Maize in a sentence

Recently, he received the international Maize Genetics Executive Committee’s 2020 L. Stadler Mid-Career Maize Genetics Award for his research on maize genetics.

In the case of maize or corn, only a small proportion of developed country maize is based on tropical gemplasm but US companies have increased their use of tropical maize material.

We have slept on long queues for fuel, scramble for yellow maize from Kenya, queue for sugar, maize at Admarc, water at kiosks and long nights at a maize mill waiting for power to restore.

In his remarks upon arrival of the maize at Nkhata-bay Jetty, Director of Planning and Development at Nkhata-Bay district council, Edgar Chihana, indicated that more maize is expected to be in the district over the weekend.

When the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) prematurely opened the maize grain marketing season in April 2024, warnings about the risks of purchasing maize with unsafe moisture levels—ideal breeding grounds for moulds and aflatoxins—were disregarded.

Apart from sugarcane, the government also plans to use surplus rice lying with Food Corporation of India and maize in States where maize production is in surplus for producing ethanol from coming ethanol supply year (November to December).

CBN is passionate about maize as a commodity and we believe that there is immense opportunity in that crop and Nigeria has a comparative advantage to produce maize that will not only sustain the country but can be exported.

Farmers have welcomed favourable new maize prices which were set at the onset of harvest season, according to Maize Farmers' Cooperatives Federation in Rwanda.

In another report, the Cell said the price of maize would remain around ₹ 1,800 – ₹ 1,900 a quintal as favourable climatic condition and steps taken by maize farmers to counter Fall Army Worm attack would result in good inflow to markets.

Maize constitutes 73.6 per cent of total area planted with annual crops and tractors would increase maize and vegetable production in the region.

Mutharika also got high praise the year he refused to export maize only for Malawi to be struck by hunger thereby getting his critics who loudly pressurized to sell maize dumbfounded.

The crop is expected to consist of an estimated 1.6 million hectares for white maize – which is used mainly for human consumption – and 898,000 hectares for yellow maize used primarily as animal feed.

The government has arranged 8 thousand metric tons of maize to be sent to the Copperbelt Province under the tripartite agreement to stabilise maize and mealie-meal supply in the region.

We should not allow export of maize in its commodity form, but only in a processed form i.e. mealie meal, grits, maize bran, oil etc.,.

As for protection from insect pests, the genetically modified maize proved to produce 10 to 12 per cent more than unmodified maize exposed to the same pests.

Maize and maize flour prices have been going up since Tanzania opened its borders for cereal exports.

Maize farmers are worried about a fresh outbreak of fall armyworm, saying it could affect the productivity of maize if not tackled in time.

Maize Floor Price Set: FRA to buy a 50 Kg bag of maize bag at K60.

Maize our staple food,maize our political weapone 2 ruling party 2 b removed frm power.

Short rains that normally pound the region during harvesting time leave maize farmers with huge losses as it makes their maize crop to rot.