Striga clings to the roots of maize and other staple crops, draining them of essential nutrients and water. Around 30-40 ...

Major breakthrough in herbicides to control crop-devastating & parasitic 'witchweed' that has wreaked havoc upon sub-Saharan Africa's crops ...

“Black women need to think about putting themselves first in their postpartum journey,” says Jakora Thompson, a 39-year-old ...

Revealing a sensitive germination receptor in parasitic plants brings researchers closer to eradicating a major source of African crop damage and food insecurity. From summer to autumn in sub ...

In densely invaded areas, the trees can consume about 50% of the annual rainfall of the region, severely depleting groundwater ...

As investors in the Americas craved marijuana stocks this week, South Africa was coming to terms with a constitutional court ruling that allowed limited use of marijuana, popularly known as weed.