GOVERNMENT has heeded the call by stakeholders in the agriculture industry to include biofortified seeds in the ...

Anthocyanins in maize (Zea mays L.) kernels determine the plant’s color and can enhance its resistance. Selenium (Se) significantly impacts plant growth, development, and secondary metabolic ...

Nearly half of all the calories that toddlers eat in the United Kingdom come from ultra-processed food, according to recent research, and this number rises to 59 percent among 7-year-olds.

World Bank Group says domestic food price inflation remains high in many low and middle-income countries. In its latest brief ...

A laborious drilling campaign was rewarded with an average maize year on the Suffolk-Norfolk border for ex-dairy farmer Toby Tibbenham. Crops yielded a solid 39.5t/ha across the18.5ha (46 acres ...

Here are 18 nutrition facts that should be common sense — but aren’t. Luckily, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned trans fats as of June 18, 2018, though products manufactured ...

Totally worth it right? So let’s break it down. A pint of Guinness has 210 calories, a bottle just 125. That’s compared to Bud Light at 110 and Miller Lite at 96. Surprising right! According ...

For anyone trying to shed weight, it's appealing to think of sweat as evidence of calories burning. We asked clinicians who specialize in exercise science. Sweating is an essential physiological ...

Maize harvest estimates, for the first time in five years, sit below 13 million tons. According to the National Crop Estimates Committee’s (CEC) eighth production forecast, maize harvest ...

The Food and Nutrition Directorate has a legislated responsibility for the pre-market ... is not expected to pose any additional allergenic safety concerns for consumers compared to conventional maize ...

Our scientists also needed to assess how this GM maize variety was developed and whether the event can be toxic or cause allergic reactions. Scientists with expertise in molecular biology, ...