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News and Events 4 Europe m 14.50 - Ghana C1.3 - Kenya KSH150 - Nigeria N200 - South Africa R18 - UK £9 - USA $15 Seed drills A topical digest of news, views and events including Farmers’ Calendar. and planters Poultry housing for healthy chickens Coffee - Analysis 12 optimism in east Africa Agri-business leaders get climate-smart at COP21 and aim to make 50 per cent more food available and reduce agricultural emissions by 50 per cent by 2030.

Serving Poultry 14 AGRICULTURE for 36 Getting the cooling and humidity right in poultry housing is essential for optimum production YEARS Brassicas and other crops shown here are output. being grown under micro-irrigation. p 26 A Massey Ferguson 460Xtra low to mid hp tractor with MF510 planter in a crop Livestock 18 field in South Africa. (Image: AGCO) Food security and rural development in Africa depend hugely on the effectiveness and efficiency of livestock production.

Coffee 20 While the future of the East African coffee sector remains optimistic, new challenges have increasingly affected overall production.

Pulses 22 The FAO is committed to supporting the agricultural, economic and societal potentials of leguminous seeds.

Zulu sheep, native to southern Africa. Irrigation 26 Micro-irrigation is the answer for the maximum usage and minimum wastage of water.

Planting and Seeding 30 A look at some of the latest developments in the seed drill and planter market.

Show Review 32 A review of some of the innovations at the recent Agritechnica held in Hanover.

Annual Agricultural Buyers’ Guide 34 Our annual Buyers’ Guide to the suppliers of agricultural equipment and services as well as The Lemken Solitair 9 series drill, working with a their agents throughout Africa. front-mounted press.

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Farming Calendar 2016 Agritech Expo to gather Zambia’s farming community in Chisamba again FEBRUARY e 15-17 VIV MEA ABU DHABI “IT IS SO important for the farming community to get together www.viv.net to discuss the current challenges and share success stories in c the sector,” said Liam Beckett, event director of the Agritech t MARCH Expo, which is Zambia’s leading outdoor agriculture exhibition. ) 1-2 2nd Cassava World Africa ACCRA “This year we look forward to welcoming some 15,000+ www.cmtevents.com farming professionals - small holders and commercial farmers - as well as agri experts, in Chisamba in April”, Liam added. “It 2-3 Cropworld Global 2016 AMSTERDAM is a unique opportunity for them to share the best practice, get www.cropworld.com training, test and try out new products and technologies and 15-18 Propak Africa 2016 JOHANNESBURG brainstorm about current challenges such as productivity and www.propakafrica.co.za competitiveness as well as the effects of current adverse 18-20 Agro and Poultry East Africa 2016 DAR ES SALAAM weather conditions.” www.mxmexhibitions.com Last year’s Agritech Expo, which is owned by the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU), drew more than 11,700 29 2016 FIAAP Animal Nutrition Conference BANGKOK visitors, including the country’s President Edgar Lungu, the Vice www.fiaap-conferences.com President, Mrs Inonge Wina, the Zambian and German Agri 29-31 FIAPP VICTAM GRAPPAS Asia 2016-01-08 BANGKOK Ministers and many other dignitaries and agri experts. www.fiaap.com APRIL 113-15 AGFOPEX Nigeria LAGOS www.agfopexnigeriafair.com 14-16 Agritech Zambia CHISAMBA www.agritech-expo.com 28-30 Nigeria Agrofood LAGOS www.agrofood-nigeria.com MAY 7-12 IFFA 2016 FRANKFURT AM MAIN www.iffa.com

Readers should verify dates and location with sponsoring organisations, as “Agritech Expo has been embraced by the Zambian farming this information is sometimes subject to change. community from the get-go and in our third edition from 14-16 April 2016 we will continue to innovate and offer our partners Morocco special guest at Africa Agri Forum and visitors more technology, demonstrations, free workshops and specialised zones to learn and opportunities to do business. THE 2ND AFRICA Agri Forum took place in Abidjan with special We will have 130 exhibitors, including some of the leading guest country, Morocco. With the theme, Green Africa: Agricultural international suppliers to the agriculture industry, 20 live crop dynamics in motion, Agri Forum Africa analysed the impact of trials and 11 machinery demonstration fields. There will also be sectoral plans launched in several countries in the region and their an extended livestock zone, an irrigation zone, an SME business impact on the agricultural sector and in society. zone, 4x4 test track, a sprayers’ arena and technical and It discussed how the countries of the region “face the practical workshops for emerging farmers as well as VIP Business challenges of agriculture including food security, improved lounges for commercial players,” said Liam Beckett. productivity and increased local processing,” said committee He continued: “Energy is a constant challenge in this sector chair Hassan Alaoui. The opportunity was also given to and we want to show the farming community the different participants to soak up the approach to the development of options that are available at Agritech Expo’s exciting new agricultural human skills, innovation in financing mechanisms and ‘Energy Park’. We listen to what the sector needs and pride solutions to modernise the sector. ourselves in servicing the needs of the entire agri-value chain in Agri Forum Africa recorded the participation of 300 leaders Zambia and its neighbouring countries.” from government representatives, international organisations, Meanwhile, more than 540 students and 17 teachers at the financial institutions, industrial investors, experts and international Golden Valley Basic School in Chisamba are already reaping consultants, academics, equipment suppliers and several major the benefits of the Agritech Expo Outreach Programme that was players involved in agriculture from 25 African countries. launched last year. The school is situated at the GART Research The President of the General Council of Agricultural Centre where the annual expo takes place, and the event Development at the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries organisers decided to raise funds to assist the school with much of Morocco, Mohamed Ait Kadi, noted that agriculture needed building renovations, equipment supply and contributes to the economic growth of the kingdom. He added that management of the school’s farm. The Outreach Programme is the co-operation between the two countries is achieving miracles an on-going project and the next phase is already underway. in the agriculture sector. “We consider the Côte d’Ivoire to be the Agritech Expo is organised by Spintelligent, leading Cape nodal point which will allow to centre exchanges between Town-based trade exhibition and conference organiser, and the Morocco and the rest of West Africa.” African office of Clarion Events Ltd, based in the UK.

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New ISO standard for agricultural machinery Yara buys Greenbelt Fertilizers TRACTORS AND MACHINERY for agriculture and forestry are an A NORWEGIAN FIRM, Yara International ASA, has bought Greenbelt important market, with more than 450 different types of machines Fertilizers, a distributor of agricultural chemicals in Zambia and other southern manufactured worldwide, including agricultural and forestry African countries, at a cost of US$51mn. This comes following the company tractors, soil working machinery and machines for seeding, crop opening a US$30mn fertiliser terminal in Tanzania. care and harvesting. The purchase of Greenbelt represents Yara’s first operational step into Zambia, Small and medium-sized companies constitute the bulk of businesses which has one of fastest growing agriculture sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. making up the sector and need tools to manage and design According to Yara chief executive officer for Africa, Bernhard Fonseka, by agricultural machines in a more sustainable way. A recently buying Greenbelt Fertilizers, the Oslo-based chemical company will be published ISO standard on sustainability principles for tractors and providing sustainable crop nutrition for more farmers, increasing crop yield and machinery for agriculture and forestry will help designers and quality, and also increasing farmers’ incomes. manufacturers of such machines to integrate sustainability principles, This is a long-term investment in Zambia and in the transformation of agriculture practices and considerations into their organisations and processes. in southern Africa, he added. Nawa Mutumweno

Farm Africa helps drought-affected pastoralists in Ethiopia

FARM AFRICA IS responding to the serious feed, this year. drought in the Afar region of Ethiopia by Sugar cane was identified as a suitable opening up sugar-cane byproducts as a alternative animal fodder as it produces a new source of affordable animal fodder. greater quantity of carbohydrate than any As severe drought continues to affect other tropical crop. many parts of Ethiopia, Farm Africa is Farm Africa will increase the access to helping pastoralists in the Afar region affordable sugarcane by-products, and access affordable animal fodder. tips/leaves and molasses, as an additional, other animal fodder, through a market- Pastoralism is the predominant cheap animal feed. based approach, creating initial awareness economic and social mainstay of the The sugar cane byproducts should allow of the product and raising demand for it by population of Afar with around 90 per cent 30,000 people in 5,000 households to providing fodder vouchers to herders most of the region’s total population depending feed their 55,000 livestock. affected by drought, and working with the on rearing and moving with livestock herds. Matthew Sullivan, Farm Africa’s private sector, local traders and co- The drought, which climate experts partly programme manager, commented: operatives to stimulate supply, including attribute to this year’s El Niño effect, has led “Ethiopia has done a great deal to build through provision of credit. to extreme shortages of water and pasture. its resilience to natural disasters over the last The approach will contribute towards The weight and condition of livestock has three decades, so the impacts of this year’s keeping markets functioning during the deteriorated across the region, reducing drought will not be nearly as bad as in past drought, preventing excess livestock deaths, their sale value. Demand and prices for episodes. However, extreme weather and enabling vulnerable pastoralists to livestock have fallen sharply at the time of conditions are having an impact on retain their core breeding herd. year when they would normally increase, environmentally vulnerable pastoralist Part of the UK Government-funded with this year animals fetching just 40 per communities and Farm Africa is helping to BRACED (Building Resilience and Adaptation cent of their usual prices. further build their resilience to withstand to Climate Extremes and Disasters) Farm Africa’s Market Approaches to climate shocks.” programme, Market Approaches to Resilience Resilience project is responding to the In the areas of Afar where Farm Africa is is an innovative three year project that will drought as well as improving the availability operating an estimated total of more than test market-based approaches to improving of fodder in normal years by processing 500,000 livestock is reported to require the resilience of vulnerable pastoralist sugar cane byproducts, particularly emergency assistance, including animal households to climate change in the Afar.

Olam, InVivo to jointly develop animal feed solutions in Nigeria

GLOBAL AGRI-BUSINESS, OLAM International, As part of this agreement, both companies will access to InVivo NSA’s R&D and product and leading French feedstock company, InVivo tap each other’s proven expertise – Olam for development facilities as well as their feed Animal Nutrition & Health (NSA), have signed a its Africa experience and InVivo NSA for its manufacturing units in other developing consulting agreement to jointly develop expertise animal feed proficiency. InVivo NSA will markets across Asia and Latin America. in animal feed in Nigeria. support Olam in the design, equipment Olam’s global head of grains, K C Suresh, The two-year consulting services partnership selection and installation of its feed mills across said: “This partnership follows our agreement signed in December will involve Nigeria. Its nutrition and formulation experts announcement in November to enter the technical assistance and sharing of expertise will work closely with Olam’s team to build a animal feed and related businesses in Nigeria. to jointly develop solutions and products in strong understanding of the local market and This knowledge-transfer agreement will the animal feed space. The knowledge develop cost-effective formulations using local accelerate our penetration into this space, transfer between the two companies will help and imported raw materials. InVivo NSA will allowing Olam and InVivo NSA to rapidly develop solutions, formulate animal feed, also train Olam’s staff on providing veterinary scale up commercial activities. In doing so, we characterise raw materials and implement field support to poultry and fish farmers in look forward to improving productivity and R&D trials and protocols to enter the animal order to help deliver consistent product returns for the local fish and poultry producers, feed industry in Nigeria. performance. In addition, Olam will gain who support Nigeria’s economy.”

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Climate smart agriculture key to Africa’s development Zambeef positioned to feed nation “COLLABORATION BY VARIOUS stakeholders including governments, NGOs and research bodies is needed now to rapidly scale-up the African CABINET SECRETARY OF agricultural sector to improve food security and resilience to climate Kenya’s Ministry of change,” said Mrs Estherine Fotabong, NEPAD programmes director, at Industrialisation and the NEPAD Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) event held on the sidelines Enterprise Development, of COP21 in Paris, on 7 December. Adan Mohamed, believes Research by NEPAD through the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Zambeef Products has the Development Programme shows that climate change effects are potential to be a pan- becoming more frequent and more severe, threatening the reliability African brand, capable of and productivity of agriculture, exacerbating the already extreme feeding the entire Kenyan High Commissioner to Zambia Sophy levels of poverty, and reinforcing persistent inequity and chronic continent. Kombe, centre, inspects Zambeef’s maize, along with under-nutrition. “This is an incredible the cabinet secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development operation. Zambeef is a Industrialisation and Enterprise Development Adan (NEPAD) is supporting the implementation of CSA in Africa through the business that is African, Mohamed and Zambeef staff. Agriculture Climate Change Programme and other related initiatives. Zambian, with an international presence being listed on the London These efforts will sustainably increase productivity, resilience and Stock Exchange. Africa continues to remain the future food hub of the adaptation, as well as build capacity at all levels, especially for world and Zambeef is well positioned to not only feed the nation but the smallholder farmers and institutions in order to attain the goal of 25mn entire continent,” he said. African farmers practicing Climate-Smart Agriculture by 2025. Mr Mohamed, who was in the country attending the COMESA policy “The African agricultural sector employs 65 per cent of the organs meetings in Lusaka, said this after touring Zambeef’s Huntley continent’s population, 50 per cent of them are women and climate farm in Chisamba accompanied by his entourage. change is predicted to have a significant impact on agriculture, Zambeef has approximately 8,150 ha of row crops planted twice a therefore, constituting a major hurdle for Africa,” said Mr Miti year under irrigation and a further 8,480 ha of rain-fed/dry-land crops Chikakula, COMESA agriculture officer. “By adopting CSA practices, available yearly. It slaughters around 55,000 beef cattle, 50,000 pigs smallholder farmers can reduce the risks they face due to climate and six million chickens, and processes 10mn litres of milk per year from change, while enhancing food security and livelihoods,” he added. its primary production division that has also incorporated small scale The side event discussed the continent’s approach to climate change farmers enabling them to participate in the sector at a larger scale. and agriculture, showcased progress, experiences, and lessons from Zambeef’s massive investment over the years in infrastructure, skills recent work to support the scaling up of CSA in Africa and the way training, development of out-grower schemes and many more ventures forward beyond COP21. Discussions also centered on what efforts are has contributed towards the economic and social wellbeing of the required by both Africans and development partners to bring about country through the creation of employment, tax payable to the state as practical and grassroot-based actions on agriculture and climate well as corporate social investment programmes. The company employs change; and opening up new opportunities for African farmers. more than 6,000 staff.

Focus on halal pavilion at AB7 2016 GFIA Africa THE HALAL PAVILION at the upcoming Africa Big manufacturers, suppliers and service providers AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM Seven (AB7) is expected to attract a lot of exploring substantial business opportunities to designed to showcase how attention this year, according to the organisers, cater to the growing Muslim population in Africa. sustainable technologies can offer Exhibition Management Services (EMS). Despite a relatively small Muslim population, solutions to some of agriculture’s Around 20 per cent of visitors from Africa and South Africa has become a leading producer of most pressing challenges took around the world had a particular interest in the halal products worldwide. It has a comprehensive place recently in Durban. The first halal pavilion last year, and this figure is set to halal certification programme and is also a key African edition of the Global increase substantially in 2016, they stated. gateway supplier to African halal markets. Forum for Innovations in Agriculture Set to take place in Johannesburg 19-21 June, The East African markets too present a wealth (GFIA Africa) organised in AB7 is the region’s largest food and beverage of opportunities for the market, as revealed by a collaboration with the Technical exhibition. “This spectacular food and beverage study carried out by the Dubai Chamber of Centre for Agricultural and Rural exhibition is growing in popularity year by year,” said Commerce and Industry. “Demand for halal- Co-operation (CTA) set out to John Thomson, managing director of EMS. “Last certified foods has expanded beyond basic meat explore the continent’s strong year, 267 companies from 49 countries exhibited at and meat products to include franchises, potential for tapping into science, AB7, a significant increase over the 225 companies prepared meals, as well as canned, frozen and technology and innovation that from 35 countries participating in 2014.” instant foods,” added Thomson. can revolutionise agricultural While the show looks set to welcome more The South African National Halaal Authority, production and trade. In the run-up visitors this year as well, all eyes are specifically (SANHA) has been supporting Africa’s Big Seven to this event, CTA and farmers' on the halal pavilion. Organisers believe that the for more than a decade. “AB7 offers participants organisations held a continental rising Muslim population globally has placed this what no other expo, show or event can – an inter- briefing on Advancing African market in focus – there are 75 countries in the Africa, intra-Africa platform for all companies in Agriculture through Agribusiness world with a Muslim population exceeding one the food supply chain,” stated SANHA public Development as well as a series million people. By 2030, there will be around relations officer Ebi Lockhat. of side events. The events 2.2bn Muslims in the world. Through AB7, the halal business community explored the challenges and The global demand for halal food is set to can network, showcase products and learn about opportunities for agribusiness exceed US$1 trillion per year, with new trends in the market. development in Africa.

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FIAPP conferences and Amatheon Agri Zambia opens new livestock centre exhibitions in Bangkok AMATHEON AGRI ZAMBIA FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS ASIA 2016 will be has established a livestock held at BITEC in Bangkok from 29 - 31 centre in Mumbwa, Central March 2016. Province in Zambia, hoping This event comprises: to improve beef exports. G FIAAP exhibition - suppliers of additives and The European agribusiness ingredients for animal feeds, dry petfoods and farming company and aquaculture feeds. unveiled the centre which G VICTAM exhibition - suppliers of processing would provide livestock equipment and technology used in the disease control services with production of animal feeds, dry petfoods the capacity of supporting and aquaculture feeds and biomass pellets. more than 8,000 cattle. The G GRAPAS exhibition - suppliers of specialist company wants to enhance The new facililty will contiribute significantly to domestic production. (Image: Zambia Daily Nation) equipment and technology for the milling livestock farming in the of rice and flour and also grain processing. country and increase Zambia’s chances of exporting beef. Speaking while inaugurating the new livestock centre, Lawrence Evans, deputy Over 200 exhibitors from all over the minister for fisheries and livestock, said that the export of beef would promote and world will be displaying the latest products motivate small-scale livestock farmers and contribute to national development. He cited and services for these important industry the government’s intent to enhance beef exports as the reason for the establishment of sectors, and many will be launching new the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. products at the show. There will also be a Adding that cattle diseases were one of the biggest challenges in the livestock sector, large display of ancillary equipment that is preventing farmers from exporting their animals for a long time, Evans said that the new used within mills and processing plants.These Amatheon facility would contribute significantly to domestic production and foster will include silos, conveyors, elevators, sustainable rural development. dryers, magnetics and bagging. Amatheon director, Troy Minneh, said that the company’s contribution to the community stemmed from the intense participation of the hardworking farmers in Simultaneously there will be six conferences: Mumbwa district. “We are trying to support farmers to be entrepreneurial and be G Aquafeed Horizons Asia partners with government when it comes to fostering national development,” he said. G FIAAP Animal Nutrition Conference Zambia’s government has been constructing livestock service centres throughout the G Petfood Forum Asia country to provide extension services such as dipping, spraying, vaccinations, artificial G Global Milling Conference with GRAPAS insemination, de-worming, branding and castration. The government is also Asia undertaking the establishment of livestock breeding centres that would assist small-scale G Biomass Asia farmers to access quality and improved species of all livestock to increase livestock G GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance production in the country.

Case IH donate first prize - a JX75T 2WD tractor - to Zimbabwe Farmer of the Year CASE IH AND its dealer Southern limited inputs, access to water and Region Trading Co (SRTC) supported the small size of the plot of land,” this year’s edition of the coveted explained Mrs Bingandade. “We Farmer of the Year Award, bestowed farm with a plough and cultivator, so by the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society the Case IH tractor will make a big (ZAS), and provided the first prize, a difference to us: we will be able to JX75T 2WD tractor donated by the spend less time in the field and dealer. The award was won by Mrs increase the hectares we are farming. Maengeni Bingandade, a small To be awarded was a huge honour, farmer from Mutare, in the eastern and it gave me motivation to strive highlands of Zimbabwe. Hon Minister Mandi M.Chimene handing tractor keys to Mrs Maengeni Bingadhade for greater heights, to work harder.” The farm was shortlisted by the jury in with Mr Kasere, general manager of SRTC (right). JXT tractors are simple, reliable and recognition of the quality of their symbolic handover of the keys to Manicaland. It was presided by economical – true workhorses. The produce presented at the exhibition Mrs Bingandade beside the Case resident minister and governor of the high-efficiency engines consistently and how it was displayed. The IH JX75T. province, Hon Mandi Chimene and deliver a powerful performance with farm’s well-managed homestead The first prize, a JX75T two-wheel- Dominic Kasere, general manager of exceptionally low operating costs. and fields, diversified through drive tractor, was delivered to Mrs SRTC, who jointly handed the tractor The turbocharger increases the horticulture, crops and livestock, Bingandade’s farm on 20 November keys and tool kit to Mrs Bingandade. oxygen available to the engine, earned the first prize. by Case IH distributor Southern Mrs Bingandade farms three optimising fuel combustion. The The official award ceremony was Region Trading Company. The hectares with diversified crops that result: lower emissions and more held on the Case IH stand at the handover was a well-attended event include butternut, water melon, power. With their high engine Harare Agricultural Show, when with the participation of most beans and maize, and raises cows, backup torque, they can deal guest of honour, Mr Filipe Nyusi, provincial and district administrators goats and chickens. “Our biggest effortlessly with sudden loads at President of Mozambique made the as well as farmers from across challenges on the farm are the constant engine rpm.

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Zambia’s cassava output to rise Huge benefits from agroforestry in rural Cameroon CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN Zambia is expected to increase COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE HAS received a major boost and the following the approval of a US$30mn loan by the African impact of climate change minimised in Cameroon thanks to the adoption Development Bank (AfDB) which will accelerate inclusive economic of agro-forestry techniques by thousands of farmers. growth and sustainable livelihood. The World Agroforestry Centre (formerly known as the International The loan will support the skills development and Centre for Research in Agroforestry - LCRAF), an organisation with a entrepreneurship project aimed at supporting women and youth vision of rural transformation in the developing world, introduced cassava producers. agroforestry methods to rural farmers in the central African country some According to a statement issued by the AfDB mission in Lusaka 20 years ago. recently, the loan will support the development of the cassava value Also known as agro-sylviculture, it’s a land use management system in chain focusing on the commercialisation of cassava products which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland. through local and regional market linkages, technology and These techniques aim to ensure smallholder households increase their innovation and enabling Government policy reforms. use of trees in agricultural landscapes to improve food security, nutrition, ‘’The industrial clusters will equip 17,000 cassava farmers’ income, health, shelter, social cohesion, energy resources and associations and co-operatives with business and technical skills for environmental sustainability. the production and the commercialisation of cassava products to Two decades later, more than 100,000 farmers that have embraced ensure high yields accompanied by timely and efficient production the scheme across the country are reaping the benefits. and storage capacity,’’ the statement reads in part. Before the advent of agroforestry, traditional cash crop production Under the project, the funds will be used to construct 15 meant that the opportunities offered by the development of value chains cassava-bulking centres, five of which will be equipped for the were lost. piloting of the production of fortified garri, which is a meal made Dr Zac Tchounjeu, the co-ordinator of the World Agroforestry Centre out of cassava tubers, by a co-operative of 500 women. Spillover for Central Africa, explained the basic difference between cash crop benefits of increased production will contribute to food security in production and agro-forestry practices. the region, improved nutrition and early childhood development “The cash crop farmer is not part of the value chain. Trees grown through fortified cassava products in school-feeding programmes. through agro-forestry are easily processed and therefore value is ‘’This will also contribute to additional inputs to livestock and added,” said Tchounjeu. fisheries feed and inputs to the paper and extractives industries,’’ While farmers are earning returns from fruiting trees, they have also the statement adds. Nawa Mutumweno been encouraged to plant perennial trees.

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AGCO’s ‘Emerging Farmers’ Mechanisation Package’

AGCO HAS HELD its fifth annual AGCO Africa Summit in Berlin. The Summit is a joint initiative of AGCO, Bayer CropScience, Rabobank and De Lage Landen. The 2016 Summit focused on transforming agriculture in Africa through inclusive and sustainable growth. “Africa’s agricultural revolution needs to accelerate to increase local food security and feed a rapidly growing world population,” said Martin Richenhagen, chairman, president and CEO of AGCO Corporation. “AGCO has grown its local presence by providing African farmers and African agribusinesses with comprehensive agricultural solutions. Our investments in African agriculture will help to ensure a sustainable food supply and lead to economic growth.” Rob Smith, AGCO senior vice president & general manager Europe, Africa and Middle There are some 60mn farming entities in Africa. Of these, 77 per East, John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of Ghana & chairman of The John A. Kufuor Foundation and Martin Richenhagen, GCO chairman, president & CEO at the AGCO cent are subsistence farmers farming by hand, 19 per cent are Africa Summit (Image: Business Wire) ‘small-holder’ or ‘emerging farmers’ using a small amount of mechanisation and the remainder (around four per cent) are mid- to AGCO’s approach to combine the development of mechanisation sized or large-scale commercial farmers. For AGCO, ‘sustainable’ solutions alongside human capital,” explained Rob Smith. “Inclusive means designing products appropriate for African conditions; mechanisation means leaving no one behind on the path to building straightforward, modern and dependable products in prosperity. We are working hard to ensure women farmers, young Africa by developing our local assembly and manufacturing farmers and smallholder farmer families can participate and benefit footprint and training farmers and dealers through the AGCO from mechanisation. Inclusive means bringing all of the participants in Future Farm, together with first-class parts, service and field support African agriculture together on the journey to drive agricultural growth.” through AGCO's extensive distributor network.” A core element of AGCO’s mechanisation strategy for Africa is the To support this, AGCO has developed an ‘Emerging Farmers’ AGCO Future farm initiative which provides farmers with education Mechanisation Package’ through its Massey Ferguson brand that in core agricultural practices and trains operators, mechanics as well will give emerging farmers in Africa access to modern farm as local dealers on how to operate, service and maintain agricultural equipment at an affordable price. equipment. As part of this strategy, AGCO will break ground on a “This package, you could call it a ‘Farm in a Box,’ is a testament second Future Farm in Francophone Africa later this year.

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Uganda’s potato farmers’ trade up THE DEMAND FOR potatoes in Uganda and neighbouring countries is growing, thanks to emerging consumer trends which favour potato-based fast-foods and snacks. In many urban areas, potato fries or “chips” are replacing traditional foods like bananas, especially among the young. Potato-based snacks like crisps are also becoming very common. And that is good news for the Kigezi farmers. Traders with trucks from as far as Juba in South Sudan come to Kigezi to buy potatoes. A number of challenges, however, still eclipse the crop’s potential to transform the farmers’ livelihoods. These include lack of quality planting material, nutrient-deficient soils, pests and diseases, poor agronomical practices, lack of storage facilities and hindered access to markets due to bad roads and other factors. IFDC’s Catalist Uganda project, which is funded by The Netherlands, focuses on the cassava, potatoes, rice, soya bean and sunflower value chains. The aim is to sustainably commercialise smallholder agriculture through improving productivity and developing markets. Since 2013, IFDC has been working with 12,860 potato farmers. These make up 71 agribusiness clusters in 38 parishes in the region to develop the potato value chain—tackling one challenge at a time. 80km of feeder and access roads have been rehabilitated through a Sh4.1b public works grant to the local Governments. The roads will serve an estimated 148,200 people in three districts. Already farmers are using the roads to look for better markets. Organised in clusters, the farmers collectively hire stores in trading centres from where the traders find them, or hire trucks to take the produce to the market. So far, there has been an 18 per cent increase in the price attained from sale of potato in the 29 parishes that the roads cover.

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Agri-business Leaders get climate smart at COP21 and aim to make 50 per cent more food available and reduce agricultural emissions by 50 per cent by 2030. Action2020 – Setting the pace for progress

N THE AGRICULTURAL thematic day at the COP21 meeting in Paris, leading global agribusiness leaders outlined their ambition to tackle the challenge of Omaking more food available for a growing population while reducing agriculture’s greenhouse gas footprint. Leading companies PepsiCo, Monsanto, Olam and Kellogg Company chaired a working group on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) with the vision that by 2030 they will be able to make 50 per cent more food available and strengthen the resilience of farming communities whilst reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent. “Agriculture and farmers are uniquely positioned to make a real difference in driving climate change solutions,” said Hugh Grant, chairman and CEO of Monsanto. “Through advanced technologies and better farming practices, like reduced tillage, farmers around the world have made great strides to reduce GHG emissions and reduce overall resource use. Working together, the global agricultural community has the Extreme drought - seen throughout sub-Saharan Africa - is one of the effects of climate opportunity to leverage its resources to mitigate the effects of climate change. (Image courtesy: Reuters) change while still meeting the food needs of our growing planet.” rural communities” said Sunny Verghese, CEO of Olam. Under the banner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Climate Smart Agriculture has the support of key organisations Development’s (WBCSD) Low Carbon Technology Partnerships such as the World Bank, the United Nations and FAO in addition initiative (LCTPi), Climate Smart Agriculture focuses on three pillars: to many national government aid and development agencies. productivity, resilience and emissions reductions. “We are focused on helping to improve the livelihoods of “Today, one in eight people suffer from chronic hunger and farming families and communities who grow our ingredients,” said more than one billion people are undernourished. Ensuring food John Bryant, chairman and CEO of Kellogg Company. “Our security for the growing population of the world will require at least Climate Smart Agriculture efforts aim to increase productivity and 50 per cent more food to be made available by 2050 to feed nine resiliency to help farmers produce more using fewer natural billion people. The effects of climate change make this an even resources.” greater challenge. Working under the strategic and scientific guidance of the CGIAR’s Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Action Plan is part of WBCSD’s Low Carbon programme, the working group has identified priority actions that support smallholder farmers and bring prosperity through long- Technology Partnerships initiative that brings term relationships based on fairness, trust, women’s empowerment together leading global businesses to accelerate and the transfer of skills and knowledge. “As researchers we plan to help companies set and meet the deployment of low carbon solutions meaningful targets – not just for emissions reductions, but also for smallholders’ standard of living,” said Dr Sonja Vermuelen, head of “It is critical that all members of the global agricultural research for CGIAR CCAFS programme. community find ways to collaborate and scale up initiatives that Importantly, the CSA working group will take responsibility for could make our global agricultural systems more resilient and reporting their achievements, including under the Sustainable support those who are most vulnerable to the effects of climate Development Goals. change” said Peter Bakker, president and CEO of WBCSD. Drawing on the expertise of the global agricultural community, “As the CEO of a leading agribusiness, I have seen climate the CSA working group has engaged a range of farming, NGO, change rise up the risk register faster than I ever believed possible. research and agri-business organisations through regional And while large-scale farmers and processors such as ourselves are dialogues in South Africa, Ghana, India, the USA, Brazil and already putting CSA measures in place, it is the world’s millions of Europe to develop the action plan for CSA. smallholders providing our daily coffee, cotton and chocolate fix that The CSA working group is comprised of PepsiCo, Monsanto, we have to reach, teach and support. We urge the agri industry and Olam, Kellogg Company, Starbucks, Diageo, Coca-Cola, Yara their customers to unite behind the WBSCD CSA framework to help International, Tyson Foods, Walmart, Du Pont, Banamex, Unilever, scale the understanding and adoption of climate smart practices by PwC and Novozymes. h

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Getting the cooling and humidity right in poultry housing is essential for optimum production output. Heat stress and evaporative cooling in poultry

Environmentally controlled poultry shed in Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Image: howzit.co.za)

AYING HENS AND broilers perform whether accompanying losses in demonstrates the ultimate futility and best within a temperature range of production – eggs decreasing in size, complete inflexibility of trying to custom- 11-26°C. The behavioural and weight and shell strength – are due to heat design poultry houses to specifically combat Lphysiological changes that occur with stress per se or lack of energy-rich feed heat stress. Having open sides allows progressive temperature increases beyond ingredients, proteins and/or vital nutrients rainfall to enter during a hot wet season the top end of this range are well and vitamins. In actual fact, loss of and is completely counterproductive in documented. productivity with increasing temperature situations where there are big diurnal The effect of rising ambient air over and above 26°C is due to a fluctuations in temperature or where temperature on the physiology of poultry combination of both. summers are hot while winters are cold. cannot be considered in isolation. When The higher susceptibility of poultry, Birds suffer all-round discomfort including high humidity (over 75 per cent) compared with other livestock, to heat cold and chilling for significant periods. The accompanies high temperature, birds will stress is because avian body temperature is poultry producer’s policy should be to rapidly succumb to, and die from, heat much closer to the point of heat death than design and build a house for the efficient prostration. Birds lack sweat glands but lose cold death. At 41.2-42.2°C, the normal management and production of the birds water from facial appendages and by body temperature of birds is just 4-5°C and then add a custom-designed, active panting. But at high humidity, when the below the point at which enzyme protein cooling system. atmosphere of the house is saturated with begins to denature, causing complete The simplest active cooling system is water vapour, liquid water excreted by the collapse and failure of body metabolism. based on electrically-operated circulation birds fails to evaporate and therefore Clearly, the situation is compounded by fans inside the house. The basic drawback cannot provide its normal natural cooling birds’ lack of sweat glands and therefore of using a ventilation system based only on effect. Air movement, natural or artificial, their ability for intrinsic cooling. circulation is that it just moves around ‘in- alleviates the situation by blowing the air, house’ air without removing its heat. On the which is saturated with water vapour, away Passive or active cooling plus side, they are useful for broilers raised from the birds, thus allowing water on the Basic passive measures aimed at keeping on the floor from which the rate of heat surface of their bodies to evaporate with a poultry cool rely on the design and location convection loss can be maximised by resultant cooling effect. of the poultry house. They include increasing air speed at bird level with extra Feeding, ingestion and digestion all orientation and pitch of the roof to minimise fans. Recent research suggests an generate heat which may be useful for the impact of direct sunlight, planting shade allocation of one circulation fan every 10- birds at low temperature but they just trees, and whitewashing the walls and roof 15 metres along the house, mounted two aggravate heat stress for birds at high for maximum heat reflection. metres off the floor and aimed slightly temperatures. As such, it is hardly Making the most of maximum natural air downwards. In addition, air movement from surprising that birds react to high movement by leaving the house sides open the circulation fans make the broilers stand temperatures by reducing their feed is the most common feature of poultry up, thus breaking up the layer of stagnant intake. This poses the question as to houses in hot climates, although this in itself hot air which tends to form around birds.

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Evaporative cooling Given an outside temperature of 35°C, a do not suffer blockage from green copper The use of evaporative cooling literally high efficiency cool pad system will reduce chlorides and other oxidation (corrosion) takes the heat out of the situation by house temperature down to 28°C with a deposits that plague nozzles made of brass utilising a basic law of physics. For a liquid further 5°C drop to a comfortable 23°C and other metal alloys. Polyacetal nozzles (including water) to evaporate, it requires due to the wind-chilling effects of the tunnel offer poultry producers the opportunity for energy in the form of heat, otherwise called airflow. Indeed, producers with a pad- application within a wide pressure range of the latent heat of vapourisation. Water cooled house and having hot weather 3-14 bar (40-200 psi) and fine droplets of sprayed into the house in the form of a mist problems should not jump to the conclusion less than 50µ, and are considered optimum or fog is composed of very small droplets that the pad system is at fault. Dirty shutters for rapid evaporation and effective cooling. that evaporate readily and rapidly, can cut airflow by 30 per cent and a 15 per Misting and fogging nozzles may be absorbing heat from the house environment cent fan belt slippage means an equivalent installed in traditional overhead atomiser and lowering the house temperature. reduction in airflow. Producers should (nozzle) arrangements using PVC pipe and Misting systems are useful but the ensure that the house is air-tight, that air solvent-welded fittings with three metres droplets being around 50 micron (µ) in leaks are sealed and tunnel curtains do not between each atomiser line, 2.5-3.0 metres diameter sediment out rapidly, often before block the flow of air into the house. between atomisers in the line and a they can evaporate, to cause damp and separation distance of three metres mouldy bedding material, discomfort for Hot nozzle tips for cool chicks between atomisers and the house eaves the birds and encouragement to pests, For any misting/fogging system, whether (roof rafters or struts). parasites and disease. designed to be conventional (overhead) or They are most effective when used as the Fogging systems utilising much smaller a cool pad system, the nozzle tips are the atomising element in a cool pad/tunnel air droplets of 10µ or smaller avoid these most important part of the system. They are system for poultry house cooling. Banks of problems. However, these exceptionally small by far the smallest components but fogging nozzles are installed so that they are droplets can enter the ‘airways’ of the birds ultimately determine spray characteristics. typically deployed 45-60 cm away from the and lodge in the depths of the respiratory The nozzle is the final component of the pads, with spray directed at the pads so that system causing different health problems. The system, through which the water passes to they are permanently and uniformly wetted only way for producers to obtain the real and be broken up into droplets according to the for maximum performance and long life. rapid benefits of evaporative cooling, without interior design of the nozzle, shape and size Pad designers recommend fogging moisture problems, is to employ a pad of its orifice and the water pressure. As nozzles with a flow rate of 3.8 litres per cooling/tunnel air system. such, it determines flow rate, droplet size hour and a spray angle of at least 80°. A and droplet size distribution. These pad of 1.8 metres in height should be Pad cooling characteristics, as well as material provided with three rows of fogging nozzles Pad cooling/tunnel air systems comprise a technology and the arrangement (size, on pipes 45 cm apart with a separation continually wetted filter pad at one end of the density and spacing) of nozzles in the distance of 450 cm between individual house and a powerful extractor fan at the overhead system or on the cool pad, nozzles along each pipe. Several factors, other. Air continually drawn out by the determine success or failure in reducing including the thickness of the pads used, extractor fan is replaced by air pulled in house temperature to acceptable levels. will determine efficiency. Carefully worked through the wetted filter pad. Water fogged Of particular interest are nozzles which out arrangements of nozzles, to ensure no onto the pad in ultra-fine droplets ‘flash are precision moulded from polyacetal, a dry spots on the pad as well as regular evaporates’, taking heat from air that is drawn highly stable engineering plastic material. cleaning and flushing of the pads to avoid into the house. The result is a continuous Wear characteristics match the generally plugging, is vital. Low-level siting of the tunnel of cool air passing through the house. more expensive stainless steel nozzles with cool pad means that nozzles are easy to Birds receive the benefits of evaporative polyacetal, giving long-life to long stay, clean and change. h cooling without the problems associated with intensively used nozzles in poultry houses. water droplets in the house atmosphere. Being made from a polymer material, they By Dr Terry Mabbett

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Ugachick poultry company introduces Ugachick SUPA Ovologic - smart egg logistics UGANDA’S MAJOR POULTRY breeder, Ugachick, has introduced THE VENCOMATIC GROUP has on the market Ugachick SUPA, individually quick frozen chicken introduced a complete packaging solution pieces, conveniently packed and intended for the urban consumers for the handling and transportation of eggs: who are busy and would want to make a fresh tasty meal fast. Ovologic. Ovologic was designed using its The company says the latest product is different from other vast knowledge on dividers, a Vencomatic products because each piece is frozen individually to ensure that it Group innovation and the first step towards is preserved in the same taste of freshness as on the day of automated palletising of eggs. The Ovologic slaughter and the consumer doesn't need to cut the chicken before trays, dividers and pallets ensure fast, safe cooking since it has already been done. and efficient handling and transportation of "Ugachick SUPA is quick frozen in a rapid freeze process that eggs from the farm to the grading/packing takes one hour as compared to the traditional eight hours it takes station or processing industry. to blast freeze chicken. It is a convenient product targeting busy To ensure excellent quality trays, urban individuals," the company says, adding that all one has to do dividers and pallets, Ovologic only uses 100 per cent first quality class is open the packet, take out the pieces one wants to cook, and put virgin plastics in all products. Combined with UV-stabilisers this results the remaining chicken back in the freezer. in a long lifetime and high durability. These 30-cell trays have a The company adds that the product is conveniently packed in one smooth surface and are combined with custom designed dividers and kilogram and five kilogram bags to suit any family requirements or pallets. The packaging materials allow for thorough cleaning and functions and is available at supermarkets and other outlets. disinfection after each usage, greatly reducing the risk of Ugachick, which has been involved in the poultry business for about contamination, in comparison to traditional packaging materials. twenty years, notes that all its chickens are bred and raised by the Minimising hairline cracks is one of the key topics in egg handling company to ensure that the consumer has a "Farm to Fork" guarantee. for both layer and breeder farms. The company is a vertically integrated poultry producer boasting Strong trays, perfect fit and solid stacks results in optimal protection of a parent stock farm, hatchery, broiler farm and a processing of the eggs. Research on Ovologic has shown a significant decrease plant among others. Its parent stock farm produces hatching eggs in hairline cracks compared to other packaging materials. which are used to produce day-old chicks while the broiler farm All products were developed in strong collaboration with Prinzen to produces broilers for its processing plant. ensure optimal automated palletising. A perfect and seamless match between the different components combined with low weight, results Geoffrey Muleme in easy manual handling.

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Food security and rural development in Africa depend hugely on the effectiveness and efficiency of livestock production. Tim Guest reports. Indigenous sheep in a food-secure future

NDIGENOUS BREEDS WITH favourable, regional genetic traits that suit them to life in the extremes of Africa are of particular interest and potentially very important for the future. However, Iexotic livestock from overseas and crossbreeding programmes are in danger of destroying the very breeds that could ensure Africa’s food security for generations. Whether chickens, cattle or, in this case, sheep, endemic breeds need to be part of the future. The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN) predicts that global demand for animal protein will double by 2040, with developing countries accounting for over 50 per cent of the growth in demand for eggs, meat and milk during this period. For Africa, the organisation also predicts the per-capita meat consumption will have doubled by 2050. It’s no wonder, therefore, that scientists are under pressure everywhere to come up with best practice and methods for breeding the most out of any and every form of livestock available to them.

[There is] strong evidence that resistance of sheep to external and internal parasites is heritable and may be improved by purposeful selection.

Zulu sheep, native to southern Africa. Egerton has identified this as a breed at risk. Sheep potential (Image: Enaleni Farm) In recent issues of African Farming we’ve looked at some of the genetic issues, breeding methods and best breeds in community Sheep risks and factory poultry farming in Africa, as well as cattle production. It’s a situation the FAO recognised as far back as 2007 in its However, another animal of crucial importance across the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, which it continent is the sheep, with indigenous breeds playing almost as pushed out to the international community. The plan provided a crucial a role in the livelihoods of low-income households as small- framework for the management of the world’s livestock holding, community chickens. biodiversity, which the FAO stated as the ‘primary biological Many indigenous sheep breeds can be found on most small- capital for livestock development and vital to food security and hold rural farms in areas where other forms of agriculture are often sustainable rural development’. difficult or impractical due to terrain and climate. The major reason In putting forward this plan, the FAO recognised that the value is largely because these ruminants are typically very hardy and have of these indigenous genetic resources had, up until that time, been the ability to withstand harsh climatic conditions and survive on a poorly understood. It’s largely the same story today, as, beyond wide variety of feed; they also have a short generation interval and the commentary of the FAO, the value of these resources to high reproductive rate which together results in high productivity. regional communities is still being ignored to a great extent and Combine these factors with a low initial capital investment, the the erosion of genetic diversity continues, as a result. Thankfully, need for only small land acreage on which to exist and the minimal institutions like Egerton University have placed such genetic demands for care and tending they place on the smallholder and erosion high on their research agenda. his family and the sheep becomes an ideal livestock component When it comes to sheep, Egerton has identified breeds at risk, with massive potential as an extremely important animal in a food- which include the likes of Zulu sheep, native to southern Africa. secure Africa of the future. Genetic traits at risk from gene pool dilution include its ability to store Sounds good, but, regardless of these numerous advantages, large deposits of fats in its tail and body essential to surviving in areas many indigenous sheep breeds face the threat of extinction posed that are hot and drought-prone. Its hardiness also means it can resist by the importation of exotic breeds and continuous crossbreeding many tick-borne diseases, avoiding the need for medications that programmes. This same issue threatens other livestock, (cattle, many other sheep breeds require. The university suggests the breed poultry), and is one of the many themes being researched by ‘is on the verge of extinction due to replacement by imported breeds’. Egerton University’s agricultural department, which sees a need for Also at risk is the Red Maasai Sheep, an East African fat-tailed the development of strategies to conserve the unique genetic animal found in northern Tanzania, south-central Kenya, and resource of Africa’s indigenous sheep. Uganda and primarily used for meat production, though highly

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resistant to internal parasites, such as the gastrointestinal nematode, haemonchus. The West African Dwarf sheep is, according to Egerton, the dominant sheep breed raised for meat in southwest and central Africa. One of its key genetic traits is its high tolerance to the effects of trypanosomes in its system. In South Africa, the Black-headed Somali sheep, which originally inhabited drier areas of southern Africa and north to Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan and even Ghana, has undergone breed The Black-headed Somali sheep has undergone breed improvement in recent years. improvement in recent years. This highlights moves to improve overall sheep breeding and husbandry in SA, though moves have values’ but that this presented an ‘immediate challenge’. been undermined by poor funding, as highlighted in recent In their review, one key recommendation was that ‘strong scientific studies. evidence of resistance of sheep to external and internal parasites is heritable and may be improved by purposeful selection’. Efforts Recent research should, therefore, be made to include all disease resistance traits The South African Journal of Animal Science recently published a in national analyses and databases. The review stressed, however, review entitled: The adaption of the South Africa sheep industry to that poor investment in SA in relevant sheep-breeding research new trends in animal breeding and genetics, by Cloete, Olivier, would hinder best outcomes in the near-term. Sandenbergh and Snyman. This looks at sheep breeding research in South Africa, as a phased progression from a research and New Egerton livestock breeding web portal development phase, to the commencement of recording and A new research portal offering information and data on all aspects evaluation, then the expansion of recording schemes; and, most of animal husbandry and breeding practices has been launched by recently, the adaptation of schemes to international benchmarks. the department of animal science at Egerton University. Called However, the authors stated the most recent phase had ‘presented ‘Research Gate’, it offers ‘a general data bank on livestock scientists with the greatest challenges, namely the inclusion of management research materials that can be accessed by any genomic breeding values in routine sheep recording and of interested party’. h disease-resistance traits during routine evaluation’. They stated a great need for ‘the establishment of reference populations for the For more information contact: Faculty of Agricuture, major South African sheep breeds to estimate genomic breeding Email: [email protected]

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While the future of the East African coffee sector remains optimistic, new challenges such as climate change, volatile global prices and ageing trees have increasingly affected overall production. Mwangi Mumero looks at these challenges. New challenges for East African coffee

FRICA ACCOUNTS FOR about 12 per cent of the world coffee production with most of it coming from East Africa. An A smallholder coffee farmer sorts coffee at the factory. increasing population and a rise in disposable incomes are (Image: Mwangi Mumero) Aexpected to increase global demand for coffee by a third to 200mn bags by 2030, according to the International Coffee Organisation (ICO). Experts says that most East African coffee tends to be pleasant in aroma, rich in acidity and body, sweet in taste with balanced flavours due to mineral nutrients from volcanic soils. Even with these prospects, coffee production has been on a decline in many of the Eastern African nations - Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda - in the last three decades. For instance, while coffee prices have averaged US$250 per 50 kg at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, Kenya’s production has plummeted, mainly due to climate change, volatile global prices, and aging trees. Younger coffee farmers are also becoming scarce. Total acreage under coffee has more than halved from 110,000 acres to just 50,000, with production per bush dropping to two kilograms from a previous 10 kg.

Kenya’s specialty coffee is in high demand in the UK and US.

Kenya’s specialty coffee is in high demand in the UK and US mainly for blending with coffees from different parts of the world. “Few younger people are taking up coffee farming. Poor returns, high input and labour requirements have conspired to discourage educated also affects farmers as there is no proper harvesting season”, observed and modern youthful farmers into the coffee such sector. Many have Dr Kimemia, noting that when this happens coffee cherries mature at opted for more lucrative ventures such as dairying or horticulture,” different times, making pest and disease control a nightmare to farmers. observed Mr Migwi Muriuki, a farmer from Kangocho village, Nyeri According to Dr Kimemia, when coffee harvested at different dates is County on the shoulders of Mt Kenya and one of the Arabica coffee mixed in the drying beds, coffee quality will be compromised. Tracking producing regions. which coffee was put on the drying bed will become a management Recent studies have shown that the average age of a Kenyan coffee nightmare. farmer is 66 years- heralding fears that the sub-sector is slated for It is not just the production cycle that has been affected. Rising decline in the coming years. temperatures are bound to increase coffee diseases and pests - notably coffee berry disease (CBD) and coffee berry borers. Climate change is biggest problem Researchers at the Kenya-based International Center for Insect Researchers however warn that the biggest culprit to reduced coffee Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), in collaboration with colleagues in production has been climate change. Germany, forecast that by 2050, populations of the coffee berry borer Farmers across the country have had to grapple with the changing will increase in southwest Ethiopia, the region where arabica coffee is coffee production patterns dictated by climate change. grown. The same effect will be noticed in coffee growing regions across “We will all be affected by climate change. Currently, we have East Africa. temperatures of up to 25°C in coffee zones”, noted Dr Joseph Kimemia, Researchers estimate that the coffee berry borer causes more than formerly the director of Coffee Research Foundation (CRF) in Ruiru, US$500mn in damages each year, making it the most costly pest adding that the best temperature for coffee is 19°C. affecting coffee today. The Kenyan government has however been According to Dr Kimemia, coffee operates within certain parameters. working hard to mitigate the anticipated effects of climate change in the For instance, flowering requires a dry hot spell followed by rains at a country by introducing new disease resistance varieties and advising certain period. farmers on shading their crops. “An erratic variation between hot dry periods and wet cool ones by Over the last few years, the Coffee Research Foundation (CRF) at the time of flowering is a challenge. Sporadic or continuous flowering Ruiru, near Nairobi, has developed two varieties resistant to Coffee Berry

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COFFEE

Disease (CBD) and leaf rust, two main scourges in coffee growing. The two varieties - Batian and Ruiru 11 - are expected to lower the cost of production as the two diseases need huge investment in chemicals and equipment. “There are considerable savings from the cost of fungicides and labour used to control CBD and Leaf Rust. Batian is a high yielding variety with good bean and cup quality. It is also suited for all agro- ecological zones”, intoned Dr Kimemia. The CRF has prepared a circular for farmers across the country on how to cope with climate change at farm level. Shading the coffee farm by planting selected tree species will reduce temperatures by 4°C according to researchers. It will also reduce extremes between maximum Multiplication of seedlings will promote increased acreage under the crop at the Coffee and minimum temperatures. Research Foundation station in Ruiru, Kenya. (Image: Mwangi Mumero) Shade tree species such as Cordia, Albizia, Macadamia and Malkamia lutea will also help conserve moisture, reduce soil erosion, Both varieties - Robusta and Arabica - are grown in Uganda. Under cut down the effects of hailstorms and even out flowering. good management, robusta and arabica coffee can yield 500 kg per Researchers now recommend that if a farmer is doing new planting, ha and 750 kg per ha respectively. they should establish coffee and shade trees at the same time. Officials note that low input use among farmers - prompted by poor international prices - has led to low production volumes of coffee exports that hover around 2-3mn, 60 kg bags per year, and unfortunately, Robusta coffee is grown in lower altitudes and is financial organisations consider coffee farming risky - with erratic prices, therefore more resilient to climate change than unreliable production and common diseases and pests. Among recent strategies the government is using to boost production arabica coffee. has been replanting in Coffee Wild Disease (CWD) affected areas, replacing old and unproductive trees and supporting commercial coffee Ethiopia - the cradle of coffee production in northern and eastern Uganda. Known as the cradle of coffee, Ethiopia is Africa’s highest producer- Other practices have been the adaption of disease and pest resistant mainly due its favourable weather conditions. This mountainous East robusta clones, pruning and de-suckering coffee plants, controlling soil African country is known for its unique Yirgacheffe, Sidamo and Harar erosion and controlling pest. In recent years, farmers have also been Arabica varieties grown in its ragged rainy highlands. taught soil inoculation techniques to boost nitrogen fixation. In the 2013/14 period, Ethiopia produced 450,000 metric tonnes of “Increasing attention to quality - picking only ripe berries, properly coffee and a similar output is expected in the 2014/15 year, according drying the crop on the farm and de-husking the coffee on the farm to government figures. According to Hussein Agraw, Ethiopian Coffee instead of selling the coffee berries fresh,” noted Dr Hans Kandel, an Exporters Association, exports are expected to rise to 235,000 tonnes by extension service agronomist and professor of plant sciences on a the end of 2014/15 fiscal year generating US$862mn in revenue. USAID supported trip to Uganda. Effects of El Niño in the Latin American nations of Brazil and On its part, Tanzania is a large coffee exporter - selling 50,000 metric Colombia, which are experiencing drought conditions, are expected to tonnes annually and earning US$100mn, according to Tanzania’s benefit African producers such as Ethiopia in the medium term. Coffee Board. Most of the coffee grown is arabica. However, a recent With the anticipated effects of climate change, farmers in Yirgacheffe study by the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, whose findings region have been working closely with Oxfam America to promote eco- are published by the journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, friendly coffee, fetching premium prices at the international markets. indicate that for each 1°C rise in temperature, farmers are like to see a Among the key initiatives has been the replanting of forests and drop by 137 kg of coffee per hectare. adaption of eco-friendly processing techniques to reduce wastage. Smallholders in the country produce approximately 225 kg per “Without the shade of sycamore and other indigenous trees, the hectare, highlighting the threat climate change has on coffee farming. coffee bushes would produce bitter tasting, inferior quality beans. Our Researchers assert that the country should increase the acreage co-operative society will not accept these beans,” said Berhanu Beyene, under robusta coffee, as this variety is grown in lower altitudes and is a coffee grower in Werka, Yirgacheffe region. therefore more resilient to climate change than arabica coffee. Through the project, each co-operative was able to access a While its coffee production is low compared to other East African US$150,000 interest free loan payable within five years. Using technical nation, Rwanda has been adopting a strategy to position itself as a advice from the local agricultural bureau, indigenous tree seedlings specialty coffee producer, according to the National Agricultural Export have been provided. Adoption of eco-friendly processing methods Development Board. reduced the amount of organic waste from the process of washing as well as cutting water usage by 98.5 per cent. Domestic coffee consumption should increase Meanwhile, like in all East African nations, Uganda coffee is Coffee experts aver that East African nations should increase domestic produced by about 500,000 smallholder farmers, the majority of whom coffee consumption to cushion against volatile international prices. Most have between 0.5 to 2.5 ha of land. Coffee contributes 20-30 per cent East Africans are tea drinkers and coffee is rare in their daily menus. of foreign exchange in Africa’s second largest coffee producer where Only Ethiopia has a high domestic consumption – at 2.27 kg per liberalisation of the sector two decades ago has boosted production, capita, which is still below other emerging markets such as Brazil at 6 according to Uganda Coffee Development Authority. kg and Algeria at 3.2 kg. In the European Union, consumption is nearly ‘Gradual replacement of old, diseased coffee trees with new 9 kg per person. The emergence of a middle class and the rise in genetically pure and high yielding varieties, at an annual rate of five per disposable incomes in the region has seen the opening of branded cent for robusta and two per cent for arabica, in the last 20 years was international coffee shops in East African cities. Art Caffe and Java expected to optimise foreign exchange and improve payments to House in Kenya and Kaldi’s in Ethiopia are examples where locals can farmers,’ noted a document from the authority. have a cup of coffee. h

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PULSES

The FAO is committed to supporting the agricultural, economic and societal potentials of leguminous seeds. Promoting the power of the pulse

ULSES ARE A cheap, delicious and highly nutritious source of protein and vital micronutrients that can Pgreatly benefit people’s health and livelihoods. The UN's core objectives are to boost their production and trade, and to encourage new and smarter uses throughout the food chain. This is the key message underlining the forthcoming International Year of Pulses, recently launched by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The UN has chosen 2016 as the International Year of Pulses to raise awareness of the many benefits of leguminous plant seeds. “Pulses are important food crops for the food security of large proportions of populations - particularly in Latin America, Africa and Asia, where pulses are part of traditional diets and often grown by small farmers,” said FAO director-general José While small, pulses are packed with proteins. (Image: FAO/ Sebastián Villar) Graziano da Silva. “They have been an essential part of the human diet for beans, butter beans and broad beans. in emergency food baskets and since they centuries. Yet, their nutritional value is not Pulses also include chickpeas, cowpeas, do not contain gluten, they are also suitable generally recognised and is frequently black-eyed peas and pigeon peas. for celiac patients. under-appreciated.” An affordable alternative to more expensive animal-based protein, pulses are Animals and the environment ideal for improving diets in poorer parts of Pulses benefit human health, but they also "Pulses can contribute the world. Protein sourced from milk, for improve animal and soil health and support significantly in addressing example, is five times more expensive than biodiversity. Crop residues from pulses can protein that can be sourced from pulses. be used as animal fodder to increase hunger, food security, Yielding two to three times higher prices nitrogen concentration in the diet, which malnutrition, environmental than cereals, pulses also offer great improves animal health and growth. challenges and human potential to lift farmers out of rural poverty, The nitrogen-fixing properties of pulses and processing provides additional can improve soil fertility, which extends the health." UN Secretary- economic opportunities. productivity of farmland, and eliminates General Ban Ki-moon. While small, pulses are packed with dependency on synthetic fertilisers. By proteins – double that found in wheat and improving soil health overall, pulses three times that of rice. They are also rich in promote below-the-surface biodiversity, Economy, society, and sustainable seeds micronutrients, amino acids and b-vitamins, too, as they create a rich home for germs, The importance of pulses cannot be which are vital parts of a healthy diet. bugs and bacteria of various kinds. And, understated. Oilseeds and pulses are staple Low in fat and rich in nutrients and because pulses as a group are very foods for millions of people, and are soluble fibre, pulses are also excellent for genetically diverse, they also hold a great important cash crops. Pulses are part of the managing cholesterol and digestive health, potential for climate adaptation, as they food culture and the standard diet and their high iron and zinc content makes enable farmers to select new varieties to throughout the globe. They are key them a potent food for combating anaemia adjust their production to changing climate ingredients in many signature national and in women and children. They are a key conditions. regional dishes, from falafel to dahl to chilli ingredient in healthy diets to address Furthermore, using pulses as cover crops and baked beans. There are hundreds of obesity and to prevent and manage chronic and in intercropping systems – planting varieties of pulses grown throughout the diseases such as diabetes, coronary them in between other crops or as part of world. Popular ones include all varieties of conditions and cancer. Because of their crop rotations – can reduce soil erosion dried beans, such as kidney beans, lima high nutritional content, pulses are a staple and help control pests and diseases. h

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RICE MILLING

Milltec - a fast growing company in rice milling

RICE MILLING MACHINES manufactured by Milltec are used by one third of rice millers across India, with market share of over 30 per cent and expanding further. Today, Milltec dominates the rice milling segment with the best aftersales infrastructure that once relied on less organised and local suppliers with no guarantee of after sales support. Milltec is a technology-driven company, under the intelligent leadership of technocrats of Mr R Ravindranath and Mr J Rajendran, who lead Milltec from the front. Milltec, located at Bangalore, the IT hub of India established in 1998, with a state- of-the-art manufacturing facility equipped with the latest modern technology machines for producing best quality. The R&D facility is supported by the best CAD/CAM/CAE Today Milltec is in such a position that it tools to yield better return on investment to is the only company globally to offer an the customers, constantly evolving with end-end solution in the rice milling sector, efficiency improvement. right from conception to production, this With all its abilities and the dominant helps to keep the costs at optimal levels and position in the market, Milltec attracted the execution of projects on time. private equity investor Multiples, who have Milltec is expanding to other grains and invested, and are a 49 per cent share spices, introducing categories such as pre- holders. processing cleaning, packing & silo Our after sales service guarantees manufacturing. customer on quick response/resolution with Milltec believes in capitalising on the the toll free service (first of its kind in rice market leadership to build the brand milling industry) and the service engineers further, and use the services as a R Ravindranath (left) and J Rajendran. residing in the mill cluster area. differentiator.

It’s time for Africa

THE ESCORTS GROUP is among India's leading engineering conglomerates operating in the high growth sectors of agri-machinery, construction and material handling equipment, railway equipment and auto components. The Agri Machinery Group of Escorts Ltd began its manufacturing operations in 1964 and has since been using their experience and expertise to power and propel change in the farming landscape across the globe. The customer-centric approach and years of experience has helped them translate global advances into rugged, reliable and cost- effective solutions that are a key to success and prosperity. Their range of tractors has multi- tasking capability which makes them the most

versatile and comprehensive product in their Close to 8,000 tractors have already been delivered to Africa. class. Escorts is the first Indian company to sell tractors in Europe. With their assembly lines in progress reaches far and wide in the African continuous orders from Africa are testimony to Poland, these tractors are catering to the farm sector. the confidence in their products - in tractors that versatile needs of Africa, Asia, Europe, South Escorts has been present in the African market are tried and tested for African conditions. Africa East Asia and the America’s. for over 10 years now, across the East, West, adds to the global arena of Escorts with Farmtrac, the leading brand of tractor, ranges South and North African belt. Their dominance Farmtrac being present in 62 countries including from 12HP – 110 HP. These tractors are in the African market continues with a high USA, Europe, West Asia and South East Asia. committed to serving the farmer, ensuring the volume of orders received from Nigeria, Their products are designed, produced, tried fruits of his labour become a bountiful harvest for Tanzania, Ghana, Benin, Madagascar, Burkina and tested for African conditions. And they the nation. With superior technology and Faso and 20 other countries. Close to 8,000 continue to nurture the progress of African dedicated service support, they ensure that tractors have already been delivered and farmers.

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IRRIGATION

Micro-irrigation, which is achieved by ‘dripping’ or ‘trickling’ drops from carefully controlled volumes of water for precise placement at the root zone, is the answer for the maximum usage and minimum wastage of that valuable commodity called water. Dr Terry Mabbett discusses. Micro-irrigation for horticultural crops

I C R O - I R R I G AT I O N W A S DESIGNED and developed to secure and sustain crop growth Min arid and semi-arid environments and greenhouses where water is always at a premium. Micro-irrigation requires substantial initial investment and also a long learning curve which makes the system particularly appropriate for high value horticultural crops including fruit, vegetables, cut flowers and ornamentals. Installation of micro irrigation brings many advantages for farmers and growers but some disadvantages too.

Advantages and disadvantages Micro-irrigation will generally use less than half the volume of water required by the more traditional ‘watering’ systems such as sprinkler irrigation. Lower pressures used mean less energy for pumping while precise placement of more exact water volumes enhances and improves water management. Economically damaging crop diseases are Brassicas (head cabbage) and other crops shown here are being grown under micro-irrigation. (Image:: Omex) invariably less frequent because the crop canopy stays dry and humidity remains at a crop damage and big financial losses. with a correspondingly short working life of lower level. The potential for high degrees of Damage to drop tubes from gnawing the same single season. Growers with automation means micro-irrigation offers rodents, insects or human activities may operational versatility and costs firmly in real opportunities for much lower operating cause leaks leading to high maintenance focus will generally place less emphasis on and labour costs. and replacement costs and loss of water. All the use of buried mainlines and sub- Application is highly targeted with none water used in trickle irrigation must be mainlines. This allows them to dismantle the landing between the plant rows or on to filtered to avoid clogging of the small system and move it as appropriate from one other non-productive areas. Field opening in the trickle line. Water growing season to the next. operations can continue while micro- distribution in the soil is clearly restricted by The costs of micro-irrigation installation irrigation is underway because inter-row virtue of its precise placement and application can be high so growers areas stay dry. Weed growth is minimal should set themselves the goal of designing while soluble nutrients and some pesticides Applications for micro-irrigation and developing a cheap but functional can be delivered through the micro- Micro-irrigation systems are now used system which gives maximum production at irrigation system by fertigation and profitably in a variety of crop production minimal cost. It is probably cheaper for chemigation. Micro-irrigation installations systems including fruit orchards, citrus farmers and growers to design their own are suitable for ground terrain and soil groves, vegetable gardens, nurseries and system using bought in components, rather conditions with other irrigation systems greenhouses and especially on high value than purchasing an entire dedicated system cannot cope with while the potential for soil crops for export. from a dealer. That said, help from a erosion and nutrient leaching is minimal. Fruit and vegetables are invariably technically competent dealer when The main disadvantage of micro-irrigation planted in rows so drip tubing with pre- designing the system can pay huge is the extra start-out and set up costs which punched emitter holes and called a line- dividends by avoiding problems further can be considerably higher both in total and source emitter is traditionally employed to down the line. on a per unit area basis compared with wet a continuous strip along the plant row. Water supplies may be drawn from a mainstream irrigation methods. Moreover, since the majority of vegetables variety of sources including wells, ponds, Management requirements are high, intense are grown as annual plants (for just one lakes, reservoirs, canals, municipal lines or and demanding and any delay in season), growers may profitably use a thin- pits. As a general rule, well water sources operational decision making risks irreversible walled disposable tubing (4 or 8 mm thick) are fairly clean and only require a screen to

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IRRIGATION

remove mineral particles, although solenoid valves may be used to automate precipitates and other mineral and the system by utilising a time clock, water- chemical contaminants in the water should need sensor or automatic controller box. be determined by a water quality test before to consider whether to feed a micro- Management of water resources irrigation system. Municipal sources of Micro-irrigation is a unique method of water will generally come with water delivery involving close manipulation documentation of water quality testing and and measured application of water supplies this will make it much easier to identify any through precise placement at the root potential contamination and blockage system. The secret of success is the problems. Surface water from streams, application of a small supply of water to the ponds, pits or rivers will contain bacteria, plant as required usually on a daily basis. A algae or other aquatic life and sand filters grower’s goal is a high level of efficiency for are therefore essential. maximum yield from minimal amounts of water. As the plants grow, root systems Key components of a micro-irrigation system become more extensive and leaf area index The main components of a standard micro- increases, and so will the relative amount of irrigation installation are: A smallholder farmer in Zambia using drip irrigation. water required, though still small by normal G Delivery system - mainline distribution (Image: iDE) irrigation standards. Under hot, dry to field; submarine (header-line); feeder conditions relatively more water will be and drip tube generally available in a range of sizes from required to replace the amount lost by G Filters - sand, disk or screen 2 cm to 15 cm. Some screen filters will transpiration from the crop. G Pressure regulators - spring or valves incorporate a valve which serves to open The most simple and accurate method of G Valves or gauges - hand-operated, and flush the filter. Disc filters operate determining the daily crop water hydraulic, or electrical through a series of discs stacked vertically requirement for drip irrigation is by utilising to separate out small solid particles of a tensiometer. This is a porous, porcelain- Delivery of water contamination. They are more expensive tipped tube of water with a vacuum gauge The foundation of the delivery system is a but more reliable and easy to clean. at the top located at root zone depth with mainline distribution conduit into the field Where water comes from an open or the porous lip buried in the soil. As the which may comprise an underground plastic surface source then installation of sand water moves from the porous tip a vacuum or PVC pipe or an over-ground aluminium filters is absolutely essential. They are reading indicates the soil water status. pipe to deliver an uninterrupted supply of installed in pairs of sand-filled canisters Tensiometers are typically installed in pairs water from source to the sub-mainline. which can be back-flushed for cleaning. called a ‘station’, one at 15 cm depth and For the sub-mainline (header) it is usual Timing and frequency of sand filter cleaning the other deeper at 30 cm depth. to employ a vinyl ‘lay flat’ hose which is is gauged by monitoring any loss of durable and, as its description implies, lies pressure through the filter. This is achieved System maintenance flat when not in use, so that equipment can by installing pressure gauges on either side Micro-irrigation system filters must be be safely driven over it. The lay-flat hose of the filter with a pressure difference of 5- checked daily and cleaned as appropriate. and feeder tubes will be retrieved after each 7 psi indicating the need to clean. When Clogged and blocked screen filters may be growing season and stored until the stream or river water is used then a sand cleaned by using a stiff bristle brush while following crop. separator is invariably required to remove immersed in water, but sand filters must be Feeder tubes are small plastic tubes that suspended sand from the water before it back-flushed. Lines should be monitored for connect the sub-mainline and each drip enters the filter. excessive leakage and an extensive wet tube: Water flows to the drip tubing through area in the field invariably indicates a these feed tubes which can be directly Pressure regulation leaking drip tube. inserted into the vinyl hose. Most drip tubing has always been designed Excessive mineral precipitates in drip Drip tubing is designed with an inner and to operate at 8-15 psi pressure with 10 psi lines can be dissolved by using acids such outer chamber to allow uniform distribution being regarded as the standard operating as phosphoric acid. Tapes buried under of water over a wide range of conditions. pressure. A spring-type or diaphragm-type plastic mulches are much less apt to Tubing is invariably made of polyethylene pressure regulator may be used to maintain become clogged by precipitates. Bacteria, black plastic, 4-8mm thick and with holes water pressure at a steady level. Both types algae and ‘slime’ in the line are eliminated (perforations) located at intervals of 20-60 are inexpensive and adjustable, although by injections of chlorine or commercial cm along its length. As a general rule the pre-set types are also available. bacterial control agents applied through the sandier the soil the closer the hole spacing fertigation system. that is required Drip tubing is shipped Control Frequent flushing of the mainline, sub- flattened on a roll and commonly called Several fields or sections of one field can be mainline and drip tape is recommended drip tape. irrigated using just one water source by as best proactive practice for avoiding utilising a zone system that employs valves blockage problems. Adapters are Water filtration to open and close the different lines. If available for the ends of each drip tape to Filters are critical to the operation of any fertilisers or chemicals are injected into each irrigation cycle. Alternatively they can micro-irrigation system. For water sourced water taken from a well or municipal water be manually opened to allow a few litres from wells or provided by a municipality resource then a backflow/auto-siphon of water to flush in from the end, to avoid then a screen or disk filter is usually OK. valve is absolutely necessary. Manually- any build-up of contaminating solid matter Screen filters (150-200 mesh screen) are operated gate or ball valves or electronic at the end of the drip line. h

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PLANTING AND SEEDING

Michael Williams looks at some of the latest devlopments in the seed drill and planter market. Seed drills and planters

NE OF THE biggest developments in the drill and One-pass crop establishment with the planter market last year was McConnel Seedaerator needs at least 160hp. Othe news that John Deere, the world’s largest tractor and farm machinery manufacturer, is to buy the French based Monosem company, Europe’s market leader for precision seeding equipment. It is a move that offers important benefits for both companies, bringing John Deere one of the most successful planter ranges while the availability of Monosem equipment is likely to extend to new markets through John Deere’s international distribution network. Monosem makes a wide range of precision planters in France and in the United States, with distributors established throughout much of Africa. An unusual model in their range of planters is the TR or company. They have developed the Gamma Plus series available in a range of Twin-Row model that plants seed for crops DeltaRow seeding system for their Azurit sizes from four to 18 rows for crops such as such as maize in double rows which are 20 precision drill which was field tested last maize or sunflowers, and there is a soya cm apart with seeds arranged in a zig-zag year sowing maize on a number of German bean version planting up to 24 rows. The pattern in the double rows. The Twin-Row farms, and the trials will be extended this options include fixed or telescopic frames idea was developed more than 20 years year to cover additional crops. On the plus mounted or trailed versions and the ago by a Monosem research team in the Azurit machine each pair of double lines of standard specification includes a United States where the aim was to increase seed is sown by a single planting unit, and mechanically operated automatic row the plant population per hectare by 10 per the performance includes precision spacing marker, with a hydraulically operated cent with the double row arrangement both down the row and between the rows marker and electronic seed monitoring on allowing each plant more equal access to for maximum crop growth. the options list. Gamma Plus features soil moisture and light. include a maximum 4cm drop height for Lemken already established in parts of Africa seeding accuracy, the gearbox has 42 seed “Customers using Twin-Row While the Azurit planter is not yet available space settings and the operating speed is commercially, other models from the up to 10 kph. planters for maize report a Lemken seed drill range are already The Sfoggia range also includes the 10 per cent increase in seed established in some African countries. The Elektra precision planter designed to offer a used per hectare.” Lemken Saphir 7 mechanical seed drill has high level of accuracy at speeds up to 15 achieved particular success in Ethiopia, and kph. It is available in six or eight-row the 9 KA model from the Solitair pneumatic versions and a special feature is the new Carrotech, the South African distributor drill range is popular in a number of Elektra Drive control system operated by a for Monosem equipment, says customers countries including South Africa and touch screen in the tractor cab. Elektra is using Twin-Row planters for maize report a Zambia for establishing cereal crops and vacuum operated with an electric motor, 10 per cent increase in seed used per for soya beans. Solitair 9 series drills are and the control unit includes a memory that hectare compared with conventional available in rigid and folding versions with can store seed rate settings for future use. sowing. Increased access to soil moisture working widths from 3.0 to 6.0 metres and A popular choice in the Amazone range and sunlight produces stronger crop hopper capacities are 1,100 or 2,300 litres for sowing grain crops in a number of growth, helping to suppress weed with 150mm maximum inter-row spacing. African countries is the D9 series competition, and yield increases are Sfoggia offers a comprehensive range of mechanical seed drill which has a typically between eight and 16 per cent. seed drills, planters and transplanters that reputation for reliability and easy The potential for increased yields offered are made in Italy and are available in Africa maintainance. D9 models are available in by double-line planting has also attracted through an established dealer network. The widths up to 12m, but the smaller sizes from engineers in the German based Lemken list of precision planters includes the 2.5 to 6.0 metres attract customers with a

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limited cropping area and restricted tractor power. Another reason for the D9’s popularity is the ability to work in traditional seedbeds or for mulch seeding, and it also has the flexibility to work on its own or in combination with a variety of cultivators including power harrows and rotary tillers. Amazone also offers a range of drills designed for large scale crop production, including the Cirrus combined seed drill and disc harrow and the 12 to 15m width Citan models.

Farm machinery production is The MaxiDrill from Sky Agriculture can work in conventional also expanding in South Africa. or minimum cultivation systems, and in light soils it can be be used for direct drilling in uncultivated soil.

For precision planting, Amazone offers the standard ED series air type seeder which from McConnel, a British based subsidiary than 200 machinery products which are is available in rigid and folding versions of the American owned Alamo Group. It sold in a long list of export markets with widths from 3.0 to 6.0 metres. Seed is designed to sow seeds directly into including 15 countries in Africa. hoppers with 60-litres capacity are residue from the previous crop, using deep Baldan machinery production includes a provided, but an additional front container working tines to prepare narrow cultivated comprehensive range of seed drills and is available to provide extra capacity. There strips where the seed is sown, while planters covering mounted and trailed is also an EDX range of precision planters leaving the area between the strips machines to suit tractors from 45 to 340hp designed for 10 to 15 kph working speeds. undisturbed. The working width is 3.0m and designed for all requirements from no- A recent arrival in the seed drill market is and the seeding strips can be 60 to till crop establishment to conventional the French based Sky Agriculture. The 150mm wide with the main tines providing plough-based cultivations. There are nine company was formed as a partnership a maximum working depth between 100 different planter series for rowcrops such as between a farmer and the owner of the and 300mm. The tines are equipped with soya beans, maize and cotton covering Sulky farm machinery company to automatic break-back protection and the from 2 to 45 rows, as well as drills for rice, specialise in seed drill design and Seedaerator is available with 600 or wheat and other small seeds. A popular production. The drills have been available 1250kg hopper capacity and is supplied choice in many African countries is the SAB in some European countries for up to three with radar controlled seed metering.. series trailed drill available in four widths years, and Sky is now making distribution Benefits claimed for the Seedaerator’s from 11 to 17 rows and suitable for tractors arrangements outside Europe one-pass crop establishment include a big in the 55 to 85hp range. It provides The two principle models are the reduction in time and fuel consumption per 170mm minimum row spacing and the MaxiDrill designed for use with minimum hectare, there are long term benefits to the hopper capacities are between 333 and tillage systems and in traditional soil structure and reducing the soil 468 litres of fertiliser and from 182 to 297 cultivations, and the EasyDrill can also be disturbance can also increase moisture litres of seed. used as a direct drill in uncultivated soil as retention to withstand dry conditions. The Farm machinery production is also well as sowing seed into cover crops and Seedaerator is tractor-mounted and has a expanding in South Africa with Piket into prepared seedbeds. Both drills are 160hp plus tractor requirement. Implements offering seed drills and planters available in a 3.0 working width with a rigid including a selection of machines for no-till frame plus 4.0 and 6.0m drills that to give crop establishment. The range includes the a 3.0m transport width. All models have a No Till maize planter available with 1 to 6- hopper divided into grain and fertiliser rpow versions, and the No Till grain drill sections with separate distribution systems can be supplied in 16 to 28-row versions to for each, or the divider can be removed to suit tractors with minimum outputs from 64 provide a larger seed only capacity. to 112hp. Special design features on the EasyDrill An unusual addition to the Piket include a 3.5° disc angle to reduce soil machinery range is the recently introduced disturbance and minimise the germination No Till animal drawn planter designed for of weed seeds and seeds remaining from Lemken Solitair 9 series drill working with a front- small farms that do not have tractor power. the previous crop, the skim coulter has a mounted press. The drill weighs about 100kg, it can be carbide tip for wear resistance and the pulled by a pair of oxen or donkeys, and it depth control for the suspension system is Farm machinery from Brazil can be used for a wide range of crops said to provide the same level of accuracy The long term dominance of American and including maize, cereals and beans. The as a precision drill, even in uneven soil European companies in farm machinery drill can work in uncultivated soil or in a conditions. Up to 250kg of pressure can be design and production is facing an prepared seedbed, and it is designed to applied through each disc to ensure increasing challenge from a long list of work in stubble and residue from previous penetration in hard ground conditions. countries including Brazil, where the Baldan crops. Each drill has three separate The Seedaerator single-pass seed drill is company is based. Baldan was originally hoppers, one for granular fertiliser plus one a recent addition to the machinery range formed in 1928, and it now makes more each for large and small seeds. h

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African Farming looks at some other innovations at the recent Agritechnica, that were not included in the last issue. More innovation at Agritechnica 2015

Silver Medal for more energy and structure in maize silage Claas has further developed its CLAAS INTRODUCED A new addition to its range of cracker rollers Multi Crop Cracker concept for its in the form of the new MCC MAX for conditioning maize silage and range of Jaguar forage harvesters. this new product was awarded silver DLG innovation medal. Equipment users, researchers and the agricultural machinery industry are constantly looking for new ways to further improve kernel shredding, digestibility, compressibility in the silo and the ensiling properties of maize silage. This is based on the desire to increase the energy availability of the crop. Forage quality is the most important success factor, especially for dairy producers who are currently under intense production and cost pressure, but also for the operators of biogas plants. The MCC MAX is a new conditioning system which fulfils these Michel Denis, chief executive of the Manitou Group: "We are highly requirements. The MCC MAX rollers have been developed for attentive to the requirements of farmers, for whom the machine is the conditioning maize silage with chop lengths of between 7.0 and 22 daily work tool. With this in mind, we worked on improving mm, which is the most popular application range. They have a ergonomics and profitability through new functions. We have sawtooth profile and each features 30 annular segments. The developed an innovative concept, presented as a test at the show, to positioning and special geometry of the annular segments mean enable them to improve energy management within the machine itself. that the chopped crop is not only processed by friction, but also by The role of a leader is also to improve practices in one's sector. cutting and shearing forces. This allows even more intensive Associated with this new concept, we have emphasised service by conditioning of the grain kernels as well as shredding of the stalk perfecting a tool to raise awareness of the total cost of use. Through material. Compared with conventional corn crackers, the MCC our Reduce TCO programme, a component of the Reduce approach, MAX is suitable for a much larger range of chop lengths and dry we also wish to support them in optimising their energy efficiency, in matter percentages while still achieving excellent conditioning complete transparency, with the consumption of our machines." results. "The more intensive kernel shredding increases the digestible The agricultural range of telescopic trucks from Manitou is starch quantity of the maize silage. This allows more milk to be composed of 10 models offering lifting heights going from six produced from maize silage and the amount of supplementary feed metres to 10 metres, and capacities of 2.5 to six metric tons. can be reduced", explained Alexander Kirchbeck of product Developed in co-operation with users, these machines are totally management at CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH. adapted to the specifics of the agricultural market and fulfill The greater shredding of the crops also means that the MCC requirements in terms of comfort, performance and robustness. MAX concept achieves the desired proportion of large crop surface This range is available in three levels of finish, Classic, Premium areas over a wide range of chop lengths. This offers many and Elite, which include different functions such as fan reversal for advantages: Farmers who supply dairy operations and biogas optimal cooling, the Easy Connect System which enables plants with forage from one and the same silo can use this method attachments to be quickly changed by removing the pressure from to produce silage which has the optimal structure for both use the hydraulic circuit, and boom suspension, offering greater cases. Farmers who want to feed longer-cut silage to their animals comfort for the user. can produce a shredded forage structure with excellent kernel The group's customers can also count on a wide range of Gehl and shredding using the MCC MAX. At the same time, the MCC MAX Mustang skid loaders and articulated loaders. Designed for offers farm contractors and machinery collectives a new technical demanding requirements, they include continuous improvement solution, which allows them to optimally fulfil a very wide range of thanks to feedback from customers, so that they fully correspond to customer requirements for forage conditioning without having to their requirements. adjust the equipment of their machines. The skid loaders were developed mainly to respond to the requirements of the agricultural market, but also to the demands of Manitou with an emphasis on innovation contractors, municipalities, landscape gardeners. Of robust design, The Manitou Group presented its new products for the European they are highly versatile on the farm and the numerous attachments agricultural market. offered enable a wide range of applications. The group's research and development was under the spotlight The articulated loaders are also becoming increasingly used in the because there were no fewer than five new products, six new agricultural market. Versatile and compact, they enable numerous functions and a preview of an innovative test eco-concept, which different types of work to be performed while limiting damage to the soil. were exhibited at the event. In close contact with its customers and their requirements, the group has developed a TCO approach that Entire range from Sfoggia on show was exclusively presented at the show. Sfoggia Agriculture Division decided to present its entire product

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range in two different pavilions, and came back home with news links from strategic markets. On the cereals stand there was particularly interest in the new hoppers for seeds, fertiliser and pesticides of Sigma 5/ Discover/Sigma HWS with the new cover closing and the bigger Sfoggia’s entire range was on show Seedbed preparation in one pass - Agrisem’s Vibrogerm. capacity. Elektra Drive, the electronic system applied to the sowing section, with wing shares and the space between rows is 25 cm. (updated and modified), was very well received, especially This configuration, with this type of share, can scalp the soil over among the young people who particularly enjoy the challenge the whole width, with an aggressive tillage to obtain a broken of innovative agriculture. up surface layer. Its strengths are the touch screen console, located in the G Configuration with four rows, with 40, 50 or 60 vibrating tines cab of tractor, the new feature tramline and the satellite 45x10mm (4, 5 or 6 meters width). This configuration allow an connection GPS, as well as the automatic selector which permits intensive and shallow cultivating, warming and ventilating the quick configuration and exactly the settings of sowing. soil surface before seeding.

Vibrogerm for better seedbed preparation Whatever the configuration of the machine, the tines are AGRISEM exhibited its new tillage machine, the Vibrogerm, and mounted on an independant frame with hydraulic working depth expanded its range, with a new seedbed cultivator which combines adjustment, enabling precise control from the tractor cab. The all tillage operations to prepare a seedbed in one pass. accuracy of the working depth control provides a perfectly straight The front Cross-board, with hydraulic depth control as well as field, ready for seeding and promoting a uniform crop emergence. the crumbling roller of 460mm diameter, first allows a good The tines allow burying of the finer soil particles to favour the levelling and crumbling of the soil surface. This is followed by two germination with a good contact between the soil and the seed. or four rows of tines according to the configuration of the machine: Finally, a double 400mm diameter cross-kill roller presses the G Configuration with two rows, with 16, 20, or 24 tines (4, 5 or 6 upper level of the soil again to prevent loss of moisture, before meters width). The tines are mounted with 3D security of 25 mm passing an optional finisher roller of 320 mm diameter. h

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AGRICULTURAL BUYERS’ DIRECTORY 2016EDITION AN ANNUAL GUIDE to suppliers of equipment and services for agriculture and for the primary processing of produce. The first section of the Directory lists suppliers under classification of their products and services. The second section lists alphabetically company addresses and local distributors. Suppliers’ Listings The third section lists agents and distributors in Africa geographically. The Directory has been compiled from startonpage38 information submitted by the companies concerned. Agents Listings While every care has been taken to avoid errors and omissions, they may occur; the Editor would like to startonpage 43 be notified of these so that the 2017 edition of the Directory can be kept up to date.

Classified Listings

Abattoirs Biogas Technology - Dosing Conveyors and Elevators Sfoggia Agriculture Division Feed Processing Plants USE Poultry Tech & Drying Technology Awila Anlagenbau GmbH S.r.l. Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH Big Dutchman International Valtra Bentall Rowlands Storage Agricultural Consultancies GmbH Systems Ltd Escorts Agri Machinery Breeding Kepler Weber Cultivators - Tined Fieravicola - The International Draminski SA Bomford Turner Ltd Feed Supplements Poultry Fair in Italy Coolers - Environmental Challenger Tithebarn Ltd Briquetting Plants Big Dutchman International Escorts Agri Machinery Agricultural Equipment - Alvan Blanch Development Ltd GmbH Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc Feeding Systems General Maschio Gaspardo SpA Big Dutchman International Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Buildings Coolers - Evaporative Massey Ferguson GmbH Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd Escorts Agri Machinery LUBING Maschinenfabrik Valtra Bentall Rowlands Storage Gmbh & Co KG Fertiliser Mixers Systems Ltd Buildings - Structural Steel Disinfectants Bagtech International (Pty) Ltd Case IH Escorts Agri Machinery Cotton Intraco Ltd nv Challenger Fastpan Sfoggia Agriculture Division Fertiliser Processing Escorts Agri Machinery S.r.l. Drills Machinery Eurodrip SA Bulk Storage Equipment Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc Bagtech International (Pty) Ltd Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH Bentall Rowlands Storage Cotton Handling & Storage Maschio Gaspardo SpA Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc Systems Ltd Swingtec GmbH Pöttinger Fertiliser Spreaders Massey Ferguson Chief Industries UK Ltd Sfoggia Agriculture Division Atespar Motorlu Araclar San. New Holland Agriculture Kepler Weber Crop Drying and Ventilation Srl Ve Dis Tic. Ltd Sti. Nogueira/Pan Trade Symaga SA Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd Drinking Systems Services Ltd The GSI Group South Africa The GSI Group South Africa Challenger Pöttinger (Pty) Ltd (Pty) Ltd Big Dutchman International Great Plains Manufacturing Inc Valtra GmbH Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd Cages & Batteries Crop Handling & Storage LUBING Maschinenfabrik Maschio Gaspardo SpA Agricultural Projects Big Dutchman International Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Gmbh & Co KG Massey Ferguson Bentall Rowlands Storage GmbH Bentall Rowlands Storage Monosem Systems Ltd Systems Ltd Dryers Valtra Escorts Agri Machinery Cassava Planters/Harvesters Chief Industries UK Ltd Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Eurodrip SA Sfoggia Agriculture Division Griffith Elder & Co Ltd Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH Fertilisers Sfoggia Agriculture Division S.r.l. Swingtec GmbH Omex Agrifluids Ltd S.r.l. Egg Collection Sfoggia Agriculture Division Symaga SA Cassava Processing Equipment Crop Protection Equipment Big Dutchman International S.r.l. Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Bentall Rowlands Storage GmbH Animal Health Products Systems Ltd LUBING Maschinenfabrik Fish Feeds - General Ayurvet Ltd Centre Pivot Equipment Challenger Gmbh & Co KG Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Valley Irrigation Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd Applicators for Granular Massey Ferguson Exhibitions and Conferences Fogging Machines Insecticides, Herbicides Cocoa Production Swingtec GmbH Sfoggia Agriculture Division Big Dutchman International Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Valtra S.r.l. GmbH Swingtec GmbH Automatic Chain Feeders Coffee Processing, Handling Cultivators Extruders for Food, Feed Big Dutchman International & Storage Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Foliar Fertilisers GmbH Swingtec GmbH BCS SpA Omex Agrifluids Ltd Challenger Feed Additives Bagging plant Colour Sorting Equipment Escorts Agri Machinery Ayurvet Ltd Food Processing Equipment Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc Evonik Industries AG Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Escorts Agri Machinery Bagtech International (Pty) Ltd Lemken GmbH & Co KG Intraco Ltd nv Marel Stork Poultry Bentall Rowlands Storage Computers & IT Equipment Massey Ferguson Processing Monosem Feed Concentrates Systems Ltd Big Dutchman International Pöttinger Intraco Ltd nv GmbH Forage Harvesters Bale Handling Equipment Sfoggia Agriculture Division Case IH Feed Ingredients Nogueira/Pan Trade Construction Products (eg. S.r.l. Challenger Valtra Intraco Ltd nv Services Ltd cement mixers, asphalt Massey Ferguson transporters) New Holland Agriculture Biofuel/Biodiesel Cultivators - Rotary Feed Premixes Nogueira/Pan Trade Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH Bentall Rowlands Storage Challenger Ayurvet Ltd Services Ltd Systems Ltd Escorts Agri Machinery Intraco Ltd nv Valtra Consulting Services Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc Tithebarn Ltd Fieravicola - The International Massey Ferguson Poultry Fair in Italy

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Forestry Equipment Escorts Agri Machinery Medicators MIK International GmbH & Poultry Housing Bomford Turner Ltd John Deere (Pty) Ltd Big Dutchman International Co KG Big Dutchman International Challenger Massey Ferguson GmbH GmbH Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH New Holland Agriculture Pig Housing Symaga SA Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd Nogueira/Pan Trade Micronutrients Big Dutchman International Massey Ferguson Services Ltd Omex Agrifluids Ltd GmbH Poultry Processing Valtra Valtra MIK International GmbH & Equipment & Supplies Milling & Mixing Co KG CARFED SA Forklift Trucks Hedgecutters Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Symaga SA Marel Stork Poultry Processing Escorts Agri Machinery Bomford Turner Ltd Awila Anlagenbau GmbH USE Poultry Tech Big Dutchman International Plant Protection Chemicals Fruit Processing Horticultural Equipment & GmbH Omex Agrifluids Ltd Poultry Projects, Integrated Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Machinery Marel Stork Poultry Challenger Mills Planters Processing Generating Sets Escorts Agri Machinery Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Atespar Motorlu Araclar San. Escorts Agri Machinery Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd Big Dutchman International Ve Dis Tic. Ltd Sti Pregnancy Testers & Massey Ferguson GmbH Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd Detection Equipment Grain - Drying & Ventilation Sfoggia Agriculture Division Sfoggia Agriculture Division Challenger Draminski SA Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Srl S.r.l. Great Plains Manufacturing Inc Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Swingtec GmbH John Deere (Pty) Ltd Project Management Bentall Rowlands Storage Valtra Mills - Grain Massey Ferguson Fastpan Systems Ltd Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Monosem Chief Industries UK Ltd Integrated Pest Management Bentall Rowlands Storage Sfoggia Agriculture Division Public Health Srl Kepler Weber Omex Agrifluids Ltd Systems Ltd Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd Valtra Swingtec GmbH Fastpan Swingtec GmbH Grain - Handling, Cleaning & Nogueira/Pan Trade Plastic Flooring, Poultry Processing Irrigation & Drainage Services Ltd Rice Parboilers Big Dutchman International Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Systems Sfoggia Agriculture Division Alvan Blanch Development Ltd GmbH Awila Anlagenbau GmbH RKD Irrigacion SL S.r.l. Milltec Machinery Pvt Ltd Bentall Rowlands Storage Valley Irrigation MIK International GmbH & Co Systems Ltd Mills - Grinding KG Rice Processing & Milling Chief Industries UK Ltd Irrigation Equipment Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Ploughs - Disc Equipment Fastpan Escorts Agri Machinery Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Mills - Hammer Atespar Motorlu Araclar San. Kepler Weber Eurodrip SA Bentall Rowlands Storage RKD Irrigacion S.L. Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Ve Dis Tic. Ltd Sti Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd Systems Ltd Grain Moisture Testers Sfoggia Agriculture Division Nogueira/Pan Trade Milltec Machinery Pvt Ltd Draminski SA S.r.l. Services Ltd Challenger Escorts Agri Machinery Valley Irrigation Rice Threshers Moisture Meters Massey Ferguson Grains, Grain Projects & Milltec Machinery Pvt Ltd Land Clearing Equipment Valtra Edible Oils Draminski SA Nogueira/Pan Trade Challenger Bentall Rowlands Storage Ploughs - Mouldboard Services Ltd Systems Ltd Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH Monitoring Equipment Challenger Milltec Machinery Pvt Ltd. Massey Ferguson Valley Irrigation Roll-out Nests Escorts Agri Machinery Valtra Big Dutchman International Grass Mould Inhibitors John Deere (Pty) Ltd Lemken GmbH & Co KG GmbH Sfoggia Agriculture Division Maize Shellers Ayurvet Ltd Massey Ferguson S.r.l. Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Salt Blocks Oil Extraction Equipment Pöttinger Bomford Turner Ltd Tithebarn Ltd Grasscutting Machines - Nogueira/Pan Trade Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Valtra Forage Services Ltd Seed Cleaning Equipment Palletizers Poultry Consultancy Services BCS SpA Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Manure Composters & Dryers Big Dutchman International Fieravicola - The International Bomford Turner Ltd Poultry Fair in Italy Challenger Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH GmbH Seed Planting Equipment Massey Ferguson Poultry Equipment - Drinking Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd Nogueira/Pan Trade Material Handling Pelleting Big Dutchman International Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc Services Ltd Bagtech International (Pty) Ltd Alvan Blanch Development Ltd GmbH Lemken GmbH & Co. KG Pöttinger Bentall Rowlands Storage Awila Anlagenbau GmbH LUBING Maschinenfabrik Monosem Valtra Systems Ltd Sfoggia Agriculture Division Escorts Agri Machinery Pig Equipment Gmbh & Co. KG The GSI Group South Africa Srl Grasscutting Machines - Lawn Big Dutchman International (Pty) Ltd BCS S.p.A. Material Handling - Bulk GmbH Silos Bagtech International (Pty) Ltd LUBING Maschinenfabrik Poultry Equipment/Handling Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Groundnut Handling Bentall Rowlands Storage Gmbh & Co KG Bentall Rowlands Storage Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Equipment Systems Ltd MIK International GmbH & Bentall Rowlands Storage Escorts Agri Machinery Co KG Systems Ltd Alvan Blanch Development Ltd CARFED SA Systems Ltd Symaga SA Big Dutchman International Meat Processing and USE Poultry Tech Harrows GmbH Packaging Pig Feeding/Drinking Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd Poultry Export Trade Chief Industries UK Ltd Marel Stork Poultry Equipment Escorts Agri Machinery Fieravicola - The International Kepler Weber Processing Big Dutchman International John Deere (Pty) Ltd Poultry Fair in Italy Privé SA GmbH Symaga SA Mechanical Services & Harvesting Equipment The GSI Group South Africa Poultry Feeding The GSI Group South Africa Equipment (Pty) Ltd Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Bentall Rowlands Storage (Pty) Ltd Challenger BCS SpA Systems Ltd Massey Ferguson Pig Flooring Slaughtering Equipment Bentall Rowlands Storage Big Dutchman International Valtra Big Dutchman International Systems Ltd GmbH Marel Stork Poultry Processing Challenger GmbH USE Poultry Tech CARFED SA

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Soluble Fertilisers Threshing Machines Trade Associations Turnkey Operations Waste Disposal Equipment Omex Agrifluids Ltd Escorts Agri Machinery Escorts Agri Machinery Bentall Rowlands Storage Big Dutchman International Nogueira/Pan Trade Systems Ltd. GmbH Sprayers Services Ltd Trade Shows Atespar Motorlu Araclar San. Escorts Agri Machinery Turnkey Operations Water Pipes Ve Dis Tic. Ltd Sti Tillage Fieravicola - The International Agricultural/Industrial RKD Irrigacion SL Goizper Group Challenger Poultry Fair in Italy Schemes Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd Great Plains Manufacturing Inc Bentall Rowlands Storage Water Treatment - Equipment Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd Lemken GmbH & Co KG Traders in Agricultural Systems Ltd and Supplies Lemken GmbH & Co KG Maschio Gaspardo SpA Equipment, General Fastpan Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH Maschio Gaspardo SpA Massey Ferguson Escorts Agri Machinery Valley Irrigation RKD Irrigacion SL Valtra Watering Equipment Trailer Transporters, ULV Spraying Equipment RKD Irrigacion SL Sprayers - Crop Trace Elements Livestock Goizper Group Challenger Omex Agrifluids Ltd Escorts Agri Machinery Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd Weed Control Goizper Group Swingtec GmbH Goizper Group Great Plains Manufacturing Inc Tractors Trailers Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd BCS S.p.A. Atespar Motorlu Araclar San. Ventilating Equipment Weighers - Animal Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd Case IH Ve Dis Tic. Ltd Sti Big Dutchman International Big Dutchman International Massey Ferguson Challenger Challenger GmbH GmbH Valtra Escorts Agri Machinery Escorts Agri Machinery Griffith Elder & Co Ltd John Deere (Pty) Ltd Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH Vessels Spraying Nozzles & Massey Ferguson Massey Ferguson Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH Weighers - Grain Components New Holland Agriculture Valtra Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Goizper Group Valtra Veterinary Griffith Elder & Co Ltd Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd Training, Management & Products/Equipment - Tractors - Spare Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd Agricultural Extension General Weighing - Sack Filling Parts/Attachments Escorts Agri Machinery Draminski SA Griffith Elder & Co Ltd Stored Products Protection Case IH Swingtec GmbH Challenger Transport Boxes Vitamins, Minerals & Weighing Equipment Escorts Agri Machinery CARFED SA Proteins Alvan Blanch Development Ltd Sugar Cane Equipment Massey Ferguson Tithebarn Ltd Big Dutchman International Case IH New Holland Agriculture Transport Crates for Poultry GmbH Challenger Valtra CARFED SA Griffith Elder & Co Ltd Massey Ferguson Valtra

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Egypt - New Motors Co. Ethiopia - Ambasel Trading House PLC Libya - Almozn Co. Morocco - Establissements K. Slaoui Res, Brahim Al Jarrah II Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Ayurvet Ltd. Nigeria - Xamac Engineering Ltd. CARFED SA Chelworth Unit No 101-103, 1st Floor Senegal - Cafomt Via Basilicata 10 Malmesbury, Wiltshire KM Trade Tower, Plot No H-3 South Africa - Reliance Olyphants Fontein Farm San Giuliano Milanese SN16 9SG Sector-14, Kaushambi South Africa - Southern African Mechanisation 20098, Italy (Pty) Ltd. United Kingdom Ghaziabad (UP), 201010, India Sudan - Alfa Trading Enterprise Tel: +39 02 9881140 Tel: +44 1666 577333 Tel: +91 120 7100202 Sudan - EL Doma Comm. & Agric. S. Co. Fax: +39 02 98280274 Fax: +44 1666 577339 Fax: +91 120 7100202 Tunisia - Sodag Web: www.carfed.ch Web: www.alvanblanchgroup.com Web: www.ayurvet.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] CARFED SA is a worldwide known Swiss-Italian British manufacturing and project engineering group that specializes in plastic poultry products. Agents: company, specialising in designing & CARFED SA has the widest range of collapsible Nigeria - Animal Care Services Konsult Nig. Ltd. manufacturing of machines & integrated systems and non-collapsible plastic chicken crates, to haul for the drying and processing of biomass, Bentall Rowlands Storage live birds : agricultural & waste products. Systems designed to Systems Ltd. • Mondial CARFED and Mondial “S” of cms utilise low grade waste heat and biogas. Complete Dragonby Vale Enterprise Park 80x60x28 systems for fruit processing, feed milling, grain Mannaberg Way, Scunthorpe • Multi 100 of cms 97x58x27 • Muti 110 of cms 108x58x27 cleaning, drying, milling and storage. Bagtech International (Pty) Ltd. North Lincolnshire, DN15 8XF • Super, not collapsible, of cms. 99x58x26 Agents: Number 5, 273, Musgrave Road United Kingdom Nigeria - Alvan Blanch Nigeria Durban, South Africa Tel: +44 1724 282828 CARFED products can be seen in the website Tel: +27 31 2010607 Fax: +44 1724 280021 www.carfed.ch. Web: www.bagtechint.com Web: www.bentallrowlands.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Bagtech has over 25 years’ experience in Bentall Rowlands Storage Systems Ltd. is a leading UK CE certified manufacturer in complete storage Atespar Motorlu Araclar San. Ve agribusiness across the African continent. and processing equipment solutions for the Dis Tic. Ltd. Sti. Nowadays, we are focused on offering a supply chain management service and developing agricultural and industrial markets. Case IH Buyukkayacik OSB Mah. custom-made equipment for handling bulk CNH Industrial Österreich GmbH Evrenkoy Cad. No:32 fertiliser. The company offers advanced technology Steyrer Strasse 32 Selcuklu-Konya through an innovative management system in St. Valentin Turkey partnership with Festo in order to provide accurate 4300 Tel: +90 332 2356423/24 information to their clients – from Africa to Africa. Big Dutchman International Austria Fax: +90 332 2337581 Agents: GmbH Tel: +43 7435 500652 Web: www.atespar.com.tr Mozambique - Bagtech International Web: www.caseih.com Auf der Lage 2, Vechta E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 49377, Germany Atespar Ltd. is a leader in the production of Case IH is the professionals’ choice, drawing on Tel: +49 4447 8010 agricultural machinery. Our brand is “Agromaster”. more than 170 years of heritage and experience in We export our products to more than 45 countries Fax: +49 4447 801237 the agricultural industry. A powerful range of in the world. Web: www.bigdutchman.com tractors, combines and balers supported by a Products: Soil preparation equipments, seed Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd. E-mail: [email protected] global network of highly professional dealers sowing equipments, fertilizing equipments, spraying 1st Floor, 510 Centennial Park dedicated to providing our customers with the Agents: equipments, baler equipments, harvesters, hay superior support and performance solutions Centennial Avenue, Elstree Algeria - SARL Mecafa Algerie rakes, straw choppers, etc. Borehamwood, WD6 3FG required to be productive and effective in the 21st With a view to provide best quality products, we Egypt - Commercial Group Edward Y. Nekhela & Co. United Kingdom Egypt - Elyasmengroup (Cairo office) century. More information on Case IH products and use superior quality materials and latest Egypt - Elyasmengroup (Kafrelsheikh office) services can be found online at www.caseih.com technology. So we have been able to successfully Tel: +44 20 80901072 Kenya - Agriculture Equipment Kenya Ltd. fulfill diverse needs of our clients. Fax: +44 20 89593319 Agents: Web: www.pantrade.co.uk Libya - Tasharukiat Agriculture Technology Co. Algeria - Rouiba Materiel Agricole Morocco - Agri-Art E-mail: [email protected] Angola - Multiauto, SA Nigeria - Big Dutchman International GmbH Botswana - Northmec Senegal - Soproda Egypt - ECAD South Africa - Big Dutchman South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Ethiopia - Agricultural Equipment & Technical Tunisia - SEMA Karim Louafi Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Services S.C.O. (AETS) Kenya - Toyota Tsusho East Africa Dillen 1 Lesotho - Northmec Lastrup BCS S.p.A. Mauritius - Mechanization Co. Ltd. (Mecom) 49688 Viale Mazzini 161 Mozambique - Entreposto Comercial de Germany Abbiategrasso, 20081, Italy Moçambique, SA Bomford Turner Ltd. Tel: +49 4472 8920 Tel: +39 02 94821 Namibia - Northmec Reunion - Foucque Fax: +49 4472 892220 Fax: +39 02 9482398 Station Rd Salford Priors South Africa - Northmec Web: www.awila.de Web: www.bcs-ferrari.it Sudan - Central Trading Co. Ltd. (CTC) Evesham E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Swaziland - Northmec Planning, design and erection of turn-key feed mill Production and sale of agricultural and gardening Worcestershire Tanzania - Toyota Tsusho East Africa (Toyota plants, grain silo plants, mineral and vitamin machines, hay-making machines, greens England Tanzania Ltd.) premixing and dosing systems, pasteurizing maintenance machines, specialized tractors. United Kingdom Tunisia - Agrodis Uganda - Toyota Tsusho East Africa (Toyota Uganda systems, biofuel processing equipment, production Agents: Tel: +44 1789 773383 Ltd.) of intakes, conveyor systems, storage systems, Algeria - EPE EDIMMA Blida S.p.A. Fax: +44 1789 773238 mills, mixers, presses, coolers, conditioners and Zambia - Agricon Equipment Zambia Ltd. Co. Algeria - Eurl Kouti Aziz Import Export Web: www.bomford-turner.com Zambia - Univern Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. control systems. Cameroon - ETS Les Quatre Etoiles E-mail: [email protected]

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Compact Seeds and Clones SA PO Box 30-1000, San Jose Costa Rica Tel: +506 2284 1120 Challenger Fax: +506 2257 2667 Escorts Agri Machinery Evonik Industries AG C/O AGCO International GmbH Web: www.asd-cr.com Escorts Agri Machinery Plant 2 Rodenbacher Chaussee 4 Victor von Bruns-Strasse 17 E-mail: [email protected] Plot No. 2 Germany Neuhausen am Rheinfall Sector -13 Tel: +49 201 17701 CH 8212 Faridabad Fax: +49 201 1773475 Switzerland India Web: www.evonik.com/feed- Tel: +41 52 7252200 Tel: +91 129 2575292 additives Web: www.agcocorp.com Web: www.escortsagri.com E-mail: feed-additives@ DRAMINSKI S.A. AGCO is a global leader in the design, manufacture E-mail: [email protected] evonik.com and distribution of agricultural solutions. Through ul. Owocowa 17 Escorts - Farmtrac tractors is a leading brand of Evonik Industries is the only company in the world our well-known brands CHALLENGER®, FENDT®, Olsztyn, 10-860, Poland performance tractors. Farmtrac tractors are to produce and market all four essential amino GSI®, MASSEY FERGUSON® and VALTRA®, Tel: +48 89 5271130 economical, reliable and perfect for chores around acids used in advanced animal nutrition: AGCO delivers solutions to African farmers through Fax: +48 89 5278444 the farm. Ranging from 12 HP – 110 HP in both MetAMINO® (DL-methionine), Biolys® (L-lysine), a full line of tractors, combine harvesters, hay and Web: www.draminski.com 2WD & 4WD. Our dominance in the African market ThreAMINO® (L-threonine) and TrypAMINO® (L- forage equipment, seeding and tillage implements, E-mail: [email protected] continues with presence in 26 African countries by Tryptophan). Evonik offers these products in grain storage and protein production systems and DRAMINSKI S.A. manufactures high-tech the high volume of orders that we have received combination with state-of-the-art analytical, replacement parts. equipment for livestock and dairy industry, from Tanzania, Ghana, Senegal, Sudan, Benin, technical and nutritional services, and therefore is Agents: agriculture and veterinary medicine since 1987. Madagascar, Burkina Faso and other African able to make an essential contribution to the cost- Angola - Agrozootec Lda. The following products can be found in the countries. Africa adds to the global arena of Escorts efficiency of its customers and to healthy and Ethiopia - Ries Engineering Share Co. company portfolio: precision moisture meters for with Farmtrac being present in 62 countries environmentally friendly animal nutrition. including the Americas, Europe, West Asia and Malawi - Farming and Engineering Services Ltd. grain, hay and straw producers, pregnancy, estrus Agents: South East Asia & SAARC. Mozambique - Barloworld Equipamentos and sub-clinical mastitis detectors as well as the South Africa - Evonik Africa (Pty) Ltd. South Africa - Barloworld Agriculture portable veterinary ultrasound scanners. Zambia - Barloworld Agriculture Agents: Zimbabwe - Farmec Algeria - SARL Vital Vétérinaire Cameroon - Digital Sarl Cote D’Ivoire - Pesage industriel et commercial Eurodrip SA Egypt - Egy Internatinal Trading Group - Fastpan 36 Kifissias Avenue Matrix Egy, Ltd. 1st Floor, Bld B Ethiopia - Enquye Import Export Maroussi, Athens Nautica Commercial Centre Chief Industries UK Ltd. Ethiopia - Neway PLC 15125 Royal Road Beckingham Business Park Ethiopia - Periplus Business Pvt. Ltd. Co. Greece Black River Tolleshunt Major Ethiopia - Wise Team PLC Tel: +30 21 66002800 Kenya - ABS TCM Ltd. Mauritius Maldon Fax: +30 21 66002801 Kenya - Brazagro Ltd. Tel: +230 4839303 Essex, England Web: www.eurodrip.gr Kenya - Milima (K) Ltd. Fax: +230 4831313 CM9 8LZ Kenya - World Cyber Farm (WCF) E-mail: [email protected] United Kingdom Madagascar - Labotech Eurodrip SA established in 1979 and is the first Web: www.asconafrica.com Tel: +44 1621 868944 Namibia - Farm Electronic Equipment (Pty) Ltd. European company involved with drip irrigation. E-mail: miles.currie@ Fax: +44 1621 868955 Nigeria - Real People Concept Eurodrip Group has a market presence in over 70 asconafrica.com Web: www.chief.co.uk Rwanda - Crest Technologies Ltd. countries, with operating subsidiaries in Greece, USA, Fastspan has been supplying steel framed E-mail: [email protected] Senegal - Eracel Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Peru and Mexico. It employs structures in Africa since the mid 1990’s. South Africa - Farm Electronic Equipment (Pty) Ltd Technically supported by its parent firm, Ascon Chief Industries UK Ltd have over 50 years of more than 500 people worldwide and offers a wide Tanzania - Brazafric Ltd. Africa Group, Fastspan can offer economic turnkey experience in the design and installation of grain product range of drip irrigation products. Tunisia - Isolab Agri solutions for agricultural and industrial warehousing handling facilities, from on-farm drying and storage Uganda - AMLA General Supplies Ltd. customised to our customer’s needs. to large port terminals, coupled with modern Uganda - Brazafric Enterprises Ltd. We’ll get you covered! technology and the latest manufacturing methods, Uganda - Smiths And Bolton Ltd. www.asconafrica.com making Chief UK your ideal partner whether embarking on a new project, or expanding an existing plant.

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Fieravicola - The International Poultry Fair in Italy Via Punta Di Ferro 2 Forli’ (FC) 47122 Griffith Elder & Co. Ltd. Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd. LEMKEN GmbH & Co. KG Italy 1 Oaklands Park, Bury St Pan Trade Services Ltd. Weseler Str. 5 Tel: +39 0543 793511 Edmunds, Suffolk 1st Floor, 510 Centennial Park Alpen, 46519 Fax: +39 0543 724488 IP33 2RW Centennial Avenue Germany Web: www.fieravicola.com United Kingdom Elstree Tel: +49 2802 810 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 1284 719619 Borehamwood E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +44 1284 700822 WD6 3FG Founded in 1780, the family company LEMKEN is Web: www.griffith-elder.com United Kingdom a leading manufacturer of premium quality high E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 20 80901072 performance agricultural machines for soil We are designers and manufactures of rugged Fax: +44 20 89593319 cultivation, sowing and crop protection. Farmers and contractors can always rely on LEMKEN accurate weighing systems for heavy industrial Web: www.pantrade.co.uk Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH technology, regardless of the application – whether use. We are able to provide a solution, which will E-mail: [email protected] Bürgermeister-Boch-Str.1 suit many weighing requirements over a wide ploughing, reconsolidation, seedbed preparation, Mühldorf am Inn, 84453 range of industries and specialise in providing high stubble cultivation, seeding or crop protection. Germany quality equipment with a very long trouble free Agents: Tel: +49 8631 307309 service life. South Africa - LEMKEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Fax: +49 8631 307555 Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. John Deere (Pty) Ltd. Web: www.fliegl.com Rod Waldomiro Correa Camargo E-mail: thomas.vongehlendacosta km 56.5, Itu-SP 38 Oscar Street @fliegl.com 13308-200, Brazil Hughes Ext 47 Fliegl Agrartechnik is the biggest manufacturer of Tel: +55 11 21188408 1459, South Africa LUBING Maschinenfabrik Gmbh agricultural trailers, worldwide. Moreover, Fliegl Web: www.guaranyind.com.br Tel: +27 11 4372600 & Co. KG produces liquid and solid manure technologies, Web: www.deere.co.za Lubingstrasse 6 Push-Off trailers and solutions for biogas Agents: E-mail: [email protected] technology, forestry and a quantity of agricultural Angola - Brasafrica Barnstorf machinery and equipment. Additionally, Fliegl Angola - Sheba Comercio and Industria Limitada Agents: 49406, Germany produces machinery for the construction industry. Kenya - Brazafric Enterprises Ltd. Angola - LonAgro Angola Tel: +49 5442 98790 Kenya - Brazagro Ltd. Cameroon - DEM Cameroun (Cameroon) Fax: +49 5442 987966 Agents: Congo DR - DEM Democratic Republic of Congo Mozambique - Soluções Rurais Lda. Web: www.lubing.com South Africa - Drakensberg International Services Rwanda - Brazafric Enterprises Ltd. Cote D’Ivoire - LASSIRE INDUSTRIE E-mail: [email protected] GOIZPER GROUP South Africa - Rovic & Leers (Pty) Ltd. Kenya - Mascor Kenya Ltd. Sudan - DAL Engineering Co. Ltd. Kenya - TATA Africa Holdings Ltd. (Kenya) Agents: C/ Antigua 4 Tanzania - Brazafric Enterprises Ltd. Mauritius - Smag Ltee Egypt - RABICO Co. Antzuola (Gipuzkoa) Uganda - Brazafric Enterprises Ltd. Mozambique - LonAgro Maputo South Africa - Dynamic Automation 20577 Zambia - Minelands Agric Develp Services Ltd. Nigeria - Tata Africa Services (Nigeria Ltd) Spain Zimbabwe - Haingate Investments Pvt. Ltd. Rwanda - LonAgro Rwanda Senegal - DEM Senegal Tel: +34 943 786000 ICS France Uganda - Mascor Uganda (Pty) Ltd. Fax: +34 943 766008 12, Rue de Soleil Zambia - AFGRI Zambia Web: www.matabi.com ZA Croix Fort Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. E-mail: [email protected] La Jarrie Automotive & Farm Equipment 17220 Sectors, International Operations France Mahindra Towers, 2nd floor Tel: +33 5 46352828 KEPLER WEBER Worli, Mumbai 400 019, India Fax: +33 5 46352829 Rua do Rocio, 84 – 3rd floor Tel: +91 22 24905775/24920121/ Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Web: www.ics-agri.com Bairro Vila Olímpia 24916611 E-mail: [email protected] 1525 East North Street 04552-000 Web: Salina Agents: Brazil www.mahindratractorworld.com Kansas Algeria - ICS Algerie Tel: +55 11 4873 0317 67401 Egypt - ICS Agri Egypt Fax: +55 11 4873 0301 USA Ethiopia - ICS Ethiopie Web: www.kepler.com.br Tel:+1 785 8233276 Madagascar - ITA Group Mali - ICS Agri Mali E-mail: [email protected] Fax:+1 785 8226722 KEPLER WEBER is a Brazilian company that Nigeria - ICS Nigeria Marel Stork Poultry Processing Web:www.greatplainsint.com Senegal - Terragrisen manufactures equipments for grain storage, being E-mail:[email protected] Sudan - Frentec specialized in complete solutions. Our portfolio Handelstraat 3 Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. produces grain includes steel silos, horizontal and vertical 5831 AV, Netherlands drills, planters, conventional and vertical tillage conveyors, grain dryers and grain cleaning Tel: +31 485 586111 implements as well as fertilizer applicators and machines. With tradition and unique solutions, Fax: +31 485 586222 sprayers. Great Plains operates approximately Kepler Webers storage systems are found in over Web: www.marel.com/poultry.com 120,775 square meters of manufacturing space 40 countries in the 5 continents. E-mail: [email protected] across eleven USA-based facilities in central Intraco Ltd. n.v Agents : Kansas and one factory in Sleaford, England. Agents: Jordaenskaai 24 Angola - SUL ENGENHARIA Those products are exported to over 60 countries South Africa - Marel Food Systems (Pty) Ltd Antwerp Ethiopia - Brazafric Group worldwide. 2000 Kenya - BRAZAFRIC ENTERPRISES Ltd. – Eastern Maschio Gaspardo S.p.A. Agents: Belgium Africa Via Marcello 73, Campodarsego Ethiopia - Kaleb Service Farmers House PLC Tel: +32 3 2269850 Kenya - Brazafric Group Padova, 35011, Italy Kenya - Farm Engineering Industries Ltd. Fax: +32 3 2269852 Mozambique - Brazafric Group Tel: +39 049 9289810 South Africa - Agri Afrika Rwanda - Brazafric Group Web: www.intraco.be Fax: +39 049 9289900 Tanzania - TFSC Ltd. Tanzania - Brazafric Group E-mail: [email protected] Uganda - Brazafric Group Web: www.maschionet.com E-mail: [email protected]

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MIK International GmbH & Co. KG Masselbachstr. 22 Ransbach-Baumbach Massey Ferguson 56235 Monosem Nogueira/Pan Trade Services Ltd. C/O AGCO International GmbH Germany 12, Rue Edmond Ribouleau c/o Pan Trade Services Ltd. Victor von Bruns-Strasse 17 Tel: +49 2922 885600 Largeasse 1st Floor, 510 Centennial Park Neuhausen am Rheinfall Fax: +49 2922 885670 79240 Centennial Avenue, Elstree CH 8212 Web: www.mik-online.com France Borehamwood, WD6 3FG Switzerland E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +33 5 49815000 United Kingdom Tel: +41 52 7252200 Fax: +33 5 49720970 Tel: +44 20 80901072/89593169 Web: www.agcocorp.com Web: www.monosem.com Fax: +44 20 89593319 AGCO is a global leader in the design, manufacture E-mail: export.sales@ Web: www.pantrade.co.uk and distribution of agricultural solutions. Through monosem.com E-mail: [email protected] our well-known brands; Challenger®, Fendt®, French Company, whose head office is in GSI®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra®, AGCO Millar Cameron Ltd. Largeasse (France), specialized in the manufacture delivers solutions to African farmers through a full 3 Kings Meadow of agricultural machinery and in particular, line of tractors, combine harvesters, hay and forage Osney Mead precision planting for maize, cotton, soya, peanut equipment, seeding and tillage implements, grain Oxford etc and cultivating equipment. storage and protein production systems and OX2 0DP Omex Agrifluids Ltd. replacement parts. United Kingdom Saddlebow Road, King’s Lynn Agents: Tel: +44 1235 856040 Norfolk, PE34 3JA, United Kingdom Algeria - PMAT Fax: +44 1235 436268 Tel: +44 1553 817500 Angola - IMPORAFRICA Web: www.millarcameron.com Fax: +44 1553 817501 Benin - Camin Auto New Holland Agriculture Web: www.omex.com Cameroon - Socada E-mail: [email protected] A brand of CNH Industrial Italia E-mail: [email protected] Congo DR - CFAO Motors RDC S.p.A. Omex Agrifluids specialist liquid foliar fertilisers are Congo Republic - Tractafric SNC Via Plava 80 Cote D’Ivoire - CFAO Motora Cote D’Ivoire available from distributors across the Africa and Ethiopia - Ries Engineering Share Co. Torino Middle East Region, specifically Kenya, Tanzania, Gabon - CFAO Motors, Gabon 10125, Italy Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana - Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd. MILLTEC Machinery Pvt. Ltd. Tel: +39 011 0086158 Zambia, South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Madagascar - Materiel Automobile Industriel - 51/A, I st Phase Fax: +39 011 0086111 Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait. MATERAUTO KIADB Industrial Area Web: www.newholland.com Visit our website www.omex.co.uk/agrifluids Malawi - Farming and Engineering Services Ltd. E-mail: africa.topservice@ Mauritius - SCOMAT Ltee Bommasandra Morocco - Comicom Bangalore newholland.com Mozambique - Barloworld Equipamentos 560099 New Holland offers cash crop producers, livestock Nigeria - Dizengoff WA (Nigeria) Ltd. India farmers, contractors, vineyards and groudcare professionals, the largest choice of easy-to-operate Reunion - Societe Foucque SA Tel: +91 080 28016666 Poettinger tractors, harvesters, material handling and seeding Sao Tome & Principle - CFAO Motors, Sao Tome Fax: +91 080 27831129 Senegal - TSE Afrique equipment. It offers parts service support, tailored Industriegelande 1 South Africa - Barloworld Agriculture Web: www.milltecmachinery.com financial services and a professional dealer 4710 Grieskirchen, Austria Sudan - El Nilein Engineering & Spare Parts Co. E-mail: marketing@ network. Close to customers, New Holland is the Tel: +43 7248 600 Tanzania - FMD East Africa Ltd. milltecmachinery.com reliable partner of each farmer. Web: www.poettinger.at Togo - CFAO Motors, Togo A preferred global company for; Agents: E-mail: christoph.schuerz@ Tunisia - Le Materiel SA • Rice Milling Solutions Botswana - Humulani Marketing (Pty) Ltd. poettinger.at Zambia - Barloworld Agriculture • Yield Management Solutions Guinea - AFCO Pöttinger- The specialist in grassland and soil Zimbabwe - Farmec • Silica Extraction Kenya - CMC Holdings Ltd. cultivation. • Co-Generation Plants Lesotho - Humulani Marketing (Pty) Ltd. The comprehensive range features hay making • End-to-End Turnkey Supplies Mayotte - Agence Generale de Representations SARL machines, self-loading harvest and silage wagons • Pulses Milling Solutions Morocco - S.O.M.M.A./Auto-Hall plus soil cultivation equipment. • Seeds Processing Solutions Nigeria - SCOA Nigeria • Maize Processing Solutions Rwanda - BIA Agents: • Wheat Processing Solutions Zimbabwe - William Bain & Co. Holding (Pvt) Ltd. South Africa - Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. Sudan - DAL Engineering Co. Ltd. Zambia - Tractorzam Ltd.

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Symaga SA Agents: Algeria - IBC Ctra Arenas de San Juan km 2.3 Cote D’Ivoire - SEMAT 13210, Spain Ghana - WIENCO Ghana Ltd. Tel: +34 926 640475 Kenya - Aqua Valley Services Ltd. Poltek Sfoggia Agriculture Division S.r.l. Fax: +34 926 649204 Libya - Technofarm Int. Ltd. PO Box 16289 Via Feltrina, 170 Web: www.symaga.com Morocco - SOCOPIM Leondale Montebelluna (TV) E-mail: [email protected] Senegal - Delta Irrigation 1424 31044, Italy Sierra Leone - Mountain Lion Agriculture Ltd. South Africa - Amatola Irrigation South Africa Tel: +39 0423 24041 South Africa - AP Algemene Boeredienste Tel: +27 11 8661240/2/8652038/ Fax: +39 0423 24014 South Africa - Croc Valley Brits 90861 Poltek Web: www.sfoggia.com South Africa - Croc Valley Koedoeskop Fax: +27 11 8651722 E-mail: [email protected] South Africa - Die Humansdorpse Kooperasie Ltd. The GSI Group South Africa Web: www.poltek.co.za Sfoggia Agriculture Division S.r.l. company was Patensie (Pty) Ltd. South Africa - Elektrosure E-mail: [email protected] founded since 1956. Leader in design and production of pneumatic planters, seed drills, PO Box 4012 South Africa - Griekwaland Wes Kooperasie BPK Agents: transplanters and weeders, Sfoggia Agriculture Honeydew, 2040, South Africa South Africa - Groensirkel Besproeiing South Africa - ICM - Bethlemen South Africa - Arrow Advertising and Design cc Division maintain high parameters in the selection Tel: +27 11 7944455 South Africa - Inyoni Africa + Swaziland of the materials and suppliers + Quality + Fax: +27 11 7944515 South Africa - Irritech Agencies International (Pty) Ltd. Performance + Comfort is our attitude. Web: www.gsiafrica.co.za South Africa - Loskop Valley Besproeiing E-mail: [email protected] South Africa - NWK Landmark South Africa - Overberg Agri Agents: Privé SA South Africa - Sandveld Voorsieners South Africa - The GSI Group SA South Africa - SKB Cradock 98 avenue du Général Patton, South Africa - SKB George CS30536 Swingtec GmbH South Africa - SKB Jeffreys Bay Chalons en Champagne PO Box 1322 South Africa - Spilkon Besproeiing 51010, France Achener Weg 59 South Africa - Tube and Product Distributors Tel: +33 3 26686666 Isny, 88307, Germany South Africa - Vaalharts Spilpuntdienste Tithebarn Ltd. South Africa - Valley Irrigation of Southern Africa Fax: +33 3 26686699 Tel: +49 7562 7080 Road 5, Industrial Estate South Africa - Vrystaat Kooperasie Bpk Web: www.prive.fr Fax: +49 7562 708111 Winsford, Cheshire, England Tunisia - HMT E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.swingtec.de Zambia - Zambian Irritech Ltd. United Kingdom Privé is a French company with more than 60 E-mail: [email protected] Zimbabwe - Center Pivot Irrigation years' experience in manufacturing round SWINGFOG® + FONTAN® Tel: +44 16060 595000 corrugated silos for grain storage. Bins and The complete programme of professional thermal Fax: +44 1606 59545 gantries are manufactured in high quality fogging machines and ULV/LV aerosol generators Web: www.tithebarn.co.uk galvanised steel and their design is based on the for all your fog applications. www.saltlicks.co.uk strictest European standards. • Plant protection E-mail: [email protected] Valtra Agent : • Stock protection Cote D'lvoire - PCM Ensemblier • Pest and vector control c/o AGCO International GmbH • Disinfection Victor von Bruns-Strasse 17 • Sprout inhibition of potato Neuhausen am Rheinfall • Deodorization CH 8212 • Training and special effects T-L Irrigation Switzerland Agents: PO Box 1047 Tel: +41 52 7252200 RKD Irrigacion S.L. Algeria - SARL SANG & SEVE 151 E Hwy 6 & AB Rd Web: www.agcocorp.com P. I. La Mora Congo Republic - Chimie Afrique Congo Hastings, NE, 68902-1047, USA AGCO is a global leader in the design, manufacture Paseo de la Acacia, Parc. 13 Cote D’Ivoire - ALM Afrique de l’Ouest Tel:+1 402 4624128 and distribution of agricultural solutions. Through La Cistérniga (Valladolid) Egypt - Starchem for Services Web:www.tlirr.com our well-known brands; Challenger®, Fendt®, Guinea - Saref International 47193, Spain GSI®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra®, AGCO Mauritius - Blychem Ltd. E-mail:[email protected] delivers solutions to african farmers through a full Tel: +34 983 401896 Nigeria - U-Mond Ltd. line of tractors, combine harvesters, hay and forage Fax: +34 983 401897 Seychelles - Michaud Pest Control (Pty) Ltd. Web: www.rkd.es Sudan - Gaddris Trade Co. equipment, seeding and tillage implements, grain storage and protein production systems, and E-mail: [email protected] Tunisia - Société Nouvelle du Comptoir CIBO replacement parts. USE Poultry Tech Agents: Netherlands Angola - Agrozootec Lda Tel: +31 235 474405 Ethiopia - Ries Engineering Share Co. Web: www.use-poultry-tech.com Ghana - Foundries & Agricultural Machinery Ltd. E-mail: [email protected] Kenya - Valtract - Cassini & Tonolo Ltd. Mozambique - Sotema Lda USE Poultry Tech is the leading provider of cost- Nigeria - Panafrican Group – Agricultural Division effective poultry processing equipment, production Senegal - AGRIPRO Afrique de l'Ouest lines and whole factories. New and used, from South Africa - Ezentus FZE 1500 -6000 birds per hour. South Africa - Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. South Sudan - Ezentus FZE Sudan - Sutrac Ltd. Tanzania - Tanzania Farmers Zambia - Tractorzam Ltd. Zimbabwe - Farmec, A division of Zimplow Valley Irrigation Holdings P/L 28800 Ida, St.Valley Nebraska, 68064, USA Tel: +1 402 3592201 Fax: +1 402 3594948 Web: www.valleyirrigation.com E-mail: [email protected]

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Algeria IMPORAFRICA Rua Alameda Manuel Van-D EPE EDIMMA Blida SpA Ruq Ho-Chi Min No. 418 R/C Route Del Affroun Mouzaia Edificio do Centro Commerc CP 09210, W. Blida “Chamavo”, Luanda Tel: +213 25 377016 Tel: +244 923371620 Fax: +213 25 377046 Web: www.mfangola.co.ao E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: ziad.ayob@impor- maquinas.com Eurl Kouti Aziz Import Export No. 114 Lot El Amel Henchir LonAgro Angola Toumghanni Lonagro, Rua Rainha Ginga Tel: +213 32 452211 No 74, 13th Floor, Luanda Fax: +213 32 415118 Tel: +244 938 489328 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] IBC Multiauto, SA Lotissement A Villa Nº20 Estrada de Catete, km31, Viana, Luanda Baba Hassen Tel: +244 935260405 Alger, 16081 Sheba Comercio and Industria Limitada Tel: +213 21 300208 Fax: +213 21 308366 Rua Ho Chi Min No. 19, Luanda Web: www.ibc-algerie.com Tel: +244 22 2446676 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +244 22 2446672 ICS Algerie SUL ENGENHARIA Tel: +33 679450171 Rua Rainha Ginga, 74 - 13º Andar, Luanda Web: www.ics-agri.com Tel: +244 222 372029/36 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +244 222 332340 Web: www.sul-engenharia.com Mecafa Algerie, SARL E-mail: [email protected] 01 A Jardin Public Centre Benin Rouiba Alger, 16012 Tel: +213 238 55473 Camin Auto Fax: +213 238 55427 PO Box 2636 RP E-mail: [email protected] PK4 Akpakpa Zone Industrie PMAT Route de Porto-Novo, Cotonou PMAT, 16 Rue Arab Si Ahmed Tel: +229 331 256/5 Birkhadem, Alger Fax: +229 331 255 Tel: +213 21 552 754 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Botswana Rouiba Materiel Agricole Humulani Marketing (Pty) Ltd 04 Rue Hassiba Ben Bouali 16012 Rouiba Kempton Park Tel: +213 21 856676 Isando, 1600 Tel: +27 56 5150607 SANG & SEVE, SARL Fax: +27 56 5150634 Lot 212 No. 183 Northmec Ain Smara Constantine, 25140 Tel: +27 11 9222000 Tel: +213 31 974010/974000 Web: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Cameroon Vital Vétérinaire, SARL DEM Cameroun Lot Est Nr 51 Zeralda Alger, 16000 Bonanjo, Avenue du Général de Gaulle Tel: +213 555 323670/21 685687 Douala BP490 Fax: +213 21 685333 Tel: +237 695 158233 Web: www.vitalveterinaire-dz.com Digital SARL E-mail: [email protected] Douala, Cameroun, 15008 Angola Tel: +237 33 428366 Fax: +237 33 038051 Agrozootec Lda. E-mail: [email protected] Via Expresso, Bita, Km 36 [email protected] (Cacuaco Benfica), Luanda ETS Les Quatre Etoiles Tel: +244 933 054141 BP 1151, Yaounde E-mail: jose.possidonio@ Tel: +237 699846908 agrozootec-lda.com E-mail: [email protected] Brasafrica Socada Estrada Viana-Catete, km 53 PO Box 4080 Provà ncia de Luanda Boulevard du Général Lecler, Douala Tel: +244 932 587548/49/931 642120 Tel: +237 342 6410/99996642 Web: www.brasafrica.com E-mail: [email protected]

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Congo DR Pesage Industriel et Commercial ICS Agri Egypt ICS Ethiopie Zone 4, Abidjan Aprt 16, Bldg 12, Area No. 9 Addis-Ababa CFAO Motors RDC Tel: +225 21 355154 Masaken Sheraton, Heliopolis, Cairo Tel: +33 638313681 PO Box 2200 Web: www.picpesage.com Tel: +20 2 22680974 Web: www.ics-agri.com 17 Avenue des Poids Lourds, Kinshasa E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ics-agri.com E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +33 146 235760 E-mail: [email protected] SEMAT Kaleb Service Farmers House plc E-mail: [email protected] Rue Marconi, Abidjan New Motors Co. PO Box 9594, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia DEM Democratic Republic of Congo Tel: +225 21 213191 Alexandria Agricultural Road Tel: +251 11 4393652 Avenue de Kigoma Fax: +225 21 213190 Tanta City, Cairo Fax: +251 11 4393674 n°1.Ave, Lubumbashi Congo E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +20 43305409/332488800 Neway plc Tel: +243 97 6011101 Fax: +20 43305409 Egypt E-mail: [email protected] Addis Ababa, Arada subcity Congo-Brazzaville Woreda 05 House #427 Commercial Group Edward Y. RABICO Co. Tel: +251 111 556136/911405499 Chimie Afrique Congo Nekhela & Co 97 Al-Hegaz St., Heliopolis, Cairo, 11361 E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 5521, Pointe Noire 43 Ibrahim Nawar Street Tel: +20 2 26356830 Periplus Business Pvt Ltd Co Tel: +242 5370535 Zone 6 Nasr City, Cairo, 11391 Fax: +20 2 26351633 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +20 2 2710882 Web: www.rabico.net Addis Ababa, Gobena Aba, Tigu ST Fax: +20 2 2740844 E-mail: [email protected] Global Insurance Building, 3rd Floor #57 Tractafric SNC E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +251 911 210668 10 Rue Godefroy, 92800 Puteaux, Paris Starchem for Services E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +33 1 49064496 ECAD Kilometer 28 Giza Ries Engineering Share Co E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 11451 Alexandria Desert Road, Cairo 105 Abdel Aziz Al Seoud Street Tel: +20 2 235391515 PO Box 1116, Debrezeit Road Côte d’Ivoire Manial, Cairo E-mail: [email protected] Addis Ababa Tel: +20 2 23622516 Tel: +251 11 4420674 ALM Afrique de l’Ouest E-mail: [email protected] Ethiopia Web: www.riesethiopia.com 01 PO Box 3623 E-mail: [email protected] 18 rue du Dr. Blanchard Egy Internatinal Trading Group - Agricultural Equipment & Technical Abidjan 01 Matrix Egy, Ltd Services S.C.O. (AETS) Wise Team plc Tel: +225 21 249616 PO Box 23, Central Al Haram PO Box 5575 PO Box 26335, Bela Zeleke St, 1000 Fax: +225 21 258818 Giza, Thalatheny St Akaki Kality Subcity Tel: +251 111 564514 E-mail: [email protected] Al Mohawlat St Debre Zeit Road, Addis Ababa Fax: +251 111 564521 Tel: +251 11 4423602 Web: www.wiseteam-eth.com CFAO Motora Côte d’Ivoire Matbaa 15 Tel: +201 003 997855 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Rue Pasteur, Abidjan 01 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +33 146 235760 Ambasel Trading House plc E-mail: [email protected] Elyasmengroup (Cairo office) PO Box 12617 Gabon Addis Ababa Lassire Industrie 6th of October City CFAO Motors Gabon Star Compound Tel: +25 111 4666145 PO Box 2181, ZI Oloumi, Libreville Rue du Chevalier de Clieu, Zone Central Axis Beside Church E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +33 146 235760 4 - Marcory, Abidjan 18, 18 BP 1554 Cairo Brazafric Group E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +225 9 452665/21 356535 Tel: +20 2 38244579 Fax: +225 21 354696 Tel: +91 11 46517185/41724285 E-mail: [email protected] Ghana Web: www.brazafric.com PCM Ensemblier Elyasmengroup (Kafrelsheikh office) E-mail: [email protected] Foundries & Agricultural Machinery 01 BP 22, Abidjan 01 10 Taba Street, Elsharakwa Enquye Import Export (GH) Ltd Tel: +225 21 266807 Elriyad, Kafrelsheikh PO Box AN7852 Fax: +225 21 263795 Tel: +20 1 000815050/47 3867699 Addis Ababa, Debrezeit Road, 80-917 Tel: +233 33 304113 Web: www.pcm-ensemblier.com E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +251 911 515444 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

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Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd Agriculture Equipment Kenya Ltd Brazagro Ltd Milima (K) Ltd PO Box 2086, No.2 Adjuma Crescent PO Box 66767 Mudher Industrial Park, Momabasa PO Box 69, Karatina Ring Road West Ind Area, Accra Mzima Spring Lane Road, Nairobi Commercial Street 1st Floor Tel: +233 21 910885/229312 Lavington Green Web: www.brazagroltd.com Kenya Commercial Bank Building Fax: +233 21 227366 Nairobi, 00800 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +254 722848110 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +254 708209098 Web: www.milima.co.ke E-mail: [email protected] Brazagro Ltd E-mail: [email protected] WIENCO Ghana Ltd Mudher Industrial Park No.14 Narku Ipan Road Aqua Valley Services Ltd Along Mombasa Rd TATA Africa Holdings Ltd Airport Residencial Area, Accra Naivasha Next to Soham Petrol Station, Nairobi PO Box 5774-00200 Tel: +233 302 772251 Tel: +254 73 3641682 Tel: +254 20 2107247 Tata Africa House Fax: +233 302 772239 Fax: +254 20 21070000 Masai Road, Off Mombasa Road Web: www.wienco.com Brazafric Enterprises Ltd – Eastern Nairobi E-mail: [email protected] Africa CMC Holdings Ltd Tel: +254 722 254537 Mudher Industrial Park PO Box 30060 E-mail: geoffrey.sige@ Guinea Mombasa Road Hughes Agricultural Division tatainternational.com (next to Soham Petrol Station) Lusaka Road AFCO Nairóbi, 00100 Industrial Area, Nairobi Toyota Tsusho East Africa Point de Colobane, Dakar, Senegal Tel: +254 20 210247 Tel: +254 20 650315 PO Box 48656, 3rd Floor Tel: +221 8 321111 Web: www.brazafric.com Fax: +254 20 650331 Toyota Building, Uhuru Highway Fax: +221 8 321965 E-mail:[email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Lusaka Road Junction, Nairobi, 00100 Tel: +254 20 650478/9 Saref International Brazafric Enterprises Ltd Farm Engineering Industries Ltd E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 3915, Conakry PO Box 76561 PO Box 1326 Tel: +224 64 202037 Mudher Industrial Park Along Kisumu, Kenya, 40100 Valtract - Cassini & Tonolo Ltd Fax: +1 419 8586989 Mombasa Rd. Tel: +254 57 2027263 PO Box 936, Makasembo Road E-mail: [email protected] Next to Soham Fax: +254 57 2027366 Kisumu, 40100 Web: [email protected] Tel: +254 20 Kenya Petrol Station Nairobi, 00508 E-mail: www.feil.biz 6533125/6533081/6537019 ABS TCM Ltd Tel: +254 20 2107247/54/59/7000 Fax: +254 20 551475 Mascor Kenya Ltd E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 76478-00508 Fax: +254 20 2107263 Web: www.brazafric.com Kisumu Industrial Park Ndama Place, Kabarnet Road, Nairobi Off Sabuni road, Past World Cyber Farm (WCF) Tel: +254 722692005 Brazafric Group Supa Loaf Bakery,Building No. PO Box 783, Langata Fax: +254 722812173 Tel: +91 11 46517185/41724285 3/217 and 3/218, Kisumu Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi Web: www.abstcm.com Web: www.brazafric.com Tel: +254 70 7535454 Tel: +254 208 023073/722 363449 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

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Lesotho Mechanization Co Ltd (Mecom) Brazafric Group Panafrican Group – Agricultural Royal Road, Grand River North West Tel: +91 11 46517185/41724285 Division Humulani Marketing (Pty) Ltd Port Louis Web: www.brazafric.com 31 Vono Road, Off Agege Motor Road Kempton Park, Isando, 1600 Tel: +230 2 084873 E-mail: [email protected] Mushin/Ilupeju, Lagos Tel: +27 56 5150607 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +234 1 9034504 Entreposto Comercial de Fax: +27 56 5150634 E-mail: [email protected] SCOMAT Ltee Moçambique, SA Northmec Greewals Lane, Pailles PO Box 1153 Real People Concept Tel: +27 11 922 2000 Tel: +230 20 60442 Avenida do Zimbabwe Nº 614 PO Box 19785, Ibadan, Suites 20 & 21 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +230 212 5490 Matola, Maputo 126, Olalekan Idowu Shopping E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +258 21 225400 Complex (Opposite Startimes) Libya [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Adekunle, Fajuyi Road, Adamasingba Tel: +234 8036786457/ Almozn Co Smag Ltee LonAgro Maputo 8056402693/708534467 Aljamhouria Street, Zawia Volcy De Senneville Avininda Pauline Santos Gil 56, Maputo E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +218 21 5625185 St. Camp Chapelon, Pailes Tel: +258 23 353003/843 [email protected] Fax: +218 21 5627185 Tel: +230 211 0112 986323/3102 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] SCOA Nigeria 157, Isolo Oshodi Tasharukiat Agriculture Mayotte Soluções Rurais Lda Expressway Isolo Ind. Area Technology Co Rua dos Eucaliptos, Talhão nr. Agence Generale de Representations Mushin, Lagos Gergarish Road, Kilo 7, Tripoli Bairro Machava, Matola Tel: +234 1 4521774 SARL Tel: +218 21 3336724 Tel: +258 21750396 Fax: +234 1 4521539 Fax: +218 21 3330669 19, Av. Charles Isautier, ZI No. 3 Fax: +258 21750397 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.agritech.com.ly St. Pierre Cedex, 97456 Sotema Lda E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +262 962500 Tata Africa Services Fax: +262 252564 Av de Mocambique Plot 1568 Mohammadu Buhari Way Technofarm Int. Ltd No. 4488/4524 Cadastral Zone A03, Garki, Abuja Morocco Tripoli Caixa Postal No. 378, Maputo E-mail: okoli.chijioke@ Tel: +218 92 3782351 Tel: +258 21470398 tatainternational.com Agri-Art Fax: +258 21471017 Madagascar 38, Rue el Jadida Hay Ouedd E-mail: [email protected] U-Mond Ltd. Eddahab, Temara, 12000 PO Box 4032 ITA Group Tel: +212 5 37643061 Namibia 34 Olufemi Road 26 Route Circulaire – Immeuble Lot II Fax: +212 5 37643578 Surulere, Lagos Farm Electronic Equipment (Pty) Ltd B 8 – Ampandrana 2ème étage E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +234 1 8023135748 Antananarivo 101 Tel: +264 63 683130/1/250704/ E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +261 20 2224844 Comicom 8137666226 Web: www.ics-agri.com Route Desserte des Usines Fax: +264 63 683132/ 088 650 3150 Xamac Engineering Ltd E-mail: [email protected] Autoroute, Casablanca, Rabat Web: www.farmelect.com KM 26 Abuja Keffi Road Tel: +212 522 764545 www.karaslivestock.com Auta Balefi, Nasarawa State Labotech E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Route des Hydrocarbures [email protected] Antananarivo Northmec Réunion Tel: +261 34 0716008 Establissements K. Slaoui Res, Tel: +27 11 9222000 E-mail: [email protected] Brahim Al Jarrah II E-mail: [email protected] Foucque BD du Phare Angle Ain Oulmes A 69 Bd du Chaudron Materiel Automobile Industriel - Casablanca, Bourgogne, 20053 Nigeria Sainte Clotilde, 97490 MATERAUTO Tel: +212 522 278591 Tel: +262 444865 Alvan Blanch Nigeria PO Box 1516, 101 Antananarivo Fax: +212 522 278621 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +261 202 223339/33 1500892 E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 8348 Fax: +261 202 233729 52b Akhionbare Avenue Société Foucque SA E-mail: [email protected] S.O.M.M.A./Auto-Hall Benin City 69 Boulevard uu Chaudron solofo.rabezanahary@mater Chemin Ain Borja Tel: +234 80 35860631 97490 Sainte Clotilde Quartier Beausite Web: www.alvanblanchgroup.com Tel: +262 488787 Malawi Ain Sebaa, Casablanca E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +262 488799 Tel: +212 22 344661 E-mail: [email protected] Animal Care Services Konsult Nig. Ltd. Farming and Engineering Services Ltd. Fax: +212 26 63645 PO Box 918, Kaohsiung Road E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 4707, 8, Adamo Kabiawu Street Rwanda Top Mandala, Blantyre Orile Agege, Lagos Tel: +265 1845906/1879111 SOCOPIM E-mail: opeyemi.agbato@ BIA Web: www.fesmw.com Route d’El Jadida km14 animalcare-ng.com 123, Rameistraat Route Nationale 1, Casablanca 20232 Overijse E-mail: [email protected] Big Dutchman International GmbH Tel: +212 55 2601060 Belgium, B-3090 Mali Fax: +212 22 621588 Representative Office Tel: +32 2 6892811 Web: www.groupe-premium.com Big Dutchman Persianas Palm Fax: +32 2 6892829 ICS Agri Mali E-mail: [email protected] Court Plot 999A, Danmole Street Niarela Rue 376, Porte 1667 Off Idejo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos Brazafric Enterprises Ltd. 2ème étage Mozambique Tel: +234 81 46253034 PO Box 4757, Nyarutarama Road Appt 18 Bamako E-mail: [email protected] Opp. Golf Course Junction, Kigali Tel: +223 76794679 Bagtech International Tel: +250 8493887/788511991/ Dizengoff WA (Nigeria) Ltd. Web: www.ics-agri.com Rua General Vieira da Rocha, 395 5127550 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +258 82 3871170 PO Box 340 Web: www.brazazfric.com E-mail: [email protected] 28 Creek Road Mauritius Apapa, Lagos Brazafric Group Barloworld Equipamentos Tel: +1923 228999 Tel: +91 11 46517185/41724285 Blychem Ltd. Av. Das Industrias 773/E, Machava E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.brazafric.com IBL Group, Industrial Zone, Riche Terre Tel: +258 21 750368/9 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +230 2039385 Web: www.barloworld-equipment.com ICS Nigeria Fax: +230 2039351/52 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +33 679450171 Crest Technologies Ltd. E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 6416, Kigali, Rwanda Tel: +250 788305369

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LonAgro Rwanda South Africa Ezentus FZE Sandveld Voorsieners PO Box 2983 Ezentus Co Ltd, PO Box 198 Piketberg, 7320 Route Magerwa, Kigali Agri Afrika Plot 1 Juba North Industrial, Juba Tel: +27 22 9132505 Tel: +250 252 578844 PO Box 911374, Rosslyn, 0200 Tel: +971 4 2929001 SKB Cradock E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +27 86 1113692 Fax: +971 4 2993442 Fax: +27 86 5410265 Cradock Sao Tome & Principe Farm Electronic Equipment (Pty) Ltd E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +27 48 8813931 Tel: +264 63 250704/683130/1 CFAO Motors, Sao Tome Amatola Irrigation Web: www.farmelect.com SKB George CP605 East London, 5200 www.karaslikvestock.com George, 6530 Tel: +33 146 235760 Tel: +27 43 7321927 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +27 44 8780790 E-mail: [email protected] AP Algemene Boeredienste Griekwaland Wes Kooperasie BPK SKB Jeffreys Bay Sénégal Nigel Douglas Jeffreys Bay Tel: +27 11 8143315 Tel: +27 53 2988282 Tel: +27 42 2933694 AGRIPRO Afrique de l'Ouest Southern African Mechanisation Ouest Foire Cité Port Autonome de Arrow Advertising and Design cc Groensirkel Besproeiing Dakar Lot S1, BP 15322 30 Whittakers Way, Bedfordview, 2009 Pokopane (Pty) Ltd Tel:+221 33 867 55 33 Tel: +27 11 6228702 Tel: +27 15 4929807 48/B, Wilken Street, Rocky Drift Fax: +221 33 820 81 31 Fax: +27 11 6153424 Nelspruit - RSA, 1200 ICM - Bethlemen E-mail:[email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Bethlehem Cafomt Barloworld Agriculture Tel: +27 58 3036340 Spilkon Besproeiing Cité Biagui Villa No 463, Dakar 136 Main Reef Road Dundee, 3000 Inyoni Africa + Swaziland Tel: +221 771521127 Boksburg North 1461, Boksburg Tel: +27 34 6321222 Barberton E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +27 79 6921478 The GSI Group SA Web: www.barloworld-equipment.com Tel: +27 13 7122175 Delta Irrigation PO Box 4012, Honeydew, 2040 E-mail: [email protected] Irritech Agencies International (Pty) Route de Khor Tel: +27 11 7944455 Saint Louis Barloworld Agriculture Ltd Fax: +27 11 7944515 Tel: +221 33 9619998 136 Main Reef Road Pietermaritzburg Web: www.gsiafrica.co.za Fax: +221 33 9619998 Boksburg North, Boksburg, 1461 Tel: +27 33 3423177 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.delta-irrigation-sn.com Tel: +27 82 6539994 LEMKEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Tube and Product Distributors E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.barloworld-equipment.com Unit 6, Garsfontein Office Park PO Box 247, Kokstad, 4700 E-mail: [email protected] DEM Senegal 645 Jacqueline Drive, Garsfontein Tel: +27 39 7272041 Big Dutchman South Africa (Pty) Ltd Pretoria Km 5 BD du Centenatre de la Commune Vaalharts Spilpuntdienste de Da, Dakar, BP 45 410 PO Box 276, Edenvale, Tvl, 1610 Tel: +27 82 4122577 Hartswater Tel: +221 33 8595000 Tel: +27 11 4521154 Web: www.lemken.com Tel: +27 53 4740021 Fax: +221 33 8322707 Fax: +27 11 6094908 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.bigdutchman.co.za Valley Irrigation of Southern Africa Eracel Loskop Valley Besproeiing E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 1234, Nigel, 1490 Dakar - Sénégal Groblersdal Tel: +27 11 8147007 Tel: +221 77 6085577 Croc Valley Brits Tel: +27 13 2623831 Fax: +27 11 8144533 E-mail: [email protected] Brits, 0250 Marel Food Systems (Pty) Ltd Web: www.valley-za.com Tel: +27 12 2526854 Soproda Unit 13, Hughes Office Park, 422 E-mail: [email protected] Croc Valley Koedoeskop Oscar Street, Boksburg Z.L. 3 Rue de l’Industrie, Valtrac (Pty) Ltd Rebais, 77510 Koedoeskop Johannesburg Tel: +27 82 8814855 Tel: +33 1 64209440 Tel: +27 14 7850648 Gauteng, 1459 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +33 1 64209123 Tel: +27 11 8236940 Die Humansdorpse Kooperasie Ltd Web: www.soproda.com Fax: +27 11 8236920 Valtrac (Pty) Ltd Patensie E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 148, CNR Water & Buiten Patensie, 6335 Terragrisen Northmec Street, Parys, 9585 Tel: +27 42 2830011 Tel: +27 56 8177308 Sacré-cœur 3, Villa N°9354, Sicap, Dakar 14, Industry Road, Posbus 851 Fax: +27 56 8177329 Tel: +221 33 8278811 Drakensberg International Services Isando, Kempton Park, 1600 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 97, 21 Springfield Road Tel: +27 11 9222000 Winterton, 3340 E-mail: [email protected] Vrystaat Kooperasie Bpk TSE Afrique Tel: +27 36 4881644/824923449 Reitz TSE Afrique, 15, Route des Brasseries NWK Landmark E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +27 58 8638111 Dakar, BP 8930 Dakar Lichtenburg Tel: +221 77 6433363 Dynamic Automation Tel: +27 18 6325071 South Sudan PO Box 99, Hammarsdale 3700 E-mail: [email protected] Overberg Agri Tel: +27 31 7362071 Ezentus FZE Seychelles Caledon Fax: +27 31 7362201 Ezentus Co Ltd Web: www.lubing.com Tel: +27 28 214-3800 Michaud Pest Control (Pty) Ltd PO BOX 198 E-mail: [email protected] Reliance Olyphants Fontein Farm Plot 1 Juba North Industrial PO Box 539, Rm 208 Terrekaka Road, Juba Premier Building Elektrosure Slent Road, Klipheuwel Tel:+971 4 292 9001 Victoria, Mahé Barkly East, 9786 Cape Town - RSA, 8001 Fax: +971 4 299 3442 Tel: +248 322196/510458 Tel: +27 45 9710300 Tel: +27 86 1888784 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +248 324166 E-mail: [email protected] Evonik Africa (Pty) Ltd E-mail: [email protected] Rovic & Leers (Pty) Ltd. Sudan IBG Business Park, 11 Enterprise PO Box 281 Sierra Leone Avenue, Midridge Ext 10 Alfa Trading Enterprise Midrand 1685 Saxenburg Road Mountain Lion Agriculture Ltd Kuilsriver 7579 PO Box 3541 Tel: +27 11 6970763 Baladia Street Makeni Blackhealth Cape Town Fax: +27 11 3180975 Khartoum East Tel: +232 76 615601 Tel: +27 21 9071700 Web: www.evonik.com/feed-additives Tel: +249 1 83771125/83776129 Web: www.mlbr.org Fax: +27 21 9071770/1760 E-mail: cuthbert.mamabolo@ Fax: +249 1 83782787 E-mail: [email protected] evonik.com Web: www.rovicleers.co.za

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Central Trading Co Ltd (CTC) Gaddris Trade Co FMD East Africa Ltd. Tunisia CTC Group Building PO Box 114, Khartoum North PO Box 14622 Zubair Pasha Street Tel: +249 185 233378 Avco Yard, opp. Knight Support, Agrodis 1111 Khartoum Fax: +249 185 335402 Dodoma Road, Arusha Angle Rue d’Oran, Rue de l’Electricité Tel: +249 187 144000 Web: www.gaddris.com Tel: +255 272 505150 2013 Ben Arous - Tunis E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fmdea.com Tel: +216 79 391791 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: noureddine.amraoui@ DAL Engineering Co Ltd Sutrac Ltd agrimatco-af.com Tel: +249 912398787 PO Box 56, Kilo 8 Tanzania Farmers E-mail: mahgoub.awadalla@ Wad Medani Road PO Box 2101 HMT dalgroup.com Khartoum Service Centre (TFSC) 24, Rue Daghagi, 2ème étage Tel: +249 183 216355 Dodoma Road Majengo, Arusha Tunis, 1000 EL Doma Comm. & Agric. S. Co Fax: +249 183 216300 Tel: +255 27 2548587 Tel: +216 71 340345 PO Box 12326 E-mail: mahgoub.awadalla@ Fax: +255 27 2548969 Fax: +216 71 340955 Elsouqe Elarabi dalgroup.com E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hmt.tn Elemarats, Bldg,1st Floor E-mail: [email protected] Office No. 71 Tanzania TFSC Ltd. Khartoum PO Box 2101 Isolab Agri Tel: +249 1 779274 Brazafric Enterprises Ltd Arusha, Tanzania Tel: +216 71 873130/31 Fax: +249 1 771859 PO Box 822 Tel: +255 27 254857/2544337 Fax: +216 71 873232 TFA Shopping Centre Fax: +255 27 2548969 Web: www.isolabagri.com El Nilein Engineering & Spare Parts Co. West Wing SHop # 30 E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 54 Off Sokoine Moshi Toyota Tsusho East Africa (Toyota New Industrial Area Tel: +255 752 976760 Tanzania Ltd) Le Materiel SA Ghaba, Khartoum South Web: www.brazafric.com PO Box 9060 PO Box 233, Tunis Hached Tel: +249 11 777578 No 5 Nyerere Rd Tunis, 1001 Web: www.nespco.com Brazafric Group Dar es Salaam Tel: +216 79 408484 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +91 11 46517185/41724285 Tel: +255 22 2866815/9 Fax: +216 79 408483 Web: www.brazafric.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Frentec E-mail: [email protected] mohamed.kooli@lemateriel. House No. 21, Block 50 Togo Al Shargi St Brazafric Ltd SEMA Karim Louafi Al Salam Str. PO Box 14199 CFAO Motors, Togo 7, Rue Bayrem, Ettounsi Arkawet, Khartoum TFA Shopping Complex Boulevard Général Eyadema, Lomé Den Den, 2011 Tel: +249 155 153338 Arshua Tel: +33 146 235760 Tel: +216 71948017 Web: www.ics-agri.com Tel: +255 736 210842 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +216 71948018 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

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