Maize

Maize shortage renews debate over GM in Zimbabwe

25 May, 2013 - 18:45
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97588/Maize-shortage-renews-debate-over-GM-in-Zim...
HARARE 04 March 2013 (IRIN) - A major shortage of maize has sent the price of maize meal, used for porridge and poultry feed, spiralling in Zimbabwe, prompting traders to lobby the government to consider importing genetically modified (GM) maize.

Five food issues to watch out for

6 May, 2013 - 14:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97487/Five-food-issues-to-watch-out-for
JOHANNESBURG 15 February 2013 (IRIN) - Who or what do you blame when the price of maize seems to keep going through the roof? If you did not mention fuel subsidies, then you need to read this list of emerging food issues in Africa.

Improving Crop Yield Forecasting in Uruguay using Landsat Imagery

3 April, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.earthzine.org/2013/04/03/improving-crop-yield-forecasting-in-uruguay-...


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Authors: Sunny Ng, Pietro Ceccato

Furore greets GM-fed rat study

20 September, 2012 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19654825#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_sou...

Originally Published by BBC News

– A furious row erupts over a study claiming to have found tumours and other problems in rats fed on genetically modified maize and exposed to a common herbicide.

Seeds and Sustainability: Maize Pathways in Kenya

19 July, 2012 - 09:48
Source: 
The Water Channel
URL: 
http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&...

This short film from the STEPS Centre brings together an engaging cast of characters including a farmer, a scientist, a regulator and a seed policy analyst.

Each has a different view about how best to secure seeds for farmers growing maize -- Kenya\'s key staple crop - in drought-prone regions of the country.

The film shows the importance of informal seed systems, as well as formal ones, for food security in these areas. It shows how policy changes underway could have serious impacts on farmers struggling for sustainability in a changing climate.

Nothing to Show for Hard Work but Burnt Fields of Maize

27 May, 2012 - 11:43
Source: 
IPS news - MDG's
URL: 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107877

Gertrude Mkoloi earns a living harvesting maize on a small piece of land in rural
Zimbabwe. Or at least she used to.

MALAWI: Rising prices and looming maize shortages

4 May, 2012 - 12:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94825
LILONGWE/JOHANNESBURG 09 February 2012 (IRIN) - Malawi’s maize-growing central and southern regions have not had good rains, prompting concerns about possible shortages of the staple in the coming months.

To Kick Climate Change, Replace Corn With Pastured Beef

30 April, 2012 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/04/our-corn-driven-agriculture-vuln...

Originally Published by Mother Jones

– A study by Stanford University and Purdue University researchers looks at how America’s vast annual corn crop will likely fare as the climate warms up over the next 30 years.

Mexico's Corn Festivals – a Haven from Transgenic Crops

4 April, 2012 - 15:03
Source: 
IPS news - MDG's
URL: 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107320

Catalina Salvador, an 87-year-old peasant farmer who grows pumpkins, beans, and above all corn on her small plot of land, was one of the opponents of transgenic crops who took part in the traditional corn festival in San Juan Ixtenco in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala.

Saving Kenya's Maize Crop

21 March, 2012 - 07:45
Source: 
IPS news - MDG's
URL: 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107110

While some maize farmers in Kenya's Western Province are stilling living off the
produce from last season's harvest, Robert Oduor is counting his losses after the
deadly Striga weed infested his one-hectare maize field.

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