John Deere launches S.M.A.R.T. campaign to boost productivity in African agriculture

Bimini1002016-12-24T14:59:51-05:00

John Deere has announced the S.M.A.R.T campaign to bring together the company’s established initiatives and programmes designed to improve and advance productivity in African agriculture John Deere has previously launched a range of affordable tractors for smaller African customers. This announcement was made together with the company’s sponsorship of the US-Africa Business Summit which took place in in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during February. “John Deere has previously introduced a complete line of tractors and implements that have the features and affordability required [...]

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South American Weather Hurting Crops Is Driving Markets Crazy

Bimini1002016-04-25T12:35:05-05:00

It’s been a wild few weeks in the agriculture markets. Floods in Argentina and drought in Brazil have sent futures markets from Chicago to Paris into a tizzy, with corn, soybean and wheat prices surging in the first half of last week before slumping back down. While Louis Dreyfus Co.’s chief executive officer has said 2015 was defined by a lack of volatility, this year is shaping up to be more exciting. A 30-day measure of price swings for the Bloomberg [...]

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OCP Group launches new subsidiary

Bimini1002016-04-30T21:17:31-05:00

OCP Group, a firm committed to the development of the agricultural ecosystem in Africa, has set up its new subsidiary OCP Africa Agricultural producers will receive all the resources they need in order to create suitable, affordable products, services and partnerships. OCP Africa made the announcement at the ‘Argus FMB Fertiliser’ 2016 conference, which took place in Marrakech in February. According to OCP Group, the new subsidiary aims to contribute to meeting the challenge of creating structured, efficient and sustainable agriculture in Africa by [...]

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Nuevos Productos de John Deere

Bimini1002016-04-19T11:21:50-05:00

John Deere 8295R John Deere hizo tres anuncios de nuevos productos esta semana ofrece un nuevo sistema de control de alta tecnología para los tractores; nuevas plataformas para la línea hilerador; y tractores para la huerta y viñedo uso. En primer lugar es las plataformas 500D Serie Draper, ellos llamando a la "pareja perfecta" para los W235 y W260 hileradoras autopropulsadas. Los tres modelos de la línea Draper arriba - la 525D a 25 pies; 530D a 30 pies; y la [...]

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New Products From John Deere

Bimini1002016-04-19T11:22:41-05:00

John Deere 8295R John Deere made three announcements for new products this week offering a new  high-tech control system for tractors; new draper platforms for the windrower line; and tractors for orchard and vineyard use. First up is the 500D Series Draper platforms, calling them the “perfect match” for the W235 and W260 Self-Propelled Windrowers. The three models in the draper line up – the 525D at 25-feet; 530D at 30 feet; and the 536D at 36 feet – provide improved [...]

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Nigeria’s President urges West, Central Africa to motivate youth in agriculture

Bimini1002016-04-30T21:18:11-05:00

President Muhammadu Buhari advised West and Central African countries to engage youth for agricultural development to help meet demands of the rising population President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria. The engagement of the youth in agriculture will engender employment generation, food production and wealth creation, the President noted. “Arising from this development is that the youth issues need to be addressed in both the rural and urban sectors to enable us avoid future problems,” stated Buhari. “One of the ways to address this urgent [...]

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Las Mejores Aplicaciones Para Agricultura

Bimini1002018-01-15T16:55:11-05:00

En los últimos años en relación a aplicaciones para agricultura, varias compañías e instituciones públicas han desarrollado aplicaciones para dispositivos móviles con el objetivo de ofrecer un servicio a los consultores y los productores agrícolas con materiales educativos y herramientas de apoyo. Existe un interés creciente en estos "Agro-Aplicaciones" y el uso de nuevas tecnologías para aumentar la eficiencia en la comunicación y la toma de decisiones. Los artículos de este número de la agronomía eUpdate proporcionan un breve resumen [...]

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Ugandan smallholder farmers to benefit from seed fund

Bimini1002016-04-30T21:18:50-05:00

A US$6.6m new agriculture project that is aimed at improving the quality of legume seeds produced is expected to benefit smallholder farmers in Uganda Mugisa highlighted that promoting certified and quality legume seed varieties in Uganda is key. Uganda Legume Seeds Pilot Project has been set up in order to improve food security in Uganda and is managed by Lutheran World Relief, which is part of larger global initiative; the AgResults Initiative; a multi-donor, multi-lateral initiative. Seed companies will be expected to [...]

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Mobile app brings fishers, stakeholders together

Bimini1002016-04-30T21:19:24-05:00

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says the Abalobi social media application has expanded to include stakeholders who are driven to address challenges facing small-scale fish farmers The Abalobi initiative brings stakeholders and traditional fishers together for the design and uptake of the app. The Abalobi initiative was set-up in 2015 in South Africa and is a mobile app which the department stated will become an integrated catch management system for fishers and fishery stakeholders. “The Abalobi initiative is an open, [...]

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Sembrando Semillas en Compañias, Fortalece a los Agricultores

Bimini1002016-04-05T11:29:56-05:00

Via AGRA Es fácil decir donde los agricultores de la Cooperativa Fumaki viven: sus casas tienen techos de hierro. Cuando los pequeños agricultores ganan dinero, una de las primeras modificaciones que hacen a sus hogares es la instalación de un techo de hierro, que no sólo es un signo de riqueza, pero a diferencia de los techos de paja tradicionales, techos de hierro no tienen goteras. Con el objetivo de atraer a los compradores más grandes, los agricultores de Kamenya pueblo en [...]

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