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Greetings and warm welcome to our 1 issue of Framers Review Africa for the year 2017 We are excited to bring you yet another edition where we strive to give you informative , yet exciting content so that you can be glued in the magazine . Africa is projected to have a population of about 2.7 billion by 2060 , providing policymakers , Governments and the public with a tough task : feeding a population that will nearly triple in 50 years , and which has been struggling to produce enough to feed its current population . Low agricultural productivity , hunger , malnutrition and food wastage are some of the challenges that confront the continent ' s agribusiness industry . �e continent also lacks adequate capability to add value to its produce , exporting most of this in raw form , only to export it back at much higher prices . African countries are required to boost agricultural productivity and enhance value addition of their produce to achieve economic and social stability . It is sad that a majority of these countries are grappling with how to achieve these goals . Our edition of Farmers Review Africa has taken that into consideration , hence we seek to help farmers in addressing some of the challenges bedevilling the industry , bring in new innovations and ways to make agriculture a sustainable industry . Some of the articles include Livestock weighing and identi cation systems , milking machines , animal husbandry , green manuring and irrigation farming . Hazera , the vegetable seed company , has had a long history of breeding cucumbers and has made game-changing improvements in cucumber genetics , thus we give a detail on this development . Scientists from Kenya ' s Meru University of Science and Technology have come up with one way to deal with the problem : a mobile app that monitors the need for water in elds and controls irrigation equipment to deliver just what is needed . Looking ahead , Farmers Review Africa will continue to serve our readers . Information about the farmer is just as important as the relationship with the farmer . We will continue to strive for balanced reporting and earning the highest respect from our readers . We feel strongly that if our product is right for readers , then it is right for advertisers . Bertha M .
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