Kenya’s smallholder farmers to get IFAD funding

Bimini1002015-08-31T12:44:14-05:00

Kenya and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed an agreement to finance smallholder farmers in Kenya The funding of US$71.8mn will go towards the Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme - Climate-Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Window which will benefit ten thousand smallholder farmers, including women-headed households and young people whose livelihoods depend on maize, sorghum, millet and associated pulses living in eight eastern and coastal semi-arid counties. Of the total amount, US$61.8mn will be a loan, while the remaining [...]

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Improving and expanding horticulture in Rwanda

Bimini1002015-08-31T12:36:40-05:00

An initiative has been launched in Rwanda to boost the country’s horticulture production, quality and exports Promotion of public-private partnerships is expected to help expand Rwanda’s horticulture output. The Rwanda Horticulture Working Group (RHWG) has been launched by Rwanda’s National Agricultural Export Board (NAEB) and horticulture sector stakeholders. The initiative also seeks to attract more private investments into horticulture industry, as well as to stimulate dialogue among stakeholders, said George William Kayonga, CEO of NAEB. According to Kayonga, RHWG will provide a [...]

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FarmLink CEO Calls For Connected Farms, Investments To Improve Rural Economies

Bimini1002015-09-21T08:44:57-05:00

By: Matt Hopkins The agriculture industry is poised to leverage advanced data-driven, connected technology and sharing models to drive new innovation that will promote reinvestment in our rural communities, FarmLink’s CEO Ron LeMay said Tuesday at The White House Second Annual Rural Opportunity Investment Conference. “Agriculture is a fundamental component of America’s rural communities and economies,” said LeMay. “Know-how and advanced technology have driven substantial progress, but dynamic economic realities require a keen focus on the balance sheet. Today, FarmLink and [...]

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New FarmLogs Hardware Device Automatically Creates Yield Maps

Bimini1002015-08-02T17:23:26-05:00

By: Matt Hopkins Today from InfoAg, FarmLogs, the leading all-in-one field monitoring platform and trusted partner to over 25% of U.S. row crop farms, announced the release of FarmLogs Flow, the first connected machine product to generate instant yield maps. The small plug-in hardware device integrates with the FarmLogs platform and automatically creates yield maps, eliminating the complex and manual time consuming process of collecting, transferring, downloading and uploading yield files to get maps into software where they can [...]

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Brazil’s agriculture minister optimistic about a Mercosur/EU trade accord by end of the year

Bimini1002015-08-02T17:13:59-05:00

Brazil' minister of agriculture Katia Abreu said she was very optimistic about Mercosur reaching a trade agreement with the European Union, and if there are problems look to Europe, because Mercosur members have almost agreed and finished their proposal. Ms. Abreu is probably the strongest political woman in Brazil currently, not only because president Dilma Rousseff is much debilitated politically, but because the minister is also head of one of the strongest lobbies in Latin America's largest economy, and one [...]

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Massey Ferguson launches Kenya ‘people’s tractor’

Bimini1002015-08-02T17:04:39-05:00

AGCO brand Massey Ferguson has announced the launch of a new tractor for the Kenyan market The MF 35, with its 36 horse power (hp) engine, 6-forward/2-reverse speed mechanical gearbox and hard-wearing robust construction, will bring farm mechanisation within the reach of many agricultural enterprises for the first time, the company said. “Straightforward, dependable and affordable, the 36 hp MF 35 is truly the ‘people’s tractor’,” said Richard Markwell, vice president and managing director of Massey Ferguson for Europe/Africa/Middle East. [...]

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FAO, Rabobank Foundation to scale up East Africa partnership

Bimini1002015-08-02T17:01:30-05:00

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Dutch Rabobank Foundation will expand their collaboration after two years of successful initiatives in three countries in East Africa. In 2013, FAO and Rabobank Foundation began a partnership by collaborating on projects in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya focused on boosting food security through rural agricultural development. All three projects were aimed at improving smallholder farmers’ incomes, their access to financial tools and ability to invest in more efficient production of food crops. The project [...]

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Zimbabwe to source fertilizers from Belarus

Bimini1002015-08-13T10:58:05-05:00

Zimbabwe’s government has taken steps to source fertilizers from Belarus to ensure their sufficient availability in time for the upcoming cropping season Fertilizer Application - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture - FlickrOfficials are conducting soil analysis to determine the most suitable fertilizer for Zimbabwe. The South African nation has chosen Belaruskali, a Belarus-based fertilizer manufacturer, to supply it with the key farming input. The deal will be financed as a part of a larger US$150mn memorandum of understanding (MoU) that was signed [...]

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Fanisi Capital invests US$6mn in Tanzanian agribusiness

Bimini1002015-08-02T16:54:39-05:00

Private equity firm Fanisi Capital has announced that it had bought a minority stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for US$6mn, expanding its footprint in the region Maize Mill - Gabriel Gonzalez - Wikimedia CommonsThe investment is Fanisi Capital's first transaction in Tanzania. (Image source: Gabriel Gonzalez/Wikimedia Commons) The Kenya-based firm is focussed on East Africa’s fast-growing economies. Its announcement said it had acquired a significant minority stake in Kijenge Animal Products Limited (Kijenge), a mid-sized maize flour milling, animal feed [...]

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Deutz-Fahr unveils new C6000 harvester series

Bimini1002015-08-02T16:51:57-05:00

Agriculture equipment manufacturer Deutz-Fahr has announced the launch of a new combine harvester range Deutz-Fahr unveil new C6000 harvester series The C6000 Series has optional cutting header extensions for rapeseed and sunflowers. (Image source: Deutz-Fahr) Following the release of the C9000 Series in 2013 and the C7000 Series in 2014, the company unveiled the new C6000 Series earlier this month. The new machines are powered by 230hp DEUTZ TCD L6 T4F 6.1 L engines, which, as Tier 4-compliant, Deutz-Fahr called “the most [...]

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