Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in America are developing a smartphone application that uses image recognition to identify up to 5 different cassava diseases. The application is being developed and tested in conjunction with the Tanzania research office of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and a…
This week crop farmer Michris Janse van Rensburg from South Africa shows African farmers how he made a plan to take the back-breaking labour out of top dressing fertiliser while getting the measurement right at the same time. Michris designed a hand-held fertiliser applicator for small-scale commercial farmers calibrated to…
A new management system from SAP will connect smallholder farmers and suppliers in rural areas digitally with the global supply chain. SAP, a global leader in software manufacturing, developed the Rural Sourcing Management solution. It enables agri-businesses and consumer product companies to track their produce from farm to factory through…
