

The variety is on the verge of official certification and release after nearly 11 years of rigorous multi-stage field trials and continuous testing. Agricultural scientists at the National Maize R...

Palpa. Two years ago, farmers in Khyaaha, Ribdikot Rural Municipality-1, would reach their fields before dawn, monitor maize plants all day, and chase away troops of monkeys with slingshots and fak...

SINGAPORE, Sept 10: El Niño is likely to pose a bigger inflation risk than a growth shock for ASEAN economies, with higher prices for rice, wheat, maize and vegetable oils expected to be the main c...

By Santosh Raut, Solukhumbu, Sept. 7: Farmers in the high-altitude areas of Solukhumbu have been forced to build small shelters in their fields and hang tin sheets around them to protect their maiz...

Selected watchers will guard maize fields for two months as farmers struggle with increasing monkey raids. Facing mounting complaints from farmers over crop damage caused by monkeys, the Division ...

By Basudev Sharma, Jajarkot, Aug. 5: Farmers in Jajarkot are spending day and night guarding their maize fields after wild boars and monkeys began destroying crops across several villages in Bheri ...

Repeated crop losses from wildlife are pushing farmers in Jhapa to abandon paddy and maize in favour of rubber. Farmers in Jhapa are gradually turning to rubber cultivation as repeated crop losses...