Tanzania to Introduce New Grape Varieties to Boost Wine Production by Xinhua The Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) said on Sunday plans were afoot to introduce 13 new grape varieties from South Africa to boost production of wine in the country. “The new grape varieties will also improve the country’s production of grapes,” said Cornel […]
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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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Farming Ginger For Profit By Louise Brodie Propagation Propagation of ginger is from planting out the rhizomes kept from your previous harvest. Rhizomes for planting can also be bought from suppliers or nurseries. Planting Method The ginger rhizome is broken into smaller pieces and these are used as plant material. The pieces […]
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Basic Skills for Successful Garlic Farming Growing garlic is an incredibly rewarding experience, but it can also be frustrating. Garlic is a high-value horticultural crop in the onion family. Farmers are getting interested in growing garlic due to its reported high returns and the readily available local market. But wait, have you considered […]
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Leslie Ter Morshuizen on Mistakes made by new Fish Farmers There are certain errors that are commonly made by new entrants into the aquaculture industry and I thought it would be useful to highlight these, as a guide to new entrants so that they can avoid these errors, and to remind more experienced farmers […]
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The Marula – Africa’s ‘Treasure Tree’ A source of human nutrition in Africa for over 12,000 years, marula fruit is now famous as the source of one of South Africa’s most successful exports, a liqueur known as “Amarula Cream”. But the range of Marula products is increasing and during the last four years, […]
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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 Mushrooms in Shipping Containers First Published by Budget Shipping Containers on September 10, 2019 Okay, so you might think an article about growing mushrooms in shipping containers is a little far-fetched? Well, what spurred us on to create this post was a short piece that was featured on Countryfile a few months ago. Following […]
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Mobile Fruit Processing: Bringing the Factory to the Field With the Voran 500 mobile press from Beveratech it is now possible for the fruit processing factory to come to the fruit, and not the other way round. By using modular standardised components from our comprehensive product range we can ensure optimum functionality, high yield, […]
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Ocorian: 6 Trends Driving Investment into Africa Published by Raju Jaddoo, Director of Ocorian Primed for trade, investment and mutually beneficial partnerships, Director Raju Jaddoo from Ocorian highlights six trends driving Africa’s economic potential and how international financial centres are helping to catalyse growth across the continent. At the time of writing it […]
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