Next-Generation Fruit Drying Just Became the New Standard 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 per cent of each individual country’s GDP, it comes to no surprise that there is plenty of room […]
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Can-Agri Shines New Light on Currently Held Vertical Farming Principles by Priva François van der Merwe, CEO of CAN-Agri, has some innovative ideas about today’s vertical farms. He and his business partner Gideo van der Merwe developed a truly vertical crop production system that requires hardly any artificial light. “The truly sustainable vertical […]
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FGW Generators Completes Specialised 5MW Back Up Solution for One of the World’s Top Seafood Companies Power is critical to business, especially if you are in the seafood industry. Any loss of electricity will directly affect the operation and bottom line of such a company. After winning a competitive tender process that included a […]
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Bosch Projects Advanced Sugar Equipment for Efficient Sugar Processing by Lindy Morton, Festivitas 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 […]
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To Stay Ahead of the Next Insect Outbreak, Harness Available Data Intelligence by Esther Ngumbi ILLINOIS, United States, Aug 12 2020 (IPS) – Recently, the UK contributed £17 million to support the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to continue their efforts to combat the desert locust surge in East Africa and improve early warning […]
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Perspectives on the Latest African Aquaculture Statistics By Aquaculture Innovations Global aquaculture production is soaring with more seafood farmed each year since 2013 than is harvested from the wild (Figure 1). In 2018 the aquaculture industry produced in excess of 114 million tons of aquaculture products globally, valued at more than $263bn! A massive […]
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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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