vue - Zimbabwe: Drought-hit farmers improve agriculture through science

*Researchers In Zimbabwe have produce corn varieties which are resistant to the heat to help farmers whose crops are destroyed by drought.* A Zimbabwean researcher at the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement, Cosmos Magorokosho, is working on a new hybrid corn, able to withstand drought. He leads a team that selects and crosses the varieties most efficient in water. As a result, a corn survived despite the high temperatures and low rainfall due to climate change and the El Nin… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/11/10/zimbabwe-drought-hit-farmers-improve-agriculture-through-science Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews