India-based Escorts Group have sold more than 800 tractors in less than three years following the roll out of the Kilimo Kwanza initiative in Tanzania
Agriculture
Pesticide safety warning for Rwandan farmers
Farmers in Rwanda have been warned to take more care when handling pesticides so as not to risk their lives
Tobacco farming in Zimbabwe 'vital in combatting food shortages'
Farmers in Zimbabwe can improve food security through successful tobacco farming, according to British American Tobacco Zimbabwe Limited managing director Lovemore Manatsa
New Holland renews support of ‘Kids of Africa’ in Uganda
New Holland Agriculture and its supplier in Uganda, Cooper Motor Corporation Ltd (CMC), have together donated a TT55 tractor to the ‘Kids of Africa’ non-profit organisation
AfDB invests US$63mn in agricultural research
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has distributed a share of US$63mn to research companies in Africa to help them undertake projects aimed at boosting the continents agricultural production