Three African agri-tech start-ups have been chosen to be part of an incubation programme meant to educate them on business know-how and bring up the condition of agriculture
Technology
Airtel funds weather information programme in Uganda
Airtel is spending US$672,000 to support a project to provide timely weather reports to small-scale farmers in Uganda
New Holland’s T7.315 tractor wins Agritechnica award
New Holland’s new T7.315 tractor was awarded the ‘Machine of the Year 2016’ title in the L category at the recent Agritechnica 2015 show
Massey Ferguson to launch new tractors for Middle East and Africa
Massey Ferguson is introducing a new range of 50hp to 85hp tractors for select African and Middle East agricultural markets
Satellite data to help Ugandan smallholder farmers
The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has launched a US$4.96mn project in Uganda to benefit more than 350,000 smallholder farmers