RapidEye Picks Up First African Distributor
Geospatial solutions provider RapidEye recently announced that it has signed on with German GeoConsultants Group (3G) to be its distributor in Libya and Tunisia. John Ahlrichs, Vice President of...
View ArticleRapidEye Completes Africa Imagery, Adds Distributor
Geospatial solution provider RapidEye recently announced that it has completed an extensive imagery campaign over Africa, and has signed a distribution agreement with Ramani Geosystems located in...
View ArticleSouth African Ag Already Knee-Deep In Drones
Cutting edge technology is enabling farmers and agronomists in South Africa to maximize production by improving plant health inspections, reports SGS South Africa soil scientist Johan De Jager. Drones...
View ArticlePrecision Agriculture The Focus Of Soil Management Workshops In Sub Sahara...
Intertek, a leading provider of quality services to a wide range of industries around the world, has been providing a number of educational and practical workshops on soil management to small-scale...
View ArticlePrecision Farming: The Way To Go For Africa
It is not wise and sustainable to continue practising conventional agricultural methods, such as ploughing and loosening the soil before planting as it puts stress on land resources and is worsened by...
View ArticleGlobalization And Precision Agriculture
Globalization has taken on a negative connotation in some circles in the U.S. in recent months. The lightning rod for this negativity is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a trade...
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Israeli Precision Ag Companies Lead in Water Use Efficiency, Ag Technology
In the last week, AgriHub, formed by farmers and consultants from Brazil, visited 10 Israeli agribusiness companies, including the Ministry of Agriculture, some ag tech startups, and the Volcani...
View ArticleYoung Farmers in Zambia Turning to Digital Technologies
Across the globe farmers are turning to digital technology and one place rich in new ideas is Zambia where young farmers in the Kazungula, Mungwi and Choma areas are putting in place radical new...
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PERSPECTIVE: Is Bayer’s Highly Anticipated xarvio App the Next Uber for Ag?
The xarvio booth at Agritechnica 2017. As many of our CropLife IRON readers might know, every summer at MAGIE we award the most popular product featured at the show with the ShowStopper Award. Had we...
View ArticleFarmers Edge Aligns with PartnerRE to Streamline Crop Insurance Claims,...
Today Winnipeg-based FMIS giant Farmers Edge announced a partnership around crop insurance with Zurich-based PartnerRE. Although a bit short on specifics at the moment, the PartnerRE-issued press...
View ArticleAgTech Startup Wefarm Secures New Financing Round
Wefarm, the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital network, has secured $5 million in additional seed funding, led by Silicon-Valley based True Ventures. Skype and Atomico Founder Niklas Zennström...
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