Western diets make up most of South Africa's food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants. Some indigenous crops like blackjack and wild cucumber are highly nutritious.

Vegetable prices are expected to rise due to extreme heat across India, which has damaged crops and led to a surge in aphid infestations. Cucumber, beans, tomatoes, and brinjal are among the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mathematical modeling, incorporating satellite imagery, soil, and weather data, enables early prediction of aflatoxin outbreaks in Texas corn crops. The ...

MANHATTAN, Kan.—The dishes, starring what some are calling the next super food, rolled out of the kitchen of a Kansas State University gastropub: a cold plate of veggies with the tiny grain ...

A nor’wester lashed Dowarabazar upazila of Sunamganj district on Saturday night, causing damage to houses and crops. Locals said the storm, which lasted for half an hour, uprooted many trees and ...

But it’s not just flowers and plants in the garden that come to life during spring; it’s also the time of year when a number of animals come out of their long winter hibernation in search of food.

Prices of urad or black matpe continue to trend lower on weak demand. This comes amidst good rabi crop arrivals and expectations of higher imports from Myanmar, which has harvested a record crop ...

When plants start to grow over your property line or public property, it can be a huge nuisance. As are pesky pickers. But what can you really do about it? We talked to some gardening and ...

Different types of shade (dense, partial, filtered) require different plants. Groundcovers like Asiatic jasmine and cast iron plants are suitable for dense shade. Partial shade allows for a wider ...

A little-known federal program has quietly safeguarded the crops feeding the nation, including key Ohio staples like soybeans, tomatoes, corn and apples, but recent budget cuts and mass firings by the ...

Scientists have discovered the enzyme used by disease-causing fungi to destroy food crops — and it may be the key to creating more resilient plants. Researchers from Australian National University, in ...

New research from The University of Texas at Arlington and the U.S. Department of Agriculture demonstrates how mathematical modeling can predict outbreaks of toxic fungi in Texas corn crops—offering a ...