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The Climate Corporation launches Climate FieldView in South Africa

The Climate Corporation, Bayer’s digital farming arm, has announced the commercial launch of its digital farming platform, Climate FieldView in South Africa Last year, South African farmers did a trial run of the FieldView platform over 1.2 mn acres of land. (Image source: Bayer) Adopted by farmers in more than 20 countries, and used on […]

Freudenberg’s category 4 filtration systems protect agricultural vehicle drivers from toxic pesticides

Freudenberg Filtration Technologies offers cabin air filters of all categories to ensure that necessary precautions are taken in keeping with the European norm EN 15695 Freudenberg Filtration Technologies offers cabin air filters of all categories. (Image source: Freudenberg Filtration Technologies) Spring marks the beginning of the spraying season. While crops need to be protected from […]

Hydrofarm releases new products for sustainable indoor farming

Hydroponics equipment manufacturer Hydrofarm Holdings Group has announced the release of new products from GroStar, Autopilot, Plant Success King Crab, Rock Rootinator, and Roots Organics Last month, the company debuted the new Phantom PHOTOBIO TX and T linear LED top lights. (Image source: Adobe Stock) These products further expand Hydrofarm’s portfolio of innovative and proprietary […]

ServiTech, Sentera team up to provide critical field health insights

ServiTech has announced a long-term partnership with Sentera under which FieldAgent by Sentera will deliver industry-leading field imagery, crop health monitoring and change detection technology to support the ServiTech Bridge platform, improving grower outcomes through more informed management decisions Digital scouting tools deliver critical field health insights to inform better in-season decisions. (Image source: Business […]

60% of dairy products consumed in Nigeria imported – Minister

[ad_1] Nigeria’s per capita consumption of milk is 8 litres per year compared with the global average of 44 litres of milk. Nigeria imports at least 60 per cent of dairy products the country consumes, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, has said. Mr Nanono disclosed this when speaking at the National […]

Lagos To Audit Forest Estate To Mitigate Climate Change

[ad_1] Lagos- In order to mitigate climate change, Lagos state government has made known its plan to carry out an audit of the forest estates in the state to enable the State Government ascertain what was left of its forest and biological biodiversity. Abisola Olusanya, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, stated this on Tuesday while […]

Nigeria’s sesame market lucrative but weighed down by challenges

[ad_1] Nigeria generates an average of $1,400 per metric tonne of sesame exported. Sesame seeds, or beni-seeds as they are locally known, are among the most commercially viable crop critical to the agricultural economy of Nigeria. Despite the high viability of the crop, data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows Nigeria’s production of […]

Titan introduces new AgraEDGE tyre line

Titan International (Titan) has introduced the Titan AgraEDGE: a new, full-line tyre offering The initial 17 sizes available now range from 380/85R28 up to 520/85R42 to match the most common MFWD tractor front and rear configurations. (Image source: Titan) These cutting-edge, cost-competitive tyres initially are available in 17 of the most popular front and rear […]

Creating Sustainable Value Chains for Staple Crops in Nigeria

Nestlé, IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative, and TechnoServe announced today the launch of the Developing Inclusive Grain Value Chains project. The initiative will help 5,000 smallholder farmers earn better livelihoods by supplying high-quality maize, soybeans, millet, and sorghum to Nestlé.  The seven-month project will enable more inclusive and transparent sourcing of maize, soybeans, millet, and […]

The technology which is good for the soil

The agricultural industry moves fast and it is constantly evolving For agricultural trailers, BKT has developed V-FLEXA, a Flotation tyre that makes operations in the field more sustainable. (Image source: BKT) Increasing productivity and raising efficiency are two of the main factors which determine current trends. Looking at agricultural mechanisation, this orientation means developing increasingly […]

Maximising public-private partnership potential for food tech adoption

[ad_1] Silo developed by FIIRO To avoid the frustration of scientists and technologists working on agricultural research and development in Nigeria, the government has been urged to deepen town-and-gown relationship through public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives in the efforts to encourage the adoption and commercialisation of various technologies that are capable of turning agriculture around and […]

Lawmaker empowers youths, women with agricultural inputs

[ad_1] • Enugu senator trains constituents in fish, snail farming A lawmaker, Kolawole Lawal Mobolorunduro, representing Egbado South/Ipokia Federal Constituency in Ogun State, has empowered no fewer than 80 youths and women in Ipokia/Owode axis with agricultural inputs. This was done in a startup training course in collaboration with National Biotechnology Development Agency on fish, […]

Bill to establish agric fund sails through at senate

[ad_1] Food<br /> The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that seeks the approval of the establishment of a National Agricultural Development Fund. The approval followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, which was read on the floor of the red chamber by Chairman of the committee, […]