AGCO will invest US$100mn in Africa within the next three years as the farm equipment manufacturer shifts its focus towards commercial farming
Machinery & Equipment
Massey Ferguson wins tractor of the year awards
Massey Ferguson has received two tractor of the year 2013 finalist awards on the launch day of the EIMA Show in Bologna, Italy, for the MF 3770S in the ‘specialized’ category and for the MF7626 Dyna-6 in the ‘open field’ class
Airtel and GSMA project to help Kenyan farmers with agricultural information
Airtel Africa and the GSMA have initiated a project that will attempt to provide more than 250,000 Kenyan farmers with agricultural information via their mobile phones
Bell Equipment Africa tractor series incorporates Booyco air conditioning technology
Global manufacturing firm Bell Equipment has announced that 73 Africa Series tractors intended for an Ethiopian customer, which feature integrated Booyco Engineering air conditioning units, are to be created following successful prototype trials
West Africa employs advanced GIS fishery system
Ghana and Liberia’s Fisheries Commissions have employed SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 and SuperGIS Spatial Analyst 3.0 in order to establish an advanced system of analysing and managing fishery data