The Department of Agriculture has planned to collect about 37,568 soil samples from across the district under a GPS-based soil sample collection programme and farmers would be informed of the statu

JOHANNESBURG – As the race to adapt to climate change quickens, a South African scientist is leading global research into developing crops that mimic the extraordinary survival skills of “resurrect

A team of crop experts from a Kenya research organization has been awarded for their input in fighting wheat rust.

Researchers from the University of California-Davis recently found a fourth gene that determines how wheat plants flower after experiencing a freeze.

An invasive pathogen has affected thousands of hectares of olive plantations in Puglia, southern Italy

Two research institutions are conducting research into developing crop varieties with useful biological traits that will not only be high-yielding but also tolerant to pests, diseases and drought.

Shanghai scientists have found a gene that provides crops with a higher resistance to heat, offering a potential boon to farmers coping with reduced yields in the face of global warming.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has increased by almost six times the proposed budget of its agricultural research agency in 2016 to push for the promotion of science-based agricultural developm