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Precision farmingthe way to go for Africa
July - August 2016
It is not wise and sustainable to
farming solutions for Africa: the next
continue practising conventional
driver for African agriculture” on 13 July
a g r i c u l t u ra l m e t h o d s , s u c h a s
2016, recommended farmers to use soil
ploughing and loosening the soil
management techniques such as
before planting as it puts stress on
conservation agriculture to increase
land resources and is worsened by
productivity as that reduces soil
effects of climate change, says global
disturbance, permanent soil cover and
agricultural experts who convened in
crop rotation.
Brussels, Belgium, last week.
One of the critical aspects of precision
The meeting brought together
farming is to make technology available
participants from the ACP-EU
to small-scale producers and help them
(Caribbean and Pacific countries and
to manage their farms more efficiently.
the European Union) technical centre
Precision agriculture (PA) or satellite
for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
farming or site specific crop
(CTA), the European Commission, the
management (SSCM) is a farming
EU Presidency, the ACP Group,
management concept based on
Concord, and other partners on key
observing, measuring and responding
issues and challenges for rural
to inter- and intra-field variability in
development in the context of EU-ACP
crops.
cooperation.
African farmers, machinery company
The participants, who attended the
representatives with field experience as
meeting titled “Affordable smart
well as experts from international
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