Chief Afe Babalola(SAN) Agriculture and Green Revolution as a priority  A transformational leader will commit to restoring Nigeria’s leadership and strength as a foremost agricultural nation in the world. Green revolution at all levels of governance is required to significantly increase the production, distribution and export of high yielding plant and livestock varieties in Nigeria. ...

The Netherlands has been working with Ghanaian horticultural farmers and entrepreneurs for many years and sees the sector as one of the most prominent drivers for economic growth in Ghana. There are three main reasons to further strengthen the partnership in horticulture: economic growth, improved diets, and employment possibilities. Economic growth The agricultural sector is ...

generation farmer decide to start a company together? They spend most of their time grappling with one looming problem: climate change. In 2020, Gilwoo Lee, the robotics expert, and Casey Call, the farmer, founded Zordi, an agricultural platform that blends AI and robotics with greenhouse growing. A recent graduate of the University of Washington, Lee was ...

At Agritechnica 2023 in Hanover, Germany from 12-18 November 2023, the world’s largest trade fair for agricultural machinery and equipment, Bobcat will debut a number of new products and technological developments for the first time at the show. Visitors to the Bobcat stand at Agritechnica will be able to see the latest innovations and highlights ...

Shamrock Handling Concepts has extended its range of Moffett forklift trucks to include the new generation M5 and M8 NX series, which has been designed for safe and efficient operation on rough terrain and in confined areas. “Our new Moffett M5 NX and M8  NX truck mounted forklifts enhance the M4 NX series that we ...

Alexandra Howard recently received a prestigious 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science National Award.  November 2023: Alexandra Howard, a PhD candidate in the Department of Zoology and Entomology and the Afromontane Research Unit (ARU) on the University of the Free State (UFS) Qwaqwa Campus, recently received a $3 000 USD scholarship grant from Bat Conservation International ...

Until now, in those markets where chicken tenders (aka tenderloins or inner fillets) are sold on trays for supermarkets, these packs have been put together by hand. Given the global shortage of labor, automation is the better option. That is exactly what Marel’s RoboBatcher Flex for tenders does. Featuring a new gripper, the robot improves ...

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is aiming at industrialising agriculture in the Ashanti region and across the country through a partnership with France. The Asantehene believes funding and technical support from the French for value addition in agriculture will drive employment, cut imports and improve the export of Ghanaian produce. He addressed the French ...

AFAN Launches Nationwide Marketing of the Nwassa Marketplace Platform to all its Members AFAN to Promote Nwassa Platform to its Farmers as their Recommended Method for the Purchase of Farming Inputs; Sale of Agricultural Produce; and Purchase of a Range of Value-added Services Six Million New Tingo Mobile Smartphones to be Leased by AFAN Beginning ...

Various articles were published in the media over the past week that made it sound as if government had published “new rules” in the Government Gazette that would force farmers to meet black economic empowerment (BEE) requirements to continue exports to Europe. Farmers’ Weekly spoke to various sources, who concluded these articles were misleading, factually incorrect ...