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Doosan Bobcat to Create Synergy through Vertical Integration with Doosan Mottrol
- Mottrol will Start Anew as ‘Doosan Mottrol’ - - Aim is to Double the Sales of Doosan Mottrol in Five Years - Doosan Bobcat…
Agritech
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SafeQuip Launches Lithium-ion Battery Fire Extinguisher Range
SafeQuip, a leading distributor and manufacturer of fire safety solutions, launches the SANS 1910-2022 approved, Lith-Ex fire extinguisher range, which carries NTA 8133:2021 (KIWA/POOO55865) test…
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Doosan Bobcat to Create Synergy through Vertical Integration with Doosan Mottrol
- Mottrol will Start Anew as ‘Doosan Mottrol’ - - Aim is to Double the Sales of Doosan Mottrol in Five Years - Doosan Bobcat…
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Agritech’s role in mitigating climate risk in Africa
(Source: Image by Freepik) In recent decades, African countries have seen a rise in climate events which are negatively impacting agricultural output. This has contributed…
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ADB, MasterCard launch an alliance to digitise agriculture
Dr. Beth Dunford, African Development Bank vice president for agriculture, human and social development. The African Development Bank Group and MasterCard are co-chairing a new…
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Africa’s farming future could include more digital solutions
NAIROBI, KENYA — More than 400 delegates and organizations working in Africa’s farming sector are in Nairobi, Kenya, this week to discuss how digital agriculture…
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Sawmilling In The Shadow Of The Dragon
Pristine landscapes on the way to New Heights Sawmill. The southern slopes of the Drakensberg or Dragon Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province, is…
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Nigeria launches technology-based agriculture project
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi is the director-general and CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency. Nigeria has established the Fourth Industrial Revolution Technology in Agriculture…
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Safe farming practices ‘ll boost food production, protect health – Stakeholders
By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – AS Nigerians grapple with soaring food prices, nonprofit organizations, CropLife Nigeria in partnership with Extension Africa, declared that safe farming…
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Topcon Agriculture introduces Value Line Steering solution, bringing affordable precision technology to small and medium-sized farms
Topcon Agriculture has announced the release of its new Value Line Steering solution designed specifically for farmers using mid-range tractors on small to medium-sized farms.…
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Technology and sustainable farming can contain the cost-price squeeze
John Hudson, head of agriculture at Nedbank Commercial Banking Agriculture is a game of fine margins and unfortunately, in the primary agriculture sector, input prices…
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Crops
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Cultivating Change: The Vision Behind Nigeria’s National Sunflower Associatio
Jibrin K. Bukar is the president of the National Sunflower…
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Niger govt allocates 10,000 hectares for smallholder farmers
Ten thousand (10,000) hectares of farmland in the Gbapo Community…
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Ginger disease in Nigeria: Minister charges task force on speedy solution to epidemic
Photo Taken In Kura, Nigeria. Getty Images/EyeEm Image used for…
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Agric Minister highlights impact of modern biotechnology on plant breeding
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari has…
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Africa’s Food Security Beyond Russian Grains Partnerships – OpEd
Until sustainable food security is established through modernizing agriculture and…
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IDH and Zowasel Announce Partnership to Transform Nigeria’s Sorghum Value Chain through Regenerative Agriculture
Zowasel, an agriculture technology company that leverages data science and…
Livestock
Tal-Tec: A five-decade journey in livestock equipment innovation
Farming, one of the oldest trades in existence, has evolved significantly over the past 50 years with new skills and tools improving efficiencies and outcomes.…
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Nigeria: Farmers, stakeholders trained on sustainable feed, livestock production
Sustainable feed management and livestock production are crucial components of ensuring food security, environmental stewardship and economic viability in the agricultural sector. The Danida Fellowship…
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Top 10 agricultural imports driving Africa’s trade dynamics
Chisom Michael Africa’s major agricultural imports largely consist of products for which the continent lacks a revealed comparative advantage (RCA), with notable exceptions being sugars…
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FAO trains Nigerian farmers on production of livestock feeds
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has trained Nigeria farmers on how to produce their own feeds to forestall shortages. Mr…
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Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) Supports Agricultural Producers in Guinea
In Guinea, where 67% of the population is involved in agriculture and the sector represents 52% of the total workforce, crop yields from traditional farming…
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Digital supply chains to transform Nigerian small-scale farming: NITDA
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) of Nigeria Kashifu Inuwa has emphasised the transformative potential of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence…
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Stakeholders hail govt’s proposal to create Ministry of Livestock Development
Agribusiness stakeholders have commended the Federal Government’s proposal to create the Ministry of Livestock Development in the country. The stakeholders gave the commendation in separate…
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Tinubu announces creation of Ministry of Livestock Development
President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria Amid the lingering crisis between farmers and herders across the country, President Bola Tinubu has announced the creation of a…
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New ministry will unlock trillion-naira livestock economy, say cattle breeders
The President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, has said that the creation of the Ministry of Livestock…
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Niger govt to engage corps members in agriculture
Niger State Governor, Muhammed Umar Bago By Mohammed Baba Busu Niger Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Federal Ministry of Youths…
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