THE House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the non-delivery of 2,000 tractors and 100 combine harvesters promised by President Bola Tinubu in 2023 under the Presidential Food ...

With land and water resources, including labour force shrinking amid increasing food demand, mechanisation and modern post-harvesting operations can boost food production. Already, there are moves to ...

Agricultural mechanisation is on the rise in Africa, replacing hand hoes and animal traction across the continent. While around 80-90% of all farmers still rely on manual labour or draught animals, ...

The recent dramatic financial turnaround of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is due in part to a revolutionary mine mechanisation programme that commenced several years ago. Gold and platinum mines ...

Low-cost loans should be available for farmers so that they can buy modern machinery to accelerate agriculture mechanisation, thus boosting output, said a former governor of the central bank. Atiur ...

A I M3E habit of producing goods whether they are needed or not, of applying power whether it is effective or not, of utilising inventions whether they are useful or not, pervades almost every ...

The recent R75-million investment by Gold Fields in the Rhino, a drill rig that allows for faster, more accurate drilling and a bigger breaking point for blasting during longhole stoping, will still ...

Distillation plant set up in Quezon to convert sap from nipa palm into fuel farm hand tractors, pump boats and generators Manila: The Philippine government is banking on biofuel from nipa sap to power ...

Despite being highly organised, there is still a long way to go. While there is some level of mechanisation beyond tractors, it is largely skewed toward land preparation. India is one of the largest ...

The association between Northampton and shoemaking dates back to the 15th Century, when the 1452 Assizes regulated prices and weights for various trades included cordwainers (medieval name for ...