Hybrid layer concentrate is used to feed livestock all over the world. It is formulated using latest tools and machinery in compliance with prevailing quality and industry standards. This range is widely appreciated for its longer shelf life, high nutritional content and excellent quality. The concentrates ranges from 5% inclusion to 50 % inclusion.
9 February 2016. The SARD-SC project rice component in collaboration with AfricaRice and INRAB have installed energy efficient GEM rice parboiling technologies and innovations in the Malanville Innovation Platform (IP) in the irrigated rice ecology of northern Benin Republic.
The formal launch of the Malanvile IP, which attracted almost 1000 women from the nooks and cranny of the country, witnessed the presence of policy makers such as the mayors of Malanville and Gaya, Niger. It also provided additional policy incentive to the operationalization of the IP.
To efficiently use and manage the Grain quality Enhancer, Energy, efficient and durable material rice technologies(GEM) facility, 538 women rice parboilers including 10 from Gaya in Niger, were trained on processing and adding value to locally produced rice. Over a period of two months, these women households learned skills on rice parboiling and value addition as well as the management of the GEM parboiling facility.
The training alone resulted in 8 tonnes of quality parboiled rice which is already attracting consumers within and outside the Malanville community. As part of the IP process, 12 youths (10 male and 2 female) are being facilitated to learn various skills on rice processing and adding value and operation of equipment and farming tools.
The formal opening was attended by the IITA/SARD-SC Coordinator, Dr Chrys Akem. He remarked that in general, the SARD-SC project has challenges in effectively addressing gender equity – active involvement of women in project activities. The deployment of the GEM rice parboiler in the Malanville IP has fully demonstrated that pairing gender sensitive technological innovation with institutional change, can significantly bring about gender mainstreaming in agricultural productivity programs and projects.
The Malanville IP also received milling machine and other farming equipment from AfricaRice through the Japan Emergency. One of the youths of the Malanville IP who was trained on the use of farming equipment indicated that with appropriate machinery, he realized that rice farming can be enjoyable and not a burden. He is motivated to start his own rice farm in addition to the help given to the household farms. The Mayor of Malanville, Dandakoe Inoussa said that “The GEM parboiler and other technologies and innovations should be rolled out in northern parts of Nigeria close to Malanville, as well as Gaya in Niger, because we are the same people. We share the same values and culture, and can easily share and learn productivity enhancing technologies and innovations to improve livelihoods.”
To date, over 1000 women households have been reached through the GEM technology and innovations in two IPs in Benin. The GEM is being rolled out in combination with enhanced packaging and branding of locally produced rice to attract urban rice consuming households and contribute to raising incomes of women and employment opportunities for youth in the rural economy. Already, Nasarawa in Nigeria and Gaya in Niger in consultation with their respective research institutes, have requested for the GEM technology and innovation and these will be deployed in Nigeria and later in Niger.
10-11 February 2016. New Delhi. This is in continuation to the spirit of deepening India-Africa cooperation in Agrifood sector echoed during the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit held at New Delhi.
The 2 day international business forum had the sector experts and business leaders from across Africa and India for an action oriented agenda to unlock the potential that both India and Africa have for engaging in this sector. Following African Countries participated : Benin, Togo, Seychelles, Malawi, Gabon, Togo, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, Mauritania, Swaziland, Rwanda, Benin, Namibia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, and Senegal.
India is keen to extend Line of Credit (LoC) to least developed African countries for joint venture business initiatives in agriculture sector. (…) We hope to extend lines of credit to joint venture Agri-business initiatives in Africa to deepen our engagement in the agriculture sector particularly in LDCs (least developed countries) and thereby help to support food security in both our regions. (…) Initially started in four countries — Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali, it had been extended thereafter to Malawi, Nigeria and Uganada. As agreed in the recent Africa Forum meet in New Delhi, it would be further expanded to Ghana, Togo, Tanzania and Zambia over the next five-year period. (…) Cotton is certainly an important crop in Africa as it is in India, but in many countries it continues to be exported as raw material without too much of value addition. The programme is an initiative to strengthen the cotton and textile sector in selected countries (of Africa),” Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia
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When asked about the most important factors that would need to improve in order to unleash future investments to promote successful mechanization efforts and develop effective local distribution and after-sales networks for agricultural machinery in African countries, manufacturers underlined the need for:
More than half of the respondents therefore believe that public-private partnerships (PPPs) hold the key to address these challenges, viewing them as a ‘very important’ or ‘absolutely essential’ tool in the quest to develop sustainable mechanization in Africa.
‘In light of a rapidly growing demand for food in Africa fueled by population growth, we believe a new approach is needed to promote sustainable mechanization and enhance agricultural productivity. Such an approach should combine reinforced institutional support with greater cooperation with the private sector with the help of PPPs. We are pleased to see that manufacturers share this view, as we are about to explore the development of a new and dedicated PPP mechanism for mechanization in Africa’, said Simeon Ehui from the Agricultural Global Practice from the World Bank.
‘If we want agricultural mechanization to succeed in Africa, all concerned – be they farmers, supporters, planners or policymakers – need to work together. The Alliance looks forward to collaboration among manufacturers, the World Bank and interested stakeholders to explore the development of new PPP approaches that promote tailored, inclusive and integrated mechanization in Africa.’, said Selami Ileri, Chair of the Agrievolution Alliance.
The survey was completed by 171 companies from 16 countries representing the main suppliers of tractors and other agricultural machinery in the world. The 16 countries include: Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States.
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21 January 2016. Istanbul, Turkey. AGRI EVOLUTION 2016:FIFTH WORLD SUMMIT ON AGRICULTURE MACHINERYFarm Machinery to Feed the World: Bridging agricultural sustainability with innovation and technology (In conjunction with Agro Eurasia International Agriculture and Agriculture Machinery Fair).
Agrievolution Summits are held in conjunction with global agriculture industry events at rotating world locations approximately every 18 months in order to share information, bring focus to global industry initiatives and collaborate with world agriculture leaders on relevant issues. Summit participants include Alliance partners, invited associations, government officials, academia, top level farmers and other agricultural stakeholders.
About the Agrievolution Alliance:Representing more than 6000 agriculture equipment manufacturers around the world, the Agrievolution Alliance was established in April of 2012 to facilitate collaboration within the agriculture equipment manufacturing industry among important agricultural regions of the world. It was launched on the shared belief that in today’s global agricultural economy, it is crucial that current issues and future challenges be viewed from a global perspective and be addressed on a global basis (www.agrievolution.com)
About CEMA – European Agricultural MachineryCEMA is the European association representing the agricultural machinery industry. The industry represented by CEMA includes 4,500 manufacturers of agricultural equipment employing directly 135,000 persons and indirectly in the distribution and service network another 125,000 persons. The companies are mainly small and medium-sized manufacturers according to the EU definition and in 2014 had a total turnover of 26billion euro (www.cema-agri.org)
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