A widespread replacement of manual labour with mechanical power can have large socio-economic implications. Lionel Coetzee, head of marketing, AGCO Africa speaks with Tulana Nayak about how the company and...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE) and the Japanese Government Mission to the African Union have officially launched a sub-regional project to foster employment...
Johnson Soil Augers are supplying portable, affordable and efficient tools for soil surveying and sampling, helping farmers with effective and economic alternatives to the digging of profile pits as part...
In a bid to strengthen its focus on the grain business, AFGRI, along with Public Investment Corporation (PIC) of South Africa, has announced the sale of its poultry business
As the business of cotton production continues to attract global attention, there are concerns about how sustainable the practice of growing, harvesting, and production will be, especially for lower income...
Food tech company OneThird on 15 June, announced the deployment of its AI-powered scanner technology in the supply chain of Bakker Barendrecht, part of Greenyard and the sole supplier of...
Hotraco has announced Antares, the latest addition to their lineup of farm controllers
Drone and camera technology company DJI has launched an agriculture drone, the DJI AGRAS T20
The fact that Nigeria has been able to cut down on rice importation from 644,000 MT to about 22,000 MT within two years proves the agricultural revolution is working, Alhaji...
South Africa and the US have reached an agreement to end ‘anti-dumping’ duties on US poultry
Nigerian agriculture minister Akinwumi Adesina has said that Africa’s future billionaires and millionaires will make their money from agriculture
Farmers who need to buy stock feeds and have experienced cattle loss during times of drought in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, have urged finance minister, Tendai Biti, to consider introducing a livestock...
According to a report launched by the largest international space of grassroots organisations and indigenous communities working to eliminate food insecurity and malnutrition, the COVID-19 food crisis is closely related...
On 6 April, AGCO Corporation announced that in collaboration with Bosch BASF Smart Farming, the company will integrate and commercialise smart spraying technology on Fendt Rogator sprayers, while also developing additional, new features
Case IH, through its local distributor Northmec, recently delivered the first units of a fleet of 138 tractors and four sprayers to South African clients Pieter Van Zyl,...
Antoine Kapteijns, chief operational director at Codema Systems Group, has highlighted the company's approach to securing quality in customised horticultural solutions
Forever Feed Technologies, on 17 August, announced a multimillion-dollar investment from a renowned group of dairy and agriculture leaders to develop sustainable and enterprise scale automated indoor-growing feed mills
Dr Andrew Morgan, chief scientist at DuPont Nutrition and Health, spoke about the emerging science of microbiome and its potential in providing solutions to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the...
A study published in Environmental Research Letter (ERL) estimates that more than 50 per cent of the world's food calories are produced in regions where the average farm size is...
The Auto-Guide 3000 for farmers and agriculture enterprises aims to enhance efficiency and make quick returns on investment by adding precision technology solutions. (Image source: werktuigendagen)
