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Volume 4. Issue 6. November/December 2018 FARMERS Sorting above the standard: when optical sorting is the last resort P20 REVIEW AFRICA Tru-Cape chairman is South Africa’s National Farmer of the Year 2018 .farmersrevie FA KMAP’s animal husbandry initiative boosts aquaculture in Kenya................................2 P32 Please visit the website om wafrica.com farmersreviewafrica.c Editor’s Note Tanzania Mechanization pays verified cashew farmers.......................................................2 In this issue... P05 Volume 4. Issue 6. November/December 2018 News Demystifying anaerobic digesters of agricultural waste Kenya’s ICIPE Researchers discover new edible cricket species CONTENTS RM ER S RE VI EW A FR IC A IS SU E 13 Cover: Demystifing anaerobic digesters Executive Editor Lee Daniels [email protected] Writers - Silimina Derick, Bertha M. Contributing Writers Nqobile Bhebhe Zimbabwe Oscar Nkala Botswana Bertha M South Africa Nita Karume Kenya Advertising Executive Russou Billiard, Cleopas M., Mkhululi K., East Africa Advertising Executives Mercy Cherono, Ken Tobby, Anthony Kiganda Project Manager Victor Ndlovu [email protected] Graphic Design & Layout Faith Omudho Art Director Augustine Ombwa [email protected] Correspondents - Isabel Banda [email protected] Sales & Marketing Cleopas Moyo [email protected] Mandla M. [email protected] Mthokozisi M [email protected] East African Liaison Arobia Creative Consultancy P. O. Box 2922-00200, Nairobi Kenya Tel: [phone] [email protected] [email protected] Published by Mailing Times Media [phone] [email protected] Indian investor to pump US$200m into Zimbabwe agricultural sector...................3 Burkina Faso and IFAD to boost rural productivity.............................................................4 Kenya’s ICIPE Researchers discover new edible cricket species...................................5 Moringa to invest US$5m in B-BOVID Limited Ghana.....................................................6 US - funded US $44m Livestock Market Systems Launched in Kenya.....................7 Kenya’s Crop Protection Industry Fears New Pesticides Tax.........................................8 Tanzania’s Gmo Maize Field Trials Show Promise...............................................................10 Personality Akinwumi Adesina.................................................................................................................................11 Event “Net-House”: RRIGONI brings innovation to EIMA 2018........................................12 Features Demystifying anaerobic digesters of agricultural waste................................................14 Neptun Boot; Setting a new standard in safety footwear..............................................16 T here is no question on the impact 2018 has had on agriculture in general across Africa. The agricultural sector has had its ups and downs coupled with strategies and innovations that have served to make it thrive. From the disasters brought about by the fall armyworm across Africa to Maize scandals in Kenya and finally the promise of cashew farming in Tanzania, technology has been more or less a beacon of hope in the modernization of agricultural practices and the promise of high turnovers as well as increased yields for respective farmers across the continent. The November/December issue will be focusing on anaerobic digesters in agriculture, and more specifically Biogas. The feature will help debunk some of the myths surrounding this outstanding venture as well as offer advice on how to set up the same. Get your notebooks ready, it’s time to diversify your sources of fuel. Sorting above the standard: when optical sorting is the last resort........................18 Nita Karume Transnet and AFGRI partner for the operation and maintenance [email protected] of Transnet port terminals in South Africa............................................................................ 23 BLTWORLD introduces TXLS series log trackers.............................................................24 Irrigation in Kenya.................................................................................................................................26 FARMERS REVIEW AFRICA wishes you a Tru-Cape chairman is South Africa’s National Farmer of the Year 2018..............30 Robust pre-assembled panel systems for pumping applications................................32 Agroforestry in Africa.........................................................................................................................33 Butterfly farming in Kenya.................................................................................................................35 and a prosperous 2019 Conservation Agriculture.................................................................................................................36 Solar pumps: get expert help!.......................................................................................................40 Mailing Times Media (Pty) Ltd makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the contents of its publications, but no warranty is made as to such accuracy and no responsibility will be borne by the publisher for the consequences of actions based on information so published. 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