Hydroponic Strawberries Where Sugarcane Used to Grow by Neta Isralls, Vegtech Netafim “There has been an increase in greenhouse projects in the last few years due to efforts to tackle food and water security. Greenhouses are a large part of the solution to these global problems,” says Neta Isralls, engineering manager at Vegtech Netafim […]
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Fabrinox Supports Local Agricultural Innovation Agriculture is one of the oldest human undertakings and has come a long way since stone tools and ox-powered machinery. Automation is the name of the game on the modern farm – and is on the increase – allowing farmers and agri-processors to standardize operations and utilize costly manpower in […]
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Young Farmer of the Year uses Farm Costing Solutions to Manage Labour Expenses Alexander Gibson of Doornkraal Agri Alexander Gibson of Doornkraal Agri – an apple and pear grower in the Witzenberg Valley – was named Agri Western Cape and Santam Agriculture’s Young Farmer of the Year in May. The judges commended Gibson’s strong […]
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Farming of Biofortified Crops Empowers Young Female Farmers in Uganda by Angella Atero | HarvestPlus Uganda Ruth Tugabirwe is one of fifteen young women farmers from the Rwemirokora village in Uganda who received training from HarvestPlus in early 2020. This training focused on methods of farming biofortified crops such as vitamin A-biofortified orange sweet […]
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AJ Power recently completed the commissioning of an AJ110 synchronising generating set to work in tandem with a hybrid PV/Battery system in rural Tanzania. How the village was electrified: Diagram explaining how the village was electrified […]
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Ribbon Blenders for Industrial Mixing by Colin Fairweather, CEO, Facet Engineering Ribbon blenders, also referred to as ribbon mixers are industrial mixing machines that are commonly used across various industries for the purpose of blending and mixing free-flowing products such as dry powders, granules, flakes, and pellets. A ribbon blender consists of a single powered […]
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“Mushrooms truly fit into all the food trends” by Marjet Lubbers FreshPlaza.com It is hard to imagine fruit and vegetable shelves without white, or even chestnut mushrooms. So, the time is ripe to introduce their more exotic cousins. In the Netherlands, exotic specialist Oakfield is working hard at that. Their dream? To see every person […]
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How Customized Irrigation Systems Add Value and Improve Crop Yields “Every irrigation or fertigation system needs to be designed for a set of specific circumstances – there is no such thing as an ‘off-the-shelf’ solution” says Cherry Irrigation director Charles Cherry. “More and more we are seeing that in order to achieve sustainable, […]
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With agriculture being considered as one of the most important economic activities in the continent of Africa, employing two-thirds of the population and making between 20 to 60 percent of each individual country’s GDP, it comes to no surprise that there is plenty of room for innovation in this sector. Dynamic Dryers International (DDI) saw […]
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Farm Costing Solutions Simplifies Management of Farm Expenses with New Products and Features Farm Costing Solutions (FCS), a leader in hardware and software solutions for managing farm expenses, recently introduced various upgrades to its platform. The new FCS system eliminates the need for manual paperwork by electronically recording all labour-related farm activities, including […]
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