Archive for February 4th, 2015

Like other crops facing the challenge of pests and diseases, maize, Africa’s second most consumed cereal after rice is no exemption. Farmers in eastern Uganda have been battling the notorious Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease, also known simply as MLND, which causes low yields to total crop failure.
In 2013, several districts in the east were hit by MLND. Bulambuli, as a case in point, suffered a 30 per cent yield loss. When farmers spotted a “strange” disease, it was immediately ...

India’s wheat exports are poised to fall this year as an increase in supplies from Australia, Russia and Europe has pulled down global prices and made shipments from India non-viable.This could put pressure on the government as it would be forced to procure more of the grain at the state-set price as India is expected to have another bumper harvest.

Trading companies from USbased Cargill to local major ITC aren’t signing contracts for the new crop to be harvested in April-May ...