Without breaking the soil, the farmer turns dry land into the grain basket By JULIUS SIGEI KENYA The crop sways gently from side to side as the breeze sweeps through the Athi plains, about 40 kilometres from Nairobi. The healthy wheat belies the veneer of a desolate wasteland as you leave the […]
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Air Tractor: The Most Efficient Means of Pest Control in Africa By Ag Aviation Africa Today the agricultural aircraft is an essential tool in assisting in the production of food, fibre, and biofuels. The Air Tractor® aircraft platform is the global leader in its class for A) Agricultural Crop Spraying (aerial application of fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides, […]
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TURNER: Robust equipment for Africa’s potato industry Turnerland offers African farmers a complete solution for mechanised potato and onion production. This South Africa-based company manufactures the TURNER brand of machinery and equipment for the potato and onion industry. The TURNER brand has gained a steady and growing following from potato farmers throughout Southern Africa and […]
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THE FALCON HAYMAKER® – ROTARY CUTTERS IN A RANGE OF WIDTHS FROM 1,2 TO 3,5 METERS AND FOR ANY TRACTOR SIZE By Falcon Equipment The Falcon Haymaker® is one of the most popular hay-cutting implements in the country. This rotary cutter is quick, efficient and trouble-free. It is designed with safety, convenience and serviceability in mind. […]
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ZAMBIAFresh Market: online trading system goes live at pilot site By Carolize Jansen The consumption of fresh food and vegetables in Zambia is growing by 10 to 15% annually, a 2018 report has found, while production has been doubling over the past five years. However, when it comes to the marketing of their produce, Zambian […]
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Erreppi: A New Tractor is Born to Farm in Africa The Erreppi Buffalo tractor, designed to perform in all types of terrain, while respectful of the environment, provides innovative solutions, especially where high power is redundant and versatility is a must. Efficient, affordable and easy to maintain, the first prototype of this […]
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Growing your Business During COVID-19 Growing your business on a day to day scale was hard enough. Now we figure out how to start growing your business during COVID-19 as well. Well, I took the time and put together this article so you won’t have to. All the tools, ideas and methods to grow your […]
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Management Information: Disregarded by executive leaders? Management information is the result of the process whereby technology or manually driven captured data is delivered across the value chain of an organisation to produce manual and/ or automated reports. The reports can be in different formats, to different levels of managers and leaders to enable proactive decision making […]
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Food Security: Kenya secures US$18.8m funding from FAO to fight desert locusts KENYA – Kenya has landed an additional Sh2 billion (US$18.8m)from the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to help fight the resurgence of the desert locusts. According to a Standard Media report, this brings the country’s total arsenal for fighting the locusts to Sh4 billion […]
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Lessons on how to effectively tackle a locust invasion By Esther Ndumi Ngumbi Kenyan food production and grazing land are under threat from a huge desert locust invasion. The insects are currently in two counties in northern Kenya and are now spreading to other Kenyan regions including Meru, Laikipia, and Rift Valley. The government has […]
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