Robots in vegetable production: the future is already here
“The global agricultural robotics market is currently worth between $15 billion and $18 billion, with annual growth ranging from 14% to 20%, depending on...
OpEd: Three nutrition trends shaping Africa’s animal protein industry
By Matthias Vogelsang, Animal Nutrition President EMEA, ADMAfrica’s growing demand for affordable, nutritious animal protein is creating new opportunities and challenges for the animal...
Grow it fresh. Pick it ripe. Eat it happy.
A little know-how can make a difference when harvestingYou’re halfway through preparing dinner when you reach into the fridge for some fresh basil, only...
Foodmate Expands Automatic Leg Transfer System to OPTiX Switch
A major step forward towards fully integrated, intelligent, inline leg processing.Foodmate, a Duravant company, is expanding its proven high-performance automation to an even wider...
Merec Industries Builds First Pasta Plant in Northern Mozambique
Invictus Investment Company PLC a leading holding company specialised in agro-food commodities across the Middle East and Africa, today announced that its subsidiary Merec...
From a R25 000 start-up investment to a global export business
What began with a shipment of pineapples to the Seychelles has grown into a Southern African export business connecting local growers with buyers in...
Improving heat-resilient indigenous livestock using local AI models built on gut microbiome data
By Therese van Wyk: Research CommunicationIn a study published in Agriculture, researchers from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) propose a policy roadmap of an...
Global peanut study uncovers hidden genetic diversity to boost groundnut breeding
Researchers from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in collaboration with leading agricultural research institutions in China and Australia, have...
Tractors: the economic climate is holding back the global market
The market is in decline in the United States, Canada and Brazil. In Europe, sales are falling in Germany, France and Spain. Turkey is...
Agricultural machinery in Italy: domestic market and exports weigh on production
The decrease in sales recorded during the summer and in October has reversed the upward trend seen at the beginning of the year, pushing...