Aerobotics named Best Tech Company of the Year 2019
The first annual Africa Tech Week has named Aerobotics Best Technology Company of the Year 2019. The award recognises the technological achievements of a company’s sound
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BI to unveil new products at NAMPO 2019
Bearings International (BI) will unveil a range of new products for the agricultural industry at Grain SA’s NAMPO Harvest Day from 14 to 17 May
Rooibos exports to Japan hit record high in 2018
More than 2,000 tonnes of rooibos was shipped to Japan in 2018 – the largest consignment since the South African indigenous tea was first introduced
How Ag-Tech Ripened Into a Growing Market
With the rise of data-crunching agricultural software, farmers these days are digging as much in data as in dirt. “It is as frothy as I
The Future Is Green and Growing Fast
Even as President Donald Trump repeals environmental “job-killing” regulations and promises to double down on fossil fuels, jobs in sustainability-related fields rank near the top of
Maize cultivation gets boost in Tanzania
The National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) and Tanzania Agriculture Development Bank (TADB) have signed a contract to yield greener pastures for the Tanzanian farmers. According
Technology: The Future of Agriculture
Twenty-first-century robotics and sensing technologies have the potential to solve problems as old as farming itself. “I believe, by moving to a robotic agricultural
THE NEXT GENERATION OF AG TECHIES
Since establishing its precision farming department nearly 10 years ago, Bane-Welker has seen it grow substantially. “We were the first in the area to launch
High-tech agriculture: Farmers risk being ‘locked in’ to unsustainable practices
Since World War II, Europe’s agricultural sector has been very receptive to new technology, and the result has been staggering productivity gains – for four