Nigeria is intensifying its agricultural mechanisation drive as part of broader efforts to reduce food imports and stimulate rural economic growth. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture is expanding partnerships with equipment manufacturers and commercial banks to improve farmer access to tractors, planters and harvesters under flexible financing arrangements. These include leasing schemes and pay-per-use models ...

The 5509 Telehandler Africa holds over 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land yet remains a net importer of food. Across South Africa and the broader Sub-Saharan region, the push to modernize agriculture has never been more urgent. Unpredictable climate patterns, rising input costs, labor shortages, and the demand for greater productivity present a complex ...

Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya included, has the lowest uptake of agricultural mechanisation in the world. [File, Standard] While agriculture is the economic activity that contributes the most to Kenya’s GDP, a majority of Kenyans have yet to embrace mechanisation. There is also almost zero use of irrigation, with a majority of farmers relying solely on the ...

BY TOM JACKSON Heifer International, a global non-profit working to end hunger and poverty through sustainable farming, has released a report highlighting how tens of thousands of smallholder African farmers have seen their livelihoods transformed by a tech-driven mechanisation initiative.   The report, titled “Mechanisation for Africa: Innovative Financing for Agricultural  Transformation and Youth Job Creation”, ...