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F A R ME R S RE VI E W AF RI CA I S S UE 9 Volume 3. Issue 9. May - June 2017 Editor’s note Agrico shines a new lighton farm protability Page 42 FARMERS Please visit the website REVIEW AFRICA a farmersreviewafric .com NAMPO HARVEST DELIVERS ON ITS PROMISE. P10 BENEFITS OF FARM LEVEL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PRACTICES IN AGRICULTURE. P18 THE DRONECLOUDS ADVANTAGE. P30 Agriculture is the most regionally intensive industry in the world. Soil type, Front cover : climate and local markets create farming, rather than the other way around. Agrico Centre Pivot Courtesy of www.agrico.co.za Farmers have long produced enough food to provide 2,500 calories a day for Executive Editor everyone on the planet. Agriculture has done its part. Lee Daniels For consumers, farmers are almost the only moral touchstone in a world [email protected] where everyone seems directed only by their self-interest. Writers Bertha M. Farmers are wholesome, and what they do is wholesome, which is why Maxin Fourie McDonald's and so many others are trying to save their corporate brands by Advertising Executive using their ads to paint their links to the ranch and farm. Russou Billiard According to new FAO [email protected] accounted for 23 percent of all damages and losses caused by medium and Cleopas M. gures, agriculture in developing countries large-scale disasters between 2006 and 2016. [email protected] is edition gives preliminary ndings from FAO on the Bene ts of farm Mkhululi K. level disaster risk reduction practices in agriculture. [email protected] Project Manager Victor Ndlovu In our cover story we look at Centre pivot irrigation systems. As Africa's [email protected] agriculture sector grows, more and more farmers and project managers are Correspondents using irrigation to improve their yields. Deward Sitali [email protected] [email protected] [phone] Himanot Kelemu Centre Pivot irrigations systems are able to apply a prescribed volume of water to match crop water requirements. It reduces the opportunity for surface runoff or deep percolation if the system is designed to match soil in ltration characteristics, thus large areas. [email protected] Sales [email protected] On country focus we look at Chad, the country most vulnerable to climate change. Since the mid-20th century, temperatures in Chad have been Marketing Mandla M. [email protected] Graphic Design & Layout increasing while rainfall is decreasing. Ninety percent of the country's largest lake, Lake Chad, has disappeared over the past 50 years due to a combination of droughts and increasing withdrawals for irrigation Que Gibson [email protected] We are excited to present to you yet again another exclusive copy of the Published by Farmers Review Africa where we discuss everything in the farming space. Mailing Times Media We promise to keep the momentum going and give you the information that's [phone] vital for your business. [email protected] Bertha M. 15 16 r 20 ril 20 be r - cem rch De be em 1. me Issue lu Vo R FA A - A 01 I FR RS R FA RE VI ME RS RE VI EW AF RI CA E SU I S 1. Nov e 2. Issue 2. Ma - Ap Volume Volum F A R ME RS A F RI C EW A RE VI E I SSU 3 F A R ME R S 2. Issue 5 - 1 CA E WA ME 3. May - June 2016 e speopl 0sale partin take ing Train CaseIH thAfrica nSou -p12 Campi RE VI E W AF RI CA Over10 2 I S S UE Volume 2. Issue 4. July - August 2016 4 D A R ME RS RE VI EW A F RI C A I SSU E 5 Volume DA R ME RS 2. Issue 5. Septe mber - Octo RE VI EW AF RI ber 2016 CA I S SU E 6 DA R ME RS Volum RE VI EW AF RI e 2. CA I S SU E Issue 7 6. No vemb er - Vo Biotec hn A
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