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Gates Expands PRO Series Product Line with Launch of Pro1T and Pro2T Hydraulic Hoses for Industrial Applications
PRO Series hoses and couplings broaden solutions for wide-ranging applications and markets LUXEMBOURG CITY, July 24, 2019 – Gates (NYSE: GTES), a leading global provider of application-specific fluid power and ...
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Nedbank announces R25m boost to safeguard water, bodiversity and job security
Nedbank has committed R25 million towards safeguarding critical water source areas, biodiversity hotspots and rural livelihoods with a strong focus on the Eastern Cape. The money ...
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World Bank to invest US $300m in Ghana’s Cocoa industry
The World Bank is looking to invest US $300m in Ghana’s cocoa industry. This is for purposes of increasing cocoa production over the next five years. ...CNH Industrial India commits to improving water conservation in communities near its Greater Noida plant
The Company’s latest CSR project is driven by the belief that the conservation of water is of growing importance. It has adopted four lakes, which it ...Global agricultural tyre market to value over $9bn by 2026
The increasing need for enhanced productivity due to growing food demand globally, has propelled the demand for agriculture equipment. The global agriculture tyre market is estimated ...Kenya moves closer to goal of 100% renewable energy generation by 2030
JOHANNESBURG – Kenya has boosted its power generation capacity and is one giant step closer to reaching its goal of 100 percent renewable energy generation by ...
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Europe increases funding for beekeepers
The European Commission has announced €120 million in funding to support the EU’s beekeeping sector over the next three years, and increase of €12 million compared to the previous period. The funding ... -
Scottish fruit farm named as third Strategic SmartHort Centre
A Scottish fruit grower will work with AHDB to highlight how horticultural growers can increase efficiency and reduce their reliance on labour. Blairgowrie-based grower Thomas Thomson has been named as AHDB’s third ...
Agribusiness
Gates Expands PRO Series Product Line with Launch of Pro1T and Pro2T Hydraulic Hoses for Industrial Applications
PRO Series hoses and couplings broaden solutions for wide-ranging applications and markets LUXEMBOURG CITY, July 24, 2019 – Gates (NYSE: GTES), a leading global provider of ...AGCO expands Future Farm training investment in Zambia
AGCO has revealed plans for further development of the Future Farm project in Zambia. Upgrades for Phase II will include the construction of student and staff ...Pernod Ricard acquires majority stake in SA spirit maker Inverroche
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard, through its affiliate Pernod Ricard South Africa, is acquiring a majority stake in South African craft spirit brand Inverroche. Based in the ...South Africa: Final land reform and agriculture report released
The land reform panel emphasised that land reform can no longer be postponed, with over 60% of South Africans’ land and/or property rights not recorded or ...Agroecology as innovation
Recently, the High Level Panel of Experts of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) released its much-anticipated report on agroecology. The report signals the continuing ...AMIE calls on government to keep poultry prices in reach of all South Africans
The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has called on the South African government to arbitrate in the brewing tariff battle between local poultry producers ...Herdwatch launches Growth Partners Programme with major UK Agri-retail chain
Herdwatch the market leading farm management app and platform have launched their Growth Partners Programme with UK Agri retail giant Mole Valley Farmers to help bring ...EU to fund Kenyan smallholder agribusinesses in latest boost for agriculture
A woman works on a demonstration farm in Kakamega, western Kenya. Small-scale farmers in the region could gain easier access to credit after the European Union offered €50 million ...
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