Food Tank

MARCH 20, 2024

“Our seed aid program is directly involved in engaging producer groups, especially women who are the custodians of local seed breeding and conservation, to multiply varieties of foundation seeds including rice, ground nut, maize and others,” he tells Food Tank. Can we please count on you to be part of our growing movement?

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 11, 2023

Plants cultivated for ecosystem restoration can evolve toward a domestication syndrome. The cool alleles you spotted in wild relatives may already be in cultivated genomes, and that can save breeders some time and effort. Ok, maybe 8. Diamonds in the Not-So-Rough: Wild Relative Diversity Hidden in Crop Genomes.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

AUGUST 19, 2024

So much so, according to the press release I read , that the results “support the [uncited] assertion that the tuber is a ‘lost sister,’ joining maize, beans and squash—commonly known as the three sisters—as a staple of crops ingeniously grown across the arid landscape”. That would be cultivation.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families. The reallocation of collective farms meant that thousands of families were given land to cultivate themselves.

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 22, 2023

Farmers Weekly A revamped version of Maschio Gaspardo’s high-speed precision drill allows owners to quickly alter row spacings to suit a range of different crops. While fixed-frame Chrono 500s come with set spacings of 45cm, 50cm, 70cm or 75cm in eight- and 12-row configurations, the fanciest variable frame models offer a welter of combinations.

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Ohio State University

MARCH 29, 2024

In Nigeria, maize stands central to both the national diet and agricultural production, with smallholder farmers shouldering the majority of its cultivation. To learn more about Jonhoon’s presentation and what he presented, here is a short abstract of his research.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Farmers Weekly Upgraded electronics on Vaderstad’s Tempo F, V and L high-speed precision drills are promised to deliver more accurate seeding. The Swedish firm has developed its own WSX electronics system for the market-leading drills, with brushless motors and improved cabling performance some of the fundamental improvements to its design.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

a) teosinte and maize (Zea mays); b) chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum); c) common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); d) cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). These cultivated teparies are nutrient and protein dense and far more climate resilient than the much more common pinto bean. Examples of wild and domesticated forms of crops.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As part of my vocation here in Oaxaca, Mexico, I offer storytelling “sessions” about cacao and maize. This doesn’t mean that their stewards’ cacao or their manner of cultivation is any more ceremonial than it is among the places and people who don’t inherit the same ceremonies. Countless clients have asked me if I “do” (i.e.,

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

That said, some international studies have shown improved yields and growth in certain urine-fertilized crops, such as cabbage, maize, and cucumber. Davis helped him modify his tractor so that he could cultivate his fields and apply urine in one pass. This is no surprise to Arthur Davis, who oversees farm partnerships for Rich Earth.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

If the biotech companies defeat maize in its center of origin, it will embolden them to do the same in other centers of origin,” said Tania Monserrat Téllez, an organizer with Sin Maiz, No Hay Pais (Without Corn, There Is No Nation), a coalition of groups in Mexico supporting the ban. Photo by Omar Torres/AFP via Getty Images.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Black Urban Growers , United States Black Urban Growers (BUGs) is dedicated to fostering a robust community that supports cultivators in urban and rural environments, while nurturing Black leadership. This year, they were the recipient of the Pax Natura Foundation’s annual environmental prize.

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