Maize
Maize ( MAYZ; Zea mays subsp. mays, from Spanish: maíz after Taino: mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits.Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice. In addition to being consumed directly by humans (often in the form of masa), maize is …
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PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 17 April 2024 English
Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% by 2050 due to climate change. …
B. et al. The critical role of extreme heat for maize production in the United States. Nat. Clim. Change …
Africa 21 · 16 April 2024
In part two of our feature series on human-wildlife conflict in Kenya, we paint the picture of the pain caused by the conflict and the measures being put in place …
Women group from Kakamega collectively planting maize in a leased land. Photo Sharon Ambani As the world … neighbours, where I plant ground nuts, vegetables, maize, and Soybeans for commercial purposes. I have educated … land where they plant traditional vegetables and maize. Irene Nasimiyu, a member of the Recada Women Group … to five kilograms of rice and three kilograms of maize flour per day as various people visited the area …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 12 April 2024 English
ASEAN’s economic transformation depends on its success in achieving its key priorities of recovery, digital economy, and sustainability.
2014). Climate change is expected to lower rain-fed maize production by 3.3%–6.4% in 2030 and 5.2%–12.2% … observed in various crops, including rice, wheat, maize, and cotton, ranging from 22% to 43%, in fields …
ECIPE: European Centre for International Political Economy · 12 April 2024 English
detrimental to third countries.8 Overview of relevant agreements between the EU In addition to the production-distorting effects of direct and its neighbourhood payments, the EU maintains high protection measures on …
trade re- movement of key commodities like wheat, maize, rapeseed, lations between Israel and the EU are … agricultural products. poultry, eggs, sugar, oats, maize, groats and honey exceed the arithmetic mean of …
HBS: Heinrich Boll Foundation · 11 April 2024 English
Contested Mobility Norms in Africa 4/ 86 through a set of sub-norm statements that look at the place of migration in the process of development, the political economy of migration, …
EAC, with tit-for-tat bans of products, including maize, tyres and margarine for alleged reasons of safety …
PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 11 April 2024 English
Disruptive events and calamities can have major consequences for households in the predominantly agrarian communities of Eastern Africa. Here, we analyze the impacts of environmental and non-environmental shocks on migration …
Selejio, O. (2021). An econometric analysis of maize farmer’s choice of land ownership systems: Evidence … 101(2), 223–244. Rudolf, R. (2019). The impact of maize price shocks on household food security: Panel evidence …
PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 11 April 2024 English
While it is widely assumed that poor countries will suffer more from climate change, and that climate change will exacerbate inequalities within countries, systematic and large-scale evidence on this issue …
impacts on crop productivity and income of commercial maize farms in northeast South Africa Food Secur. 12 659–78 …
PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 11 April 2024 English
Climate change–induced precipitation anomalies during extremely wet years (EWYs) result in substantial nitrogen losses to aquatic ecosystems (Nw). Still, the extent and drivers of these losses, and effective mitigation strategies …
particularly for maize (Fig. 1). In terms of relative change, extreme Nw for maize exceeded the historical … nw changes relative to the 1981–2010 average for maize (A and B), rice (C and D), and wheat (E and F) … rainfed (right) conditions are distinguished for maize (A and B), rice (C and D), and wheat (E and F). … achieved everywhere, particularly for irrigated maize (fig. S19), because no optimal diffPr and scaling … scaling ratio was found in several major maize producing regions, e.g., the North China Plain. To achieve …
World Bank Group · 11 April 2024 English
NG-NFWP/SPCU/COLLECTIVE PROC/2023/015 / CONSTRUC TION OF 6NOs MAIZE STORA GE PLANTS FOR COLLECTIVE S IN OGUN STATE IDA …
IHRP: International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto · 10 April 2024 English
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three 228 Crops cultivated in the Okavango include: maize, groundnuts, fruit, pumpkin, sugar cane, and beans …