For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa has informed policy makers and farmers about sustainable management, while training generations of students.
“Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art,” a traveling exhibition that tells the story of the beautiful coiled basket, will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from ...
Gamba grass burns 10 times hotter than native grass species and can grow up to six metres tall, creating uncontrollable fires if it catches alight. 'Gamba is a major issue for the Top End,' ...
The cows kept by small-scale farmers in Africa are notoriously unproductive. The average dairy cow, for example, produces about 540 litres of milk per lactation. By contrast, dairy cows in North ...
When Brazil started growing Brachiaria, a wonder grass that is native to Africa, its annual milk production went up. One cow produced more than 1,382 kilogrammes of milk compared to Kenya’s paltry 732 ...
Scientists will call for a major push this week to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture through the use of a modified tropical grass. Brachiaria grasses have been found to ...
Principal Scientist - Plant Pathology, Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute Hub The cows kept by small-scale farmers in Africa are notoriously unproductive ...
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