PARIS, July 6 (Reuters) - The European Union's maize crop is on track to rebound from last year's disastrous harvest but 2023 prospects have been hit by lower sowings and dry spring weather, with ...

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable ...

Writes through to add detail on maize and other crops PARIS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - France has raised its official estimate of this year's maize harvest for the third month in a row, saying summer rain ...

PARIS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - French maize crop conditions declined steeply last week to their lowest level in at least a decade, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed, as a worsening drought and ...

THE fields of Zimbabwe and its neighbours in the Southern African Development Community tell a story of remarkable resilience these days. Just a couple of years ago, the brutal El Niño drought slashed ...

From the hilltops and back corners of Mexico’s traditional farms to the sterile potted corn plants at a greenhouse atop Iowa State’s Bessey Hall, associate professor of ecology, evolution and ...

New research shows that mass migration of ancient peoples from the south were essential to bringing maize cultivation to Maya communities in Central America. Scientists previously thought knowledge of ...

PARIS, July 28 (Reuters) - More dry and hot weather expected in the coming weeks in key European maize growing regions is expected to cause further damage to crops already stressed by a dry spring and ...