Archive for the ‘Agriculture’ category
Investing in African agriculture: four key success factors
Omri van Zyl, associate director of Deloitte Africa Agribusiness, highlights four key success factors for successful investment and management of African agriculture opportunities.
Zambia – the new bread basket of Africa?
Zambia has enough maize stocks to help partly fill a regional gap as a supply crunch looms in southern Africa, pushing up futures prices for the staple and accelerating food inflation.
Pyrethrum: a white flower with significant business potential for Rwanda
A little white flower is bringing bright prospects for Rwanda’s economy, and the lives of thousands of small farmers in the process.
Sweet farming success with Senter 360 as irrigation partner
Competitively priced; robust quality; and uniquely African. This is how top South African sugar cane and fruit farmer Pieter van der Westhuizen describes Senter 360’s centre pivot irrigation systems.
Agriculture should be central to Africa’s development, says Thabo Mbeki
African agriculture should be positioned as the main driver of change on the continent.
Seven trends likely to shape African agriculture in the coming years
Renaissance Capital has identified a number of factors that are likely to influence African farming in the years ahead.
Greenhouses the ‘way in which agriculture is moving’
Farmers, business people and government organisations in Africa have the opportunity to invest in greenhouse agriculture.
Cage systems and other equipment for poultry farmers of all sizes
“We can supply poultry farmers with all their equipment requirements. We offer the complete package.”
Complete equipment solutions for Africa’s poultry industry
Peninsula Poultry Appliances (PPA) – one of South Africa’s oldest poultry equipment companies – supplies equipment to farmers across the African continent.
Erdvark – robust low-maintenance agricultural equipment for African conditions
Erdvark, a South African-based manufacturer of agricultural implements and machinery, is offering African farmers quality solutions to their equipment needs.
Many farmers still don’t realise the importance of vaccination
“Many farmers in Africa do not understand the importance of vaccination, especially the up-and-coming farmers,” says Dr. Thembinkosi Ramuthivheli from MSD Animal Health’s Sub-Saharan Business Centre.
Good nutrition essential for animals to perform at optimal levels
NuTec is offering farmers in Africa high quality premixes for all commercial and companion animal species.
Looking to become wealthy? Consider rice farming in Nigeria
Global agricultural company Olam says the cultivation and processing of rice in Nigeria has the potential to be a lucrative industry.
Kenyan poultry entrepreneur turns $6 into a $100,000 business
The frustrations associated with finding a good egg incubator drove Geoffrey Kago to invent one.
How Brazil benefited from China’s growing appetite for meat, and why Africa can too
As China’s economy continues to grow, meat consumption is expected to increase together with the demand for livestock feed.
