallholder farmers with an average holding of 0.5 hectares, is expected to benefit with three bags of fertiliser, one bag of 50 kg wheat seed,” he state ...

The Agriculture Department of southeastern Paktia, in cooperation with aid organization, has started distributing improved wheat seeds and fertilizers to over 6,000 farmers across . . .

Historically, wheat fields often contained multiple varieties. Farmers would save and trade seeds (also called “wheat berries”), or grow out a wheat plant that caught their attention ...

awned wheat. It was one of the first crops domesticated in the Near East. It was widely cultivated in the ancient world, but is now a relict crop in mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. Like ...

While chia seeds and flax seeds contain different nutrients, both may offer health benefits. Chia seeds are higher in fiber, while flax seeds contain more antioxidants. Over the last couple of ...

and a bag of 50kg wheat seeds to enable them to cultivate wheat during the dry season farming. According to him, with the subsidy, each farmer is required to pay 50 per cent of the cost of ...

This release signals another milestone achievement for Olam Agri’s “Seed for the Future (SFTF)” flagship project that was launched in 2021. The initiative is focused on removing hurdles to wheat ...

DAILY POST reports that the NAGS-AP initiative is designed to provide beneficiaries with subsidised inputs, such as high-quality wheat seeds and fertilisers, to improve yields. After harvest ...

Backed by the Gates Foundation, the Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System is on the front lines, looking for early signals of crop-killing rust infections. When Dave Hodson walked through ...

Compared to industrialized American cookies, these cookies are made with Einkorn wheat, an ancient European ... combined with omega-rich chia and flax seeds and protein-packed almonds to create ...