Low rainfall and high temperatures in recent years in part due to climate change, coupled with poor soils, have doused interest in water-guzzling maize. …
Oh, the word-humping.
2 posted on
02/08/2023 10:32:00 PM PST by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
Maize takes more water that millet. But it yields more calories. Millet also uses less fertilizer.
I suspect that the later will be more important soon
9 posted on
02/09/2023 4:11:04 AM PST by
redgolum
(If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
To: Olog-hai
“Low rainfall and high temperatures...”
In Africa? Well color me surprised!
13 posted on
02/09/2023 5:51:29 AM PST by
Trinity5
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