"It's a very simplified and vulnerable system." Experts issue warning about looming threat to global food supply: 'A major ...

Two species of insects that can fight major maize pests have been discovered in Kenya. The species named Cotesia Icipe and Cotesia typhae were discovered after years of research in Kenya by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crop losses in African countries due to insect pests are estimated at 49% of the expected total crop yield each year, according to ...

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

Bt maize has revolutionized pest control and many farmers have benefited, but some people remain skeptical of this new technology. Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that produces ...

Welcomed by green rows of maize-an indication of a bumper harvest in Maikua village, Kithangaini location, Mwala constituency, Machakos County, which is a dry area-at Josephat Mutwota's farm, one ...

A POSSIBLE upsurge in pest infestation particularly in the southern parts of Zimbabwe is threatening an expected bumper ...

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and ...

Could the future of food be crawling right under our feet? You read that right. What once triggered an “ew, no way” reaction may soon be the answer to global food insecurity and environmental ...