Maize
Maize (Zea mays L.), otherwise known as corn, is a highly unusual, economically important, and genetically well-characterized member of the grass family. It is believed to have originated some 8...
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Corn
Corn, Indian corn, or maize is one of three grasses that account for almost half of all human calories consumed. The seed of these grasses are called cereals and each developed in a distinct part...
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Harare (dpa) - Authorities in Zimbabwe have announced a
seven-fold increase in the selling price of the staple maize meal,
reports said Tuesday.
The price of ...
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Harare (dpa) - Zimbabwean police have mounted roadblocks on major
roads in the country to seize maize destined for the illegal market
as the country battles to stave off mas...
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A rat showed signs of hepatorenal toxicity after eating
genetically modified maize developed by U.S. chemical giant Monsanto
Co., a French research team said in an article published in the
e...
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Johannesburg/Harare (dpa) - In a bid to boost food production,
Zimbabwe's central bank chief Monday announced a new scheme to pay
farmers partly in foreign currency for crop...
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Luxembourg (dpa) - The EU failed Tuesday to persuade enough member
states to lift an Austrian ban on two types of genetically modified
(GMO) maize, leaving a final decision ...
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>Pro Stats: DJ Kazzanova started in Springfield, Ma. as a hip hop DJ on 90.7 FM WTCC, hosting and producing for a TV show...
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Rome (dpa) - Global cereal prices, which continued to rise this
year, are expected to remain high in 2008, pushing up retail prices
for basic foods such as bread, pasta, mea...
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Nairobi (dpa) - A flood of women carrying huge bags filled with
potatoes, maize and kale on their heads rush into Kenya's Kibera
slum, passing overturned torched cars, charr...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - Zimbabwe's Environment Minister Francis
Nhema, the controversial choice for head of the United Nations
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), owns...
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Sri Lanka has temporarily banned the import of live fowl from
India following an outbreak of bird flu in the country, officials
said Saturday.
The decision comes after India's government o...
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Maize
Corn
Zimbabwe hikes price of staple maize meal: Report
