Sentence examples for maize which are from inspiring English sources

They raise staple crops of cassava and corn (maize), which are supplemented with a wide variety of vegetable leaves, palm oil, wild mushrooms, insects, and other gathered products.

The squeeze is partly a result of farmers moving into higher-return crops such as coffee and maize, which are less susceptible to pests and diseases, but it is also linked to problems around the labour-intensive cultivation of cocoa trees.

This fueled fears among environmentalists that genes from GM crops could compromise the diversity of ancient strains of maize, which are a valuable resource for crop breeders.

These observations could have been influenced by greater worries and "bad" experiences by the smallholders with larger farms who were found to mostly had mono-cropping of maize which are prone to weather-related challenges (Okumu 2013).

"Had it not been for this programme, I could not have afforded to buy these two bags of maize which are selling at MK8500.00 each," she explains.

In a previous study, we identified the numerous chitinolytic enzyme families and individual enzymes in maize which are implicated in plant disease resistance and other plant responses.

Maize, which is Zimbabwe's staple crop, is primarily grown on arid communal lands.

But let's look at maize, which is what most Zimbabweans eat.

Many African and western countries have encouraged farmers to grow and eat a single staple crop, maize, which is not suited to drought or to warmer temperatures.

These conditions allow for the cultivation of grapes and corn (maize), which is unusual in a mountainous area.

Changes in agriculture, particularly the rise in production of maize, which is their favourite food, have encouraged badgers to multiply.