Just as the world population surpassed 8 bn, a turning point for ag occurred with Case IH, a global leader in agricultural equipment, realising that they played a vital role in increasing farmers’ productivity as they continued to feed the world
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Somalia receives US$70mn grant from World Bank for delivery of water, agriculture, livestock, and environmental services
The World Bank recently approved a US$70mn International Development Association (IDA) grant to develop resilient water, agriculture, and environmental services for rural communities in Somalia’s drylands
FAO and SADC member states plan to develop regional agricultural mechanisation roadmap
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and development partners have launched a Technical Cooperation Project titled ‘Developing a Roadmap to Leverage Sustainable Agricultural Mechanisation for Climate Smart Agriculture (SAM4CSA) in Southern Africa’, which seeks to address challenges around sustainable agricultural mechanisation in the region
CNH Industrial unveils first electric tractor prototype
At its Tech Day in Phoenix, Arizona, CNH Industrial revealed the New Holland T4 Electric Power – the industry’s first all-electric light utility tractor prototype with autonomous features
New Holland Agriculture introduces world’s first LNG tractor
On 9 December, New Holland Agriculture unveiled the next step in its Clean Energy journey with the T7 Methane Power LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) pre-production prototype tractor