Future Trends in Storage Solutions for African Agriculture
The lack of reliably available refrigeration throughout Africa threatens the livelihoods of the continent’s agricultural workers while contributing to food insecurity and waste. Innovative...
Investing in Pollination, People, and Progress: A Message to Funders and Farmers
Across South Africa’s varied agricultural landscape, a quiet but powerful engine of productivity is at work: bees. As beekeepers operating where ecology meets development,...
Bühler Johannesburg adds new die refurbishment machine to boost its service offering
Bühler has reinforced its commitment to customers in Southern Africa with the installation of a new die refurbishment machine at its Johannesburg workshop. The...
Spray and conquer: Maximising versatility
How a Dullstroom Farmer Makes the Most of One Tool Year-Round
In the rolling grasslands around Dullstroom, where winter fires and summer parasites present constant...
Agroforestry is Especially Effective in Reducing Co2-Absorbing Tree Loss
Every year the world loses about 14,000 square miles of tropical primary forest, an area nearly as big as Switzerland and larger than the...
CultiWise: New AI lets farmers train weed recognition in real time
Czech startup Skymaps has launched “Zoneye”, an AI model that detects crops and weeds from drone images, trains on local species, and helps farmers...
Nelson Irrigation Introduces the new R65 VT and R65i VT End of Pivot Irrigation...
Nelson Irrigation is proud to announce the launch of their new center pivot irrigation: the R65 VT and inverted R65i VT sprinklers. Designed to...
Aquatic vegetation management in irrigation canals save large volumes of water
By: Dr Kobus Du PlessisIrrigation agriculture is the largest consumer of water in South Africa as it uses approximately 62% of the total national...
Unlocking the Power of Digestate: A Sustainable Boost and Game-Changer for Smallholder Cabbage Farming...
By: Willy Maphutha Ramusi, Dikonketso Shirleymay Matjuda, Sydney Mavengahama & Lerato Bame Tsalaemang MatsaunyaneSmallholder farmers in South Africa face significant challenges, from rising input...
Netafim at 60 : A Drip of Precision
Since its invention 60 years ago, drip irrigation is more relevant than ever . Netafim encourages farmers in the region to increasingly adopt this...