This story is one of a series about how hidden innovations produce the foods we eat at the prices we pay. It has been edited for length and clarity. As told to Krithika Varagur. I’ve been a farmer for ...

Kenya: Kenya Seed Company Managing Director Willy Bett has assured farmers of adequate and quality maize seeds ahead of this year’s planting season. Mr Bett said the company has produced enough seeds ...

Ludhiana: ICAR–Indian Institute of Maize Research (ICAR-IIMR), Ludhiana, successfully undertook a first-time maize hybrid seed production trial in a farmer's field in Punjab. The trial was conducted ...

After the first successful agricultural breakthrough in growing hybrid maize for seed production in Punjab, the Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR) is set to conduct trials for cultivating the ...

Teosinte, the wild ancestor of maize, has three times the seed protein content of most modern maize strains. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters tracked down the mechanisms ...