COVID-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system The World Food Programme has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause one of the worst food crises since World War II. It predicts a doubling of the number of people going hungry – more than half of them in sub-Saharan Africa. While wealthier people stay inside and practise physical distancing, the […]
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How sensors and Big Data can help cut food wastage Modern farming has evolved by adopting technical advances such as machines for ploughing and harvesting, controlled irrigation, fertilisers, pesticides, crop breeding and genetics research. These have helped farmers to produce large crops of good quality in a fairly predictable way. But there’s still progress to […]
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How West Africa can expand power supply and meet climate goals Not too long ago, when the idea of solar and wind energy was still hotly debated, critics used to point out the limitations of these energy sources: the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow. But nowadays many countries’ electricity grids are strongly […]
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Agrico Offers Precise Irrigation, Effortlessly in Zambia By Salim Dawood, ProAgri Zambia Time is money. If you irrigate hundreds of hectares, frequent trips to and from pivots to manually switch them on and off, change their direction or regulate their water application, can take a lot of costly time and effort. Philip […]
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Part 3: Where do the Black Swans come from? Dr. Anton Verwey & Johan Maritz Background In two articles published earlier this year, we first explored the appearance of what we referred to as “A Bevy of Black Swans”, and in a subsequent article published in the midst of the global COVID19 pandemic explored […]
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A Partnership for Growth: AGR & AFAP combine forces to boost crop yields in Zambia An initiative, which involves a US$40 million fertilizer-revolving facility and another US$170 million for value addition is to be implemented in the Eastern, Northern, Western, Central, Lusaka and Copperbelt provinces under the first phase from the 1st July 2020. The initiative […]
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Bosch Projects designs & manufactures Sugar Equipment for the Global Sugar Sector Bosch Projects – a member of the Bosch Holdings group of multi-disciplinary consulting engineering companies – integrates engineering technology and project management, to provide specially-tailored solutions in diverse industries. These sectors include sugar and ethanol, power utilities and materials handling, commercial and industrial […]
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Part 2: Facing my own Black Swans By Dr Anton Verwey & Johan Maritz In an article distributed in February this year (A Bevy of Black Swans), we came to the following conclusions: 1. The world has seen the advance of a bevy of black swans. They no longer occur as rare events spaced over […]
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Two-wheel tractors allowing Ethiopian farmers to boost their incomes. By Simret Yasabu Two-wheel tractors are allowing Ethiopian farmers to boost their incomes and support their communities in times of need. Farmers in the Bale area, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, mainly produce wheat and barley. Temam Mama was no different — but some six years ago, the […]
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Local farmers benefit from Zambeef’s value chain LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Zambeef Products has reiterated the important role that local farmers play in ensuring food security in the country; in particular small-scale farmers who are central to agricultural activities and produce most of the food in the developing world. However, these farmers face challenges in accessing profitable […]
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