Drilling and harvesting technology provider Pöttinger has launched a new range of TERRASEM tractor seed drills with intelligent technology to protect crops and soil
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Cargill completes US$12.5mn expansion of premix plant in South Africa
Food processing company Cargill has completed the US$12.5mn expansion of its premix facility in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Rwandan farmers get solar grain dryers from WFP
UN’s food assistance branch World Food Programme (WFP) has donated 60 solar grain dryers worth US$39,104.64 to smallholder farmers in Rwanda
AgriProtein to set up world’s first fly farm in South Africa
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded firm AgriProtein has announced to establish world’s first commercial fly farm in South Africa as part of a project to produce sustainable feed for fish from fly larvae
GeoPoll and Control Union tap mobile technology to educate African farmers
US-based GeoPoll has partnered with agricultural inspection and safety service provider Control Union to utilise mobile surveys to engage and educate smallholder farmers in Africa