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CONTENTS

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News and Events

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A topical digest of news, views and event including Farmers’ Calender. Poultry

Pros and cons of vaccination

Grain processing

Agricultural Buyers’ Guide 2012

Small flock vaccination - the pros and cons. Highly productive chickens help raise Ugandans from poverty.

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Nigeria

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Large scale farming of rice could help Nigeria to be self-sufficient. Courtesy: Nick Ashton Jones, Weppa Farm.

In Part II of our interview with Chris Okeke, he reveals the facts and figures which show the

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Nigeria as a cassava producer has the potential to pull even further ahead of its nearest rivals.

need for self-sufficiency and how the numbers show potential for production and processing potential, but why at the same time it is simply not happening.

Fruit Processing

A new concept in fruit processing - a mobile fruit and vegetable juice plant.

Horticulture

Zimbabwe’s horticultural sector is essental to economic recovery and is strategic in respect of the enhancement of the country’s export receipts.

Grain Processing

Vaccinating against Newcastle disease in Longido Maasai village, Tanzania.

Rice is amenable to a wide range of post-harvest processing and food manufacturing techniques and is as versatile as either maize or wheat.

Tillage Trends

Many of the most popular tillage implements are firmly based on traditional ideas, but there are new challenges which are persuading some farmers to take a fresh look at the way they cultivate the soil.

Agricultural Buyers’ Guyide 2012

Our annual Buyers’ Guide to the suppliers of agricultural equipment and services and their

Sumo’s seven-leg trailed folding subsoiler working just north of the Mara Game Reserve in Kenya.

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EVENTS

Farming Calendar

New flower fair in Nairobi

February 22-24

VIV/ILDEX India www.viv.net

BANGALORE

March 21-23

IFTEX 2012 www.iftex.org

26-29

6th International Poultry Conference www.mpn-wpsa.org/egypt

NAIROBI ALEXANDRIA

April 2-4

AGRAME www.agramiddleeast.com

18-20

2012 FMB Africa Conference & Exhibition www.fmb-group.org.uk

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Africa Intl Soft Commodities 2012 Conference www.cubicglobe.com

19-21

AVIANA Africa 2012 www.avianaafrica.com

23-27 Shea 2012: Shared Value www.globalshea.com

DUBAI AGADIR LONDON LUSAKA COTONOU

May 1-3

2nd All African Organic Conference www.oppaz.org.zm

27-30

World Potato Congress www.wpc2012.net

LUSAKA EDINBURGH

July 11-13

East Africa Irrigation Technology Week imawesa.info

NAIROBI

August 5-9

XXIV World Poultry Congress www.wpc2012.com

SALVADOR

IN MARCH, A new exhibition for the flower sector will open its doors in Nairobi. The name of the exhibition will be International Flower Trade Expo or IFTEX and the organiser is HPP Exhibitions. The exhibitors will not only be suppliers with equipment for flower growers, but also the growers themselves. The flower growers are expected to attract foreign flower buyers. Just as Dick van Raamsdonk, General Manager of HPP, did last year in the Netherlands where he started the IFTF fair and went into competition with the existing HortiFair, he has now started a fair in Nairobi, where Hortec is already held. Van Raamsdonk was also co-organiser of Hortec. According to him, the exhibitors asked him to start a new and better fair. In the new fair, Kenyan flower growers will get a stand with furniture without any cost. The reason, according to Van Raamsdonk, is that growers are important because the fair can only be organised because of them. HPP found an area of 4,500 sqm exhibition space in the proximity of Nairobi, with possibilities for growth. The fair will be held biennially.

International expo for poultry and livestock “AVIANA ZAMBIA 2012" will presents a Gateway to Africa by providing a platform to exhibit products , services and innovative technologies to top decision makers and create business partnerships, With serious and potentials visitors from 23 countries. Aviana Zambia - a Poultry and Livestock Expo - will exemplify a single aim of prosperity in African animal health sector, with the mission “Animals' Health Nations' Wealth". At Aviana Zambia there will be a forum for linking manufactures, distributors, farmer and top decision makers of African health care sector, as well as high quality technical conferences to enhance products/companies visibility among manufactures, distributors, farmer and top decision makers in the poultry and livestock industry. It will also provide a pad for launching new products. Zambia’s poultry industry has a well documented and acknowledged growth over the last decade, cementing its ability and zeal to take on the challenges it faces and overcoming these with innovative solutions as a way of assuring continued and sustainable growth.

CNH invests in new manufacturing plant in China CNH GLOBAL NV, a worldwide leader in the agricultural and construction equipment business and part of Fiat Industrial, is to build a new manufacturing plant in Harbin, in the Heilongjiang Province, northeast China, with an initial investment of US$90mn. The new facility, which is planned to be 400,000 sqm, will produce high horsepower tractors, combine harvesters and other machinery featuring advanced technology. With this investment, CNH will expand its manufacturing base in China, where it currently assembles high horsepower tractors and other agricultural equipment in Harbin, and operates a manufacturing plant dedicated to low and medium horsepower tractors in Shanghai.

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Richard Tobin, current CFO of CNH who will take over as President and CEO in January 2012, commented: “China is a very

important market for us and we strongly believe in its potential. CNH has invested in this country for more than 100 years, when the first International Harvester tractor was imported to China. We have since steadily developed our relationship with China and will continue to invest to ensure our customers have access to our best technologies and expertise.” Today, CNH is a Chinese market leader in high horsepower tractors and harvesting equipment through its two agricultural brands, Case IH and New Holland Agriculture. The investment in a new manufacturing base will further strengthen CNH’s position in China and will enable its agricultural equipment brands to contribute to the mechanization of the country’s fast developing agriculture sector.

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NEWS

Libya seeks help to rebuild agricultural research

Zambia's beef, dairy industry shows potential

LIBYA’S AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Center (ARC) is taking action to bring agricultural research back on track after the disruption caused by the country’s recent months of conflict. Senior members of the Libyan Research Council, have requested the support of ICARDA – the International Center for Agricultural Research the Dry Areas – to provide technical assistance, strategic support in convening funders for Libya’s agricultural reconstruction and continued capacity building for Libyan research partners. Libyan partners representing the Libyan Agricultural Research Council and Ministry of Agriculture have requested ICARDA’s leadership to support an assessment of the current state of the country’s national research and extension system for agriculture, and to provide assistance to rebuild where needed. The ARC Libya-ICARDA collaborative program implemented since 2008 has been frozen since February 2011. It will soon be reactivated. According to Eng. Younes Shouayeb, Director of the ARC: “It is not clear today how many of the vital components of the national system, necessary for our national food production, are intact. The rapid assessment will help determine this. It will start as soon as possible, identify gaps and needs for urgent reconstruction of our country’s agricultural research infrastructure,” he says. The assessment will be done by a Libyan national team, supported by ICARDA, in a rapid appraisal of the current state of ARC infrastructure, stations and human resources needed to sustain optimal national agricultural research. “Responding to Libya’s request, ICARDA is urgently sending to Libya seeds of wheat, barley, legume and forage crops for the 2011-2012 cropping season and priority has been given to Libyan scientists for training,” says Dr. Mahmoud Solh, Director General of ICARDA.

ZAMBIA'S BEEF AND dairy industry has the potential to grow at four to five percentage points above the rate of GDP growth to a value of US$600mn Zambeef-Zambia's agribusiness powerhouse per year within 10 years and up to as much as $1.6bn per year in the longer term. “Such growth can have a major impact on the lives of many Zambians, particularly those living in non-urban areas, by expanding jobs. But Zambia’s beef and dairy industries are currently constrained by gaps in productivity and price competitiveness,” according to a new report from the World Bank. In order to redress the situation, several actions are required, including improving infrastructure, increasing the effectiveness of disease prevention systems, making available affordable key inputs, creating and enabling regulatory environment and improving the skills and market of traditional farmers. The report titled ‘What would it take for Zambia’s beef and dairy industries to achieve their potential’ reviewed the country’s extensive grazing lands and the strong domestic and regional demand for beef and dairy products as well as outlining the industries’ potential for growth. It states that the growth in Zambia’s beef and dairy industries could make a significant contribution to jobs and prosperity for Zambians, particularly in rural areas. The industries have the potential to reduce poverty and create wealth if productivity is increased and disease prevention systems are put in place. The report and related summary, which will be published soon as part of the ‘Jobs and Prosperity: Building Zambia’s Competitiveness Programme’, a joint venture between the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ), the private sector, civil society and cooperating partner.

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Iran exports agricultural equipment to Tanzania IRAN'S NORTHERN MAZANDARAN province exported a third cargo of home-made agricultural machinery to Africa in late December 2011, a trade official announced. "The cargo which was worth over US$90,000 was exported to Tanzania from Babolsar city," said Deputy Head of the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of Mazandaran province for Foreign Trade, Mehdi Golchoub. According to Golchoub, the cargo included different machinery, including tractors, ploughs and spare parts. He further described the African countries, specially Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, as proper destination markets for the export of different types of Iranian agricultural machineries. "These markets are highly suitable for the export of different types of agricultural machinery and also engineering and technical services," he added. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration has striven hard to maximise relations with the African continent. Iran is also an observing member of the AU and has shown an active presence in previous AU summit meetings. The country is considered as one of the AU's strategic partners along with India, Japan, China, several South American states and Turkey, while Tehran is also believed to be prioritising promotion of its economic and political ties with the African states.

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Climate-friendly cocoa OLAM INTERNATIONAL LTD and Rainforest Alliance have teamed up to produce the world’s first “climate-friendly cocoa” in Ghana as part of their ongoing collaboration. Working with cocoa farmers in the Western region of the country, this US$1mn project will have huge impact on informing Ghana’s emerging national REDD+ strategy and its Low Carbon Development plans. This programme has been launched in the Juabeso/Bia district, an area that borders a national park and a forest reserve. Cocoa completely dominates the landscape in this region and illegal encroachment into forest areas is still observed. Tensie Whelan, President of Rainforest Alliance said, “This collaboration with Olam offers an ideal opportunity to stop the deforestation of this sensitive area so that we can protect biodiversity in standing forests while at the same time planting 100 ha of native tree species for carbon sequestration in the fight against climate change.” The programme will start with training and logistical support for 2,000 farmers in 13 communities and will increase throughout the project. The focus will be on improving and increasing production through sustainable farming practices - specifically teaching farmers how the carbon stocks of cocoa, shade trees and soil can be improved by developing specific farming practices. These will enable

communities to adapt to the changing climate whilst at the same time mitigate the potential adverse changes. Simple farmer-friendly tools to estimate on-farm biomass, conduct tree inventories, calculate carbon stocks and estimate and monitor GHG emissions will be developed, enabling farmers to implement climate-friendly farming. Farmers will be trained to develop the capacity to assess the risk that climate change poses to their livelihoods and to design and implement adaptation plans for their farms and at landscape level with farmers associations. Those groups will be strengthened through training in business and organisational skills. They will be prepared for audits and hence would benefit from Rainforest Alliance certification, ensuring long term market access to the end buyer. Gerard Manley, Managing Director, Cocoa, Olam International, commented, “The private sector has a key role to play in working with farmers to improve their farming practices, helping to generate better livelihoods, as well as protecting natural habitats. We will continue to work with Rainforest Alliance to ensure the long-term viability of the cocoa sector and prosperity for the local communities.” The mid-term goal of this programme is to ensure that the climatefriendly farm level practices are escalated and replicated to a landscape and forest management level. Fermenting cocoa in Ghana.

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NEWS

Small-scale irrigation schemes for Mozambique NEW, SMALL SCALE irrigation systems are being installed in the districts of Gorongosa, Buzi and Nhamatanda, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, by the Ministry of Agriculture in order to increase food production. The Sofala Provincial Director of Agriculture, Miguel Coimbra, said the new irrigation systems will bring water to an area of about ten hectares in each of the regions of Move, Chitunga, Bebeto and Lamego. These small irrigation schemes, aimed at peasant

farmers, are part of a series of Ministry of Agriculture projects covering 130 ha of food crops in Buzi, Marromeu, Dondo and Chemba districts. The projects also include control of the lethal yellowing disease that is severely damaging Mozambique’s coconut palms, and controlling the fruit fly infestation in Caia, Dondo and Nhamatanda districts and in Beira city. Meanwhile, the Beira Economic Activities Services have distributed 110 tons of rice seed at

subsidised prices to producers in the green belt around the city to enhance rice production. The head of the Economic Activities Services in the city, Fabiao Simhane, said that the improved seed benefited some 3,000 rice farmers – almost twice as many as those 1,600 cultivating rice around Beira in the previous season. In addition to the seed the farmers also benefited from fertilisers, pesticides and other agricultural inputs, as well as fruit trees to improve the diet of Beira citizens.

Cargill to invest $3.25mn in Côte d’Ivoire cocoa US AGRIBUSINESS GIANT Inc is to invest US$3.25mn in developing and expanding farmer training to support the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire, the world's top producer. Cargill, one of the world's top buyers of cocoa beans, is expected to purchase 50,000 tonnes of certified cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire farmers in the 2011/12 marketing year with payments totalling more than $9mn, the company said.

More than half of these payments go directly to farmers with the rest to be invested by the cooperatives to assist farmer members and build community facilities, it said. The agreement "strengthens our ongoing commitment to help improve the farming practices and the livelihoods of Ivorian cocoa farmers, as well as support the development of the country's cocoa sector", Cargill CEO Greg Page said.

Earlier this year Cargill, which typically buys 15 per cent of the country’s cocoa crop, stopped exporting cocoa beans as a disputed presidential election led to an export ban, European trade sanctions and civil war. Exports resumed in May. Cargill said it was continuing to work with co-ops to reach its target of 100,000 tonnes of certified "sustainable" cocoa beans from Côte d’Ivoire by 2015. The company also said it has a

partnership with ANADER, Côte d’Ivoire's national rural development agency, to support farmer training and distribute 600,000 cocoa tree seedlings to participating co-ops. Cargill also buys cocoa beans in Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia and Vietnam. It markets Gerkens cocoa powders, chocolates including the Wilbur, Peter's and Veliche brands, and coatings, fillings, cocoa liquors and cocoa butters.

Chinese technology to increase rice yields in Mozambique

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MOZAMBICAN PRIME MINISTER Aires Ali has challenged the country's young people, as well as its businesses, to increase food production, by banking on the introduction of new agricultural technologies to increase yields. This would be possible, he said, through the use of knowledge and techniques learnt through the co-operation between Mozambique and China. According to a report in the Beira daily paper "Diario de Mocambique", Ali was speaking during a working visit to the Lower Limpopo irrigation scheme in the southern province of Gaza. Here, in the Ponela block, a rice production project is underway as part of the twinning between Gaza and the Chinese province of Hubei. A memorandum signed between the two provinces in mid-2007 stipulates that in an initial phase the Chinese investors should ensure rice production in an area of 300 hectares. Tests began two years ago, and since then rice production at Ponela has been raised to ten tonnes per hectare. Previously, under the traditional Mozambican system, yields were between two and three tonnes per hectare. The Chinese production techniques have been transferred to about 20 Mozambican farmers to date. "What we want is that Mozambicans, particularly young people and the business sector, should embrace this project enthusiastically, obtaining the technologies and the machinery to increase production levels", said Ali. Gaza has educational institutions that specialize in agriculture, and Ali suggested that students from these colleges should go the Lower Limpopo irrigation scheme for apprenticeships where they would assimilate Chinese rice production techniques. Agricultural engineers and other specialists should also visit Ponela, he said, so that they could understand the Chinese technologies and spread them to other provinces.

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The plight of smallholder sugar cane farmers AS A CONSEQUENCE of a 37 per cent decline in the value of the Euro against the Rand since 2002, the smallholder sugar farming sector in Swaziland is facing a severe financial crisis. With smallholder farmers responsible for investment in on-farm capital equipment including irrigation systems, the decline in the sucrose price has had profound effects on their financial viability. This is further compounded by the high interest rates charged on their finance. Currently, newly established smallholder sugar farmers pay some 31 per cent of total earnings in interest for both seasonal and capital loans. In many cases, this leaves insufficient funds to cover even the repayment of the seasonal loan. This is contributing to growing levels of indebtedness amongst smallholder sugar farmers, which is proving a direct challenge to the operation of farmer associations as this leaves no income for distribution to members. Some of the farmers are finding their own solutions to the income needs of their families and such activities have led to a deterioration in the efficiency of smallholder sugar production. It is essential that this downward cycle of declining efficiency be halted and reversed, before the financial effects of EU sugar sector reform are felt through the wider economy in Swaziland. Without such reversal and support, newly established smallholder sugar farms will become financially non-viable. The key to reversing this downward cycle is the financial restructuring of smallholder loans, and concerted efforts to improve efficiency. Financial restructuring of existing loans is essential, since, without it, smallholder farmers will see no personal benefit from the implementation of measures to improve yields, increase sucrose content and reduce seasonal costs. Put simply, under current circumstances the benefits of any improvements in production efficiency are not realised as the beneficiaries of such are the owners of the capital they have borrowed. The argument goes thus, â&#x20AC;&#x153;why improve when the one to benefit from such will be the bank, not me?â&#x20AC;?. Also, the average operating costs in the smallholder sugar sector have increased 40 per cent since 2002.

Pineapple factory for Kenya THE KENYA GOVERNMENT has commissioned the construction of a US$600,000 modern pineapple processing factory in Bureti District, South Rift Valley. The factory will have a capacity to process 56,000 metric tonnes (mt) of pineapples annually. In 2010, pineapple farmers in the region produced 56,000 mt of the crop that earned them more than US$7.2mn with the bulk of the crop sold locally. The area has a production potential of 500,000, according to the ministry of agriculture officials. With the development of a processing factory, the region is expected to benefit from the expansive COMESA market where demand for horticultural produce has been rising. Over 50 per cent of pineapples in the country are produced by Del Monte, the Thika-based company with most of the produce mainly for export. Part of Del Monteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s processed pineapples are sold through local supermarket chains. Smallholder production accounts for the rest of the produce mainly for domestic consumption. They are sold fresh and unprocessed in open air markets. Changing lifestyles prompted by an increasing middle class has increased demand for fruits such as pineapples, opening market for smallholder farmers across Kenya. Mwangi Mumero

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NEWS

Ethiopia dairy study

Master Driers 2012 range

A STUDY CONDUCTED by the International Livestock Research Centre (ILRI) in the Amhara region of Ethiopia observes that there is need to boost livestock breeding since there is a shortage of improved stock and artificial insemination (AI) services. The study by Addisu Bitew and colleagues was aimed at developing a systematic understanding of the links between market opportunities and productivity increases in livestock, with a focus on dairy production. Funded by the OPEC Fund for International Development, the study showed that milk marketing co-operatives were the dominant milk buyers from producers at all milk marketing quality levels. These have been increasing in number. Veterinary and artificial insemination (AI) services were provided from district agricultural development offices, except for some villages that already had veterinary clinics and AI centers. Stall feeding and feeding of concentrates for crossbred dairy cattle was more prominent in high market quality sites compared to medium and low market quality sites, which indicated the level of feed intensification as the market quality improved. The contribution of grazing to total diet was higher for indigenous than crossbred cows. The proportion of crossbred cows exceeded that of indigenous cows in high market quality sites but the reverse applied in medium and low market quality sites. Milk yield data indicate that there is room for increasing average productivity by improving management practices. The study also noted that shortage and high cost of feed and water, high cost of disease control and low milk prices were also major hurdles in developing the dairy sector in Ethiopia. Mwangi Mumero

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Special theme

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NEWS

Kenya poultry farmers struggling with high production costs KENYA'S POULTRY FARMERS are struggling with high production costs, including a 50 per cent increase in chicken feed and erratic electricity and fuel costs, according to the Kenya Broiler Breeders Association. The numbers are leading to a drop in profits that is pushing some farmers out of business. A shortage in day-old chicks is further complicating issues, as farmers must place orders and wait up to six months for deliveries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a crisis," said Muiruri Mbuthi, KBBA co-ordinator. "There is an acute shortage and when available, the chicks are going for as much as Sh90 (US$1.00) as opposed to Sh50 ($0.56) six months ago, forcing farmers to import from Uganda." According to the Kenyan government, inflation has hit the poultry sector, and the national cost of production is now at Sh4.3bn ($48mn), up from a three-year average of Sh1.9bn ($21.2mn). The Ministry of Livestock Development said the government is trying to come up with a poultry policy that will address subsidies, standardisation mechanisms, treatment and market structures to curb losses and exploitation. In the meantime, the government is urging Kenya to increase domestic poultry consumption to create a ready local market for breeders.

Zambia poultry sector supplying 60 per cent of country meat requirement ZAMBIA'S POULTRY SECTOR is now supplying 60 per cent of the country's meat requirement following a shortage of beef on the market, according to the Poultry Association of Zambia. The beef shortage has caused prices of the product to rise out of the reach of many consumers, leading to pressure on the poultry industry as those consumers turn to the more affordable meat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have seen the rise in consumption of poultry products which is good, as it will stimulate growth in the poultry industry," said Matthews Ngosa, Association executive manager. "The demand for poultry products will continue to increase as long as the beef situation does not improve." So far, according to Ngosa, the price of poultry has remained relatively stable, in spite of the high cost of production, 75 per cent of which comes from stockfeed, but he added that that any rise in stockfeed has a negative impact on the performance of the industry.

A poultry project in Kakamega, Kenya.

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Qatar to invest in Sudan poultry project QATARI MEAT AND livestock trading company Mawashi is investing in a Sudanese poultry project that will lead to the annual production of 12mn chickens in the next four years, according to CEO and managing director Ahmed Nasir Saria Al Kaabi. The Al Baraka Poultry Project will initially produce six million chickens. A 21mn sqm abattoir will be constructed in Sudan and will include a quarantine area, a slaughterhouse and a processing and freezing section, said Kaabi.

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POULTRY

Joseph M. Maudlin* discusses the pros and cons of vaccination.

Small flock vaccination

ACCINES ARE WIDELY used by the livestock industry to prevent diseases. Commercial poultry (farms with greater than 5,000 birds) are almost universally vaccinated against a variety of diseases. Preventative vaccinations have resulted in increased health and improved production efficiency in the poultry industry. Deciding whether or not to vaccinate Vaccination, however, is seldom practiced by small flock owners. There may be several reasons for this including: ● Rarely have any problems with diseases. ● Unaware that disease may be present. ● Do not get their diseases diagnosed by a knowledgeable professional. ● Do not know where to obtain vaccines. ● Get frustrated because poultry vaccines usually come in 500 to 1,000 dose vials. Unfortunately, poultry are frequently submitted to veterinary clinics and veterinary diagnostic laboratories suffering from diseases which could have easily been prevented through appropriate vaccination. These diseases may result in loss of income from the eggs or meat. Other losses may include loss of valuable breeding stock, or the inability to participate at bird shows. This can be especially devastating for youngsters with 4-H projects. Deciding whether or not to vaccinate against infectious diseases depends on the likelihood that one's birds may become exposed to illness. If one has a closed flock where new birds are never introduced, and the birds never leave the farm premise, the likelihood of many diseases is greatly reduced. Since the risk is small, the owner may opt not to vaccinate. Vaccination should definitely be considered if the flock owner does one or more of the following: ● Takes birds to bird shows. ● Buys birds from hatcheries, bird

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Vaccinating against Newcastle disease in Longido Maasai village, Tanzania.

auctions, and other sources and adds these to an existing flock. ● Has had disease problems in the past.

Poultry are frequently suffering from diseases which could have easily been prevented through appropriate vaccination Planning your vaccinations Unfortunately, it is a fact of life that poultry vaccines are produced in large doses per vial. This is for the convenience of commercial producers who often have several thousand animals to vaccinate. This fact, however, should not discourage the small producer from immunising his birds. Plan to vaccinate your entire flock at one time. Some vaccines, such as Marek's vaccine, are best performed by the hatchery. Hatcheries and poultry suppliers are usually the best sources for vaccine. Be sure to carefully follow label directions when vaccinating for optimal protection in your birds. What vaccines are available? Marek's Disease vaccine Marek's disease is a severe, debilitating viral illness of chickens. Birds with this disease frequently develop paralysis of one or both legs, their wings may droop, and they become very thin. The internal

organs may develop tumors. In an affected flock, only a small percentage show typical symptoms and die. The majority of the infected birds shed virus for life. These virus-shedding birds are outwardly normal. When a shedder is introduced to a farm where the disease has never occurred before, high death losses may be seen. Once a farm has become contaminated with this virus, it is for all practical purposes, contaminated forever. In general, broiler chickens have less problems from Marek's disease than birds such as layers, or show birds, which tend to be kept around longer. The good news is that the vaccines for Marek's disease are highly effective if vaccination is done correctly. It is best to order chicks already vaccinated at the hatchery. If this cannot be done, be sure to vaccinate all new birds the first day they arrive on the farm. The vaccine is not very effective if a bird has already been exposed to the disease for more than a few days. The vaccine comes frozen in 1,000 dose vials. It is administered under the skin, at the back of the neck. Package instructions must be followed exactly in order for vaccination to be successful. Infectious Laryngotracheitis vaccine This infectious disease is caused by a virus that affects the bird's trachea (wind pipe). Birds with this sickness frequently gasp for air and cough up blood. High death loss is possible. The disease is

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BRAC is the only NGO on the continent with a poultry vaccination programme, seen here in Uganda.

Infectious Bronchitis, Mycoplasmosis, Turkey and Chicken Coryza, and Avian Influenza. Poultry producers are frequently plagued by long-standing "colds" in their flocks. Symptoms in affected flocks include swelling around the eyes, runny noses, coughing, and poor weight gain. There are a number of diseases which cause respiratory illness in flocks, including the six diseases named above. While there are effective vaccines available to prevent these illnesses, it is important to get an accurate diagnosis first. For example, vaccinating with the Newcastle's disease vaccine when the

flock is actually infected with Bronchitis virus can make the disease symptoms worse! Your veterinarian can recommend serology (blood testing), bacterial cultures, and virus isolation to find out what is causing problems on your farm. Summary Many effective vaccines are available for the small flock producer. Diseases such as Marek's disease or Fowl pox need not cause devastating losses in any flock, regardless of its size. h * Joseph M Maudlin is Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia, USA.

often passed around at bird shows. It is a disease of chickens. If an owner chooses to vaccinate, all chickens on the premises must be vaccinated, including any new birds that are added later. Vaccination is best performed after four weeks of age. Yearly boosters are advised. Rapid diagnosis and vaccination can also stop an outbreak from spreading in an affected flock.

Diseases may result in loss of income from the eggs or meat. Fowl Pox vaccine Fowl Pox is an infectious viral illness of chickens and turkeys caused by the pox virus. Fowl pox is strictly a disease of birds and is totally unrelated to the human illness called "chicken pox." The disease typically causes round, firmly adhering scabs on unfeathered portions of skin, along with fever and a drop in feed consumption. This results in a slow growth rate and reduced egg production. On occasion, the disease causes inflammation in the mouth and trachea of birds. These animals may die from starvation or suffocation. The virus is spread from bird to bird through the bites of blood-sucking insects or through wounds and scratches by the birds when fighting. Fowl pox is easily prevented through vaccination. The vaccine is introduced directly into the skin with a metal twopronged needle previously dipped in the vaccine. All birds should be vaccinated on the farm, with yearly booster shots recommended. Early spring or fall are the best times to vaccinate. Miscellaneous respiratory diseases including: Newcastle's Disease,

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POULTRY

The success of the Kuroiler chicken in India, where it was first introduced, offers hope for similar improvements in rural Africa, particularly in Uganda, where initial results show the Kuroiler significantly outperforming native chicken. Geoffrey Muleme reports.

Highly productive chickens help raise Ugandans from poverty

GANDA'S NATIONAL ANIMAL Genetic Resources Center and Data Bank has launched the Kuroiler chicken, a high performance bird bred in India by Keggfarms on the local market, saying the bird will boost the poultry industry in the country since it grows quickly and adapts well to the local conditions. Kuroilers are hybrid chickens, well suited to resource-poor village environments. They have been genetically selected to provide both meat and eggs and are able to survive and thrive on agricultural and household waste, requiring no additional feed. Chickens and their eggs are a vital source of nutrition in Uganda, with about 33mn birds produced annually. Of these, the majorityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;around 28.4mnâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are village flocks, with the remaining 4.6mn coming from commercial sources. The introduction of the Kuroiler chicken on the market followed a study carried out by NAGRIC&DB, a semiautonomous body under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries on the performance of these birds bred in five districts in Uganda in which a comparison was undertaken with the indigenous local chicken. The Animal Genetic Resources Center says both Kuroiler chicks and indigenous local chicks were hatched at their brooding farm in Entebbe and after two months of brooding, both chicken breeds were transferred to participating farmers in the districts of Wakiso, Kabale, Gulu, Apac and Mayuge. The body adds that twenty farmers were selected in each of those districts and twenty birds, ten Kuroiler and another ten indigenous birds were distributed to each of the farmers who reared them on a low input scavenging system and weekly records on performance were collected for analysis.

Some recently introduced Kuroiler chickens.

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"Results obtained indicate that the Kuroiler bird not only survives in the Ugandan backyard farming systems but it also produces more eggs, has higher growth rates and more mature weights than the indigenous chicken." High growth rates "All participating farmers have expressed their satisfaction with the performance of the Kuroiler because of high growth rates, persistent laying and the fact that it mixes well with other chicken and is easy to manage," it notes. According to Dr Ibrahim Semuyaba,national co-ordinator of the Kuroiler project, the high growth rates/live weights coupled with the high egg production places the bird in a much better position than the indigenous chicken to improve the nutritional status and household incomes in the rural Ugandan community.

Kuroilers are hybrid chickens, well suited to resource-poor village environment. Large scale introduction "It is in light of this that we wish to undertake a large scale introduction of the Kuroiler into the country," he adds. The NAGRC&DB says some of the significant features include taste and quality which is similar to that of the traditional chicken and, due to its close resemblance to the traditional backyard bird, it is easily acceptable in the villages and rural areas while the Kuroiler female is free from broodiness. The Kuroiler is also a multi-coloured and dual purpose bird and is specifically suitable for backyard and range poultry production for eggs/meat with minimal provision of formulated/supplementary feed or grains. The centre says the bird can produce around 150 eggs in a 12- month laying cycle, depending upon the availability of adequate nutritional resources from waste/range and it can gain 1 kg body weight between 55-60 days of age. Females have the potential to grow to 2.25 kg at 26 weeks and to 2.6 kg at 50 weeks while males have the potential to grow to 3 kg at 26 weeks and 4 kg by 50 weeks. Dr Semuyaba stresses "The Kuroiler bird lays more eggs than the local bird. It can lay between 150-200 eggs in a year whereas our local birds lay between 40 and 50 eggs a year. It's more profitable than the local birds." He adds that in future, the centre plans to import the parent stock which can give the poultry farmers eggs. "Demand for this bird is further demonstrated by the interest generated in the five study districts and by the large number of farmers that indicated their interest in the recently concluded agricultural show in Jinja," the official notes. h

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Alvan Blanch, specialists in crop processing systems, have introduced a new concept in fruit processing – a mobile fruit and vegetable juice plant. The first of these mobile systems has recently been shipped to Uganda.

Fruit processing plant a new concept for Africa

HE SELFCONTAINED SYSTEM will be mounted on an Isuzu 22 ton sixwheel truck (approximately eight metre long flatbed) so it can move conveniently around a large rural area, processing surplus fruit that would otherwise be wasted. Often rural communities have no market outside of their own area for their fruit crops because of a lack of transportation and cold storage facilities. As a result there is a huge amount of wasted fruit throughout Africa. This mobile juice extraction concept aims to deal with this problem. A complete process system is incorporated within a sturdy platform with weather cover that is designed to slide into a 12 m container in one piece for shipment. The whole system is preerected, pre-wired, pre-plumbed and factory pre-tested - so that it is ready to operate on arrival.

Alvan Blanch’s mobile juice extraction concept

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processed through the pulverising mill and then passed in mashed form to the hydraulic press that squeezes out the juice. Soft fruit such as mango and pineapple is processed through the pulper/siever. After extraction, the juice is held in stainless steel blending tanks, which incorporate mechanical stirrers – allowing water or sugar etc. to be added. Finally, there is a pasteurisation system for heat-treating the juice before bottling or large container storage. A water treatment plant is included with multi-stage filtration, allowing local water to be used direct from the borehole. A generating set with soundproofed cabinet is mounted on the end of the frame. A heavy-duty tarpaulin cover fully envelops the system during transportation or storage, with sides that roll up during operation. The option of steel security side panels is offered in place of the tarpaulin.

The entire facility is very robustly constructed to ensure that it can withstand the rigours of constant movement. The system has multiple juice extraction functionality for a wide range of different fruits and vegetables. Hard fruit and vegetables are

Hygiene a key issue Hygiene is a key issue for all fruit processing plants - and this one is no different. The system is designed to be easily and thoroughly washed down after usage – all of the processing equipment is of stainless steel, the water and juice

The logistical problems of fruit juice processing have tended to undermine the potential for fruit juice processing in Africa.

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pipework is of welded stainless steel. The very robust platform and frame is of hotdipped galvanised steel. Alvan Blanch African Sales Manager, Colin Bullock, says that there has already been much interest expressed in the system by the many visitors who had seen the system under construction in the

Pulper siever blending tanks

factory. The logistical problems of fruit juice processing have tended to undermine the potential for fruit juice processing in Africa - where, despite the fruits that are grown in great abundance, the vast majority of juice is imported as concentrate from outside of the continent. We believe that this new system could make a real difference to the viability of using these wasted fruit crop resources. The plant can be viewed in action by clicking on the video button from this link: www.alvanblanch.co.uk/Juice.htm h

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NIGERIA

Dr Terry Mabbett talked to Chris Okeke who revealed the facts and figures which show the need for self sufficiency and how the numbers show potential for production and processing potential, but why at the same it is simply not happening.

The Nigeria agriculture enigma

N THE PREVIOUS issue Chris Okeke, large-scale farmer and agricultural entrepreneur told African Farming why Nigeria remains ‘a million miles away’ from feeding itself and thereby slashing a huge food importation bill. This failing is despite Nigeria possessing all the physical and social potential – land resources, fertile soils, favourable climatic zones and innovative and industrious farming communities – to achieve its goal as well as a history of international aid and development money pumped into agriculture since Independence in 1962. He lays the blame fairly and squarely on inappropriate and poorly targeted development programmes with too much reliance on scientific and technical advice from outside Nigeria. And not enough notice taken of big commercial Nigerian farmers already established in production and processing under Nigerian conditions and constraints. In this follow up article Chris Okeke reveals the facts and figures which show the need for self sufficiency and how the numbers show potential for production and processing potential, but why at the same it is simply not happening.

[There is a] yawning gap between Nigeria’s food consumption and homegrown production. Foundations for feeding Nigeria Nigeria has 155mn and rising mouths to feed. Population has been growing at 2-3 per cent per annum while agriculture averaged less than one per cent growth over the same period. A large proportion of Nigeria’s foreign currency from petroleum oil and gas resources covers a big bill for expensive foreign food. The average Nigerian spends between 40-60 per cent of his/her income on food, double the average for other developing countries. “The foundations on which to build are

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Nigeria has transformed cassava from a subsistence crop to a highly lucrative cash crop with considerable benefits to its farmers, here in Kwara State.

in place with 42 per cent of national GDP and 60 per cent of employment tied to agriculture and therefore it is hardly surprising that Nigeria is experiencing effective stagnation in per capita income especially in rural communities” says Chris Okeke. Only Nigerian cotton is able to compete on world markets. Agriculturerelated GDP in other African countries is just 15 per cent. An invitation by the Kwara State Government to displaced white Zimbabwean farmers to develop large scale commercial farms attracted criticism on political and ideological grounds. Successes and failures resulted, but one of the policy’s biggest successes was, perversely, a spin off from a string of failures says Chris Okeke. “What happened to these experienced farmers exposed deep flaws in Nigeria’s agriculture and goes a long way to explain why average crop yields in Nigeria – including cassava, maize, and rice – are just 30 per cent of those achieved in other developing countries in Asia and Latin America,” said Chris. He did not say whether the flaws and failings were previously unrealised or simply unacknowledged by government.

The yawning gap between Nigeria’s food consumption and home-grown production is patently obvious, but a basic framework and requirements for Nigerian farmers to bridge this cost-crippling gap exist. So we asked Chris Okeke for his opinion and detailed assessment as to why this isn’t happening. He put the Nigeria-wide problem into context using his own experience of large scale farming and industrial processing of cassava at Ihialia in Anambra State. The bulk of cassava feeding his factory is from his own 2,800 ha of farmland and several other Nigerian-owned farms, and topped up by four Zimbabwean farmers at Shonga in Kwara State who are contracted to supply Chris’ company NSM Foods Ltd. However, his factory is still short by 40,000 to 45,000 tonnes of the 70,000 to 80,000 tonnes required to run at full capacity. He identifies four main bottlenecks choking off growth in Nigeria’s agricultural production and processing including his own operation. They are: 1) Finance failings 2) infrastructure underdevelopment 3) noncompetitive seeds 4) input and output markets.

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NIGERIA

are three kinds of agricultural loans” said Chris. They are:

Irrigation farmers in Kaduna State preparing for dry season farming.

● Short term loans of one to three years to cover annual

operating costs ● Medium term capital loans of five to 10 years' duration to

cover equipment and necessary facilities ● Long term loans of 15 to 20 years for expensive infrastructure

projects such as irrigation schemes Short term loans are provided by commercial banks, and medium to long term loans by government-backed agricultural and rural development banks with four to six per cent interest rates.

Agricultural credit aggravation “Despite the pre-eminence of agriculture in the Nigerian economy, financial investment is lacking or at best improperly tenanted,” said Chris Okeke. Agriculture in Nigeria accounts for only 1.4 per cent of bank lending compared to six per cent in Kenya and 18 per cent in Brazil. Brazil is a big cassava producer but not as big as Nigeria with the potential to pull even further ahead of its nearest rivals. Chris illustrated the problem with his own recent experience of a bank loan agreed in 2010 but from which he is not yet able to draw down any money. He outlined the basic framework of agricultural credit evolving in every country where agriculture has developed. “As such there

Despite the pre-eminence of agriculture in the Nigerian economy, financial investment is lacking or at best improperly tenanted. Rudimentary agricultural lending Chris Okeke did not ‘spare the rod’ for Nigeria’s banking system. “For the Nigerian Agricultural Co-operative and Rural Development Bank (NACRDB) to award loans, repayable in three years, to the Zimbabwean farmers who arrived in Nigeria with nothing but 25+ years of experience in large scale African farming ‘under their belts’ shows just how rudimentary our agricultural lending scheme is”, he said, adding “how it set up the farmers and the banks themselves for automatic failure.” He rounded on the inordinately long times taken to process agricultural loans in Nigeria, citing his own experiences and those

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NIGERIA The average age of Nigerian farmers is between 60 and 70.

of the Zimbabwean farmers who were forced to wait 18 months after request for the loans to be received. It is not only big farmers who are affected by the same snail’s pace progress towards granting agricultural credit. Chris Okeke quoted the example of over 1,000 smallholder rice farmers in Lafiagi and Pategi local government areas of Kwara. These smallholders participating in a USAID-funded project called ‘Markets’ (Maximising Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in targeted sites) started to partner credible rice processors and farmers in 2005 to develop an efficient commercial rice industry in Nigeria. Four years on in August 2009 and three months into the rice season they were yet to receive the N60,000/ha loan facility from the commercial banks participating in the project. As a consequence their rice fields looked stressed and yellow with yields up to 40 per cent down on projections.

Lack of irrigation facilities restricts farmers to seasonal production with set periods of oversupply and plenty. He blasted the banks for not understanding the need to visit farmers to better comprehend the nature and needs of farming and asked whether “NACRDB was aware that the first maize crop harvested by the Zimbabwean farmers at Shonga was a disaster due to drought during the 2005 season which led to sky high prices for food commodities according to the Central Bank. “The farmers only took two tonnes/ha instead of an expected five tonnes/ha” said Chris and asked “whether bank officials were

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aware that by asking farmers to market their maize crop in November, rather than selling it five months later in April, meant taking a 50 per cent reduction in gross income due to wide fluctuations in the price of maize in Nigeria.” Infrastructure underdevelopment ‘Widely fluctuating yields so characteristic of Nigerian rain-fed agriculture, and accompanied by wide swings in price of most foods, brings us on to the second stumbling block which is limited infrastructure”, Chris Okeke told African Farming. The poor state of Nigeria’s roads springs to mind but is only part of a composite problem. Lack of irrigation facilities restricts farmers to seasonal production with set periods of oversupply and plenty. This seasonal surplus, coupled with the dearth of crop storage and processing facilities, leads to following periods of high prices and hunger. Most crops are harvested between October and December and this is when prices are at their lowest. Without storage and processing capacity, and no government intervention as purchaser, surplus of food crops depresses commodity prices forcing farmers to sell to the lowest bidder. Smallholder farmers and the average urban consumer are pushed into a cliff-edge existence during the so called ‘hunger months’ from April to September until next season’s harvest starts to come in during October. As for the farmer, he or she is left at the mercy of those wholesalers who can afford to buy and store locally-grown food commodities, or are able to access imported food and truck it along hundreds of miles of bad roads from the ports. According to Chris Okeke these combined and related problems add at least 20-30 per cent to domestic food bills during this period. He saves the part poor roads play until last. “The deplorable state of roads and especially feeder roads in rural Nigeria is the single biggest factor fuelling the high cost of food. Rather than investing billions of Naira in subsidising fertiliser, open to abuse and corruption, or purchasing tractors for distribution to ‘any old farmer’, but which ought to be paid for by loans given to serious farmers, the Nigerian Government should be investing their limited resources in roads and storage,” said Chris. “And reducing transaction costs involved in agriculture with an overall ultimate goal of stabilizing prices.” For himself he described how poor the state of roads, required to transport fresh cassava root tubers 700 km to NSM Foods, just aggravates an already difficult situation around timing and logistics of harvesting and processing what is a highly perishable commodity. “Erratic power supply to the factory makes the situation even worse” he said. The final part of our conversations with Chris Okeke will appear in the next issue of African Farming and will discuss noncompetitive seeds, input and output markets, as well as the real role for smallholders. h

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mammals, is present in this product. L-Tryptophan is destroyed if the hydrolysis is carried out using acid or alkali, which is the method usually practiced in EU countries. Priya Chemicals is the only company offering 20 per cent amino acids with 12.5 per cent seaweed extract in the liquid form, marketed as Pronto. Perfectose, Perfectose-S and Perfectose-GT are some of the other popular foliar application

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products while Prichemin, PricheminMix and Mineral Glycinates constitute the livestock products produced by the company. “Quality, prompt delivery and economical prices have made products of Priya Chemicals extremely popular across the world,” Dr. R Y Angle, President of Priya Chemicals, said.

Priya Chemicals is now looking forward for a local partner to set up project in Africa to produce these products so that these products would be available at a low cost.

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Namibian project aiming for poultry self-sufficiency

Delivering stock to get the project started… turning a dream into reality

A MULTI-MILLION dollar project now under construction by Namib Poultry Industries is aimed at making the whole Namibian market self-sufficient. The fully integrated operation will provide breeder and broiler farms, a hatchery, feed mill and processing plant with a capacity of 250,000 chickens a week and the potential to double as per capita consumption rises. The parent stock is being supplied by Cobb South Africa. “We have been working with Namib Poultry since 2005 when their dream started and we congratulate them on their progress in making this dream a reality,” says Cobb South Africa sales, planning and technical services manager Pieter Oosthuysen. Two thirds of the funding for this US$60mn programme comes from local sources through Namib Poultry’s parent NMI group and Bank Windhoek, with further investment from the Industrial Development Corporation of Southern Africa.

Gys White, Namib Poultry managing director, said they would focus on stimulating the local market seeking initially to double per capita consumption of chicken to 15 kg a year. “The broiler plant will comply with European Union standards from production to employment standards,” he said, adding that as well as producing the final product, the company would also look at developing branded chicken shops. With six rearing and 12 breeder production houses, the company will produce close around 325,000 hatching eggs per week, with the day-old broilers raised in 35 houses. The feed mill will have a capacity of 10,000 tonnes/month supplying the local layer and pig industry as well as the company’s broilers. By the time production begins in mid-2012, NMI, situated between Windhoek and Okahandja at Klein Kapuka Farm, will employ a permanent staff of 450 employees. One of the new Namibian farms

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HORTICULTURE

Zimbabwe's horticultural sector is essential to economic recovery and is strategic in respect of the enhancement of the country's export receipts.

Zimbabweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horticultural sector shows signs of recovery This former flower producing farm in Umguza has been turned into small vegetable plots.

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The sector is currently facing a number of challenges.

2008. Flower production output reached 5,000 tonnes in 2009. Production had peaked at 22,800 tonnes in 2003. Local horticultural production includes products such as cut flowers, fruit and tropical fruit, out of season fruit and vegetables. At its peak during the late 1990s horticulture was the second largest agricultural foreign exchange earner after tobacco, recording export figures in 1999 of US$144mn. The sector is currently facing a number of challenges which include power outages that grossly affect fresh produce exports which require certain temperatures to be maintained and also affects irrigation of the crops.

Horticultures production improved Statistics compiled by the Commercial Farmers Union show that horticultural production has generally improved, registering growth of 43,000 tonnes in 2010 against 35,000 tonnes in 2009. There is still much more investment to be undertaken before production levels rise to levels above 60,000 tonnes experienced when the sector was still vibrant. Flower production is expected to remain stagnant at 7,500 tonnes this year after picking up in 2010 to 7,500 tonnes. This was a drop from 8,000 tonnes realised in

Labour shortages Labour shortages are also a huge problem in horticulture and due to poor salaries, farm workers are opting for gold or diamond panning as a source of livelihood. Horticultural production, which is labourintensive, also requires highly technical and specialised skills. Very high start-up costs especially for new farmers (infrastructure such as greenhouses, cold rooms and working capital), has negatively affected production, including dilapidated irrigation infrastructure, particularly in communal areas. Stringent phytosanitary demands on

ESPITE POOR FUNDING, Zimbabwe's horticultural sector has marginally improved, with fresh produce production expected to increase to 4,500 tonnes in 2011, from 3,200 tonnes last year. However, this is still far below production levels before the country embarked on agrarian reforms in 2000, when fresh produce levels hovered around 10,000 tonnes, although it hit 10,240 tonnes at the height of the agrarian reforms. Fresh produce output amounted to 3,000 tonnes in 2009.

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quality, food safety and hygiene especially from Europe also have a negative impact of horticultural output. Citrus production in 2011 is projected to slightly improve from the 29,750 tonnes in 2010 to 30,000 tonnes although production in 2000 and 2001 was 39,320 tonnes. Over the years, production increased to 47,770 tonnes in 2004, declining to 15,000 tonnes in 2009. Horticultural production is a rapidly growing sector and export of flowers had made Zimbabwe the fourth largest supplier to the Dutch flower-auction market. However, horticultural exports are prone to price fluctuations because of global supply and demand factors. Zimbabwe's horticultural sector is essential to economic recovery and is strategic in respect of the enhancement of the country's export receipts. In paprika, production has improved from 340 tonnes last year to 1,200 tonnes this year. In 2008, paprika output was pegged at 740 tonnes, declining to 260 tonnes in 2009. Output reached its peak at 13, 870 tonnes in 2000. Zimbabwe exports flowers to the Netherlands, Germany, UK, USA, France and Italy. Fresh vegetables are exported to South Africa, Zambia, UK and Namibia while fruits are taken to South Africa and UK. h

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GRAIN PROCESSING

One of the big misnomers about rice is that it is consumed almost entirely as cooked whole grains. In fact rice is amenable to a wide range of postharvest processing and food manufacturing techniques and is as versatile as either maize or wheat. Dr Baksch reports.

The rice process

OW RICE IS processed after harvest depends on whether or not water is used in, respectively, wet or dry processing methods.

The dry process – hulling and polishing Harvested rice grains are enclosed in glumes, which are in close contact with the grain. Prior to consumption as grain or further processing into flour, snack foods and beverages, the glumes are removed by hulling. The first secret to successful processing and storage of post-harvest rice is drying the grain to an optimum moisture level of 12-14 per cent weight/weight (w/w). Moisture contents within this range are sufficiently low to inhibit enzyme action and therefore microbial activity in store. In addition it facilitates the easy removal of the outer covering (bran or husk) by hulling with minimum breakage of grains to give good quality shelled rice. Rice bran is rich in oil so hulling also extends shelf life of grains by eliminating the source of rancidity. Hulling followed by polishing has been carried out for thousands of years using traditional village methods and during the last 200 years by the use of small manufactured metal rice hullers. International organisations advise against rice polishing as it removes too much of the Vitamin B leading to an increase in deficiency diseases such as ‘Beriberi’. But the expanding rice harvest is increasingly processed in an integrated ‘rice milling’ operation. This may be small (e.g. 75-100 tons/day) or massive (1000+ tons/day), installed as a turnkey operation with full computerised control. A summary of the toperations involved includes cleaning, hulling, bran separation from shelled rice, pearling, polishing classification (whole/broken grains etc) and bagging. Irrespective of the scale of rice processing, paddy rice must be harvested at full maturity and timed carefully so there is no hiatus. Delays during harvest leading to alternating periods of wet and dry condition cause stresses to develop in the kernel,

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At the Tilda rice processing plant in rural Uganda near the Kenyan border

Rice bran is rich in oil so hulling extends shelf life of grains by eliminating the source of rancidity. resulting in high levels of grain shattering during milling further down the line. This can also become a real problem if the grains are overheated during post-harvest drying by, for instance, being left for too long in the hot sun. Threshed rice grain needs to be sorted to remove stones and insects and winnowed to eliminate light material such as stalks, leaves and dust particles. Storage in wellaerated rooms avoids absorption of moisture leading growth of surface mould and grain discolouration. But rooms must be sufficiently sealed to exclude insects, rodents and birds. Provided these measures are implemented, threshed grain can be kept in good condition until milling. Process control, sacking and storage Primary process control points during milling are: ● Maintenance of grain moisture at 12-14 per cent to facilitate optimum de-

husking (hulling) and storage quality ● Correct selection of holding times for

grain in de-husking and polishing machines. This ensures the optimum balance between level of grain breakage and per cent of de-husked grain in the finished rice product. Length of time in these machines also determines whether the end product is white rice or brown rice. Brown rice is de-husked less and is richer in the Vitamin B complex Equivalent primary control points during following packaging, storage and marketing phases are: ● Only use clean and dry (preferably new) jute or sisal sacks. This avoids the risk of contamination and moisture absorption by the grain. If grain is earmarked for transit to a more humid zone then it should be packaged in polythene sacks. However, only optimally dry grain should be packed in polythene sacks, or paper sacks with polythene liners. Polythene not only stops moisture getting into the bag but also any excess moisture in the grain from getting out ● Strict control of sack or bag filling using accurate scales ● Well ventilated and insect- and rodentfree storage conditions prior to retailing

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● Re-packing in paper packets for short-term storage and retail

and heat-sealed polythene for longer-term storage prior to retail Because the rice stays dry throughout and does not undergo any pre-cooking or contact with water there is minimal risk of contamination with pathogenic microbes. Standard hygiene practices in relation to food production and handling are deemed sufficient. The wet process – par boiling Par boiling is the pre-cooking of rice in water prior to milling. This simple process sets off and maintains a series of rather more complicated reactions in the grain. These positively alter the grain’s physical, chemical and nutritional qualities in relation to both milling and eventual consumption. Parboiling began as a ‘village-level’ technique and developed accordingly in different parts of the world, according to custom, requirement and desired taste and flavour of the finished product. For this reason there is no standard technique of parboiling in relation to water temperature and length of time of the process. It originated in Asia in but there was already a strong tradition in West Africa of similar treatment for other staples like cassava, which is fermented during the production of Gari. Techniques in which the paddy rice is steeped in hot water for a long time impart a strong flavour and yellow colour to the product. In other areas where these characters are not required, the paddy rice is simply boiled until the husks burst, after which the product is dried. This technique only partly gelatinises starch in the rice grains so the grains are not fully hardened. Be that as it may parboiled rice offers a number of clear

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Parboiled rice offers a number of clear advantages over and above untreated milled rice advantages over and above untreated milled rice. Parboiling hardens grain and thereby decreases susceptibility to breakage during the de-husking process and damage by insect pests in store. In addition it enhances the nutritional quality and value of rice by promoting movement of nutrients from the outer coverings (bran) and into the grain, so they are not removed in the bran during dehusking. On the other hand oil inside the grain moves out. The reduced oil content lowers the risk of rancidity and improves storage life. Mainstream parboiling methods use a one to three day soaking time at an initial water temperature of 60° to 80°C, the more constant the temperature the shorter the soaking time with limitation on the development of off-flavours. The product is then steamed for 20 minutes at 100°C. Finally it is sun-dried to 12-14 per cent moisture while carefully avoiding extreme high temperature and periods of wet weather. It is now ready for village scale de-husking/polishing or industrial milling operations. Key process control points to look out for during parboiling include: ● Grain to be soaked at a constant fixed temperature for a specific period of time to produce a consistently high quality product of a type required by local consumers ● Soaked grains to be steamed for the allotted time at the correct temperature so that fermentation, promoted by soaking, is brought to a rapid end. This is particularly important if the grains have been steeped in hot water for a long period of time. ● Final grain drying to a moisture content of 12-14 per cent w/w to stop any growth of fungi (mould) and bacteria and to facilitate trouble free de-husking. ● From de-husking onwards, the key process control points are the same as for dry processed rice Valuable waste products The various components of the rice harvest including ‘waste’ products can be put to a huge variety of uses. Rice grain is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or desert dish. The grains can be further processed into flour (usually broken grains) biscuits, snacks, breakfast cereals, beer, wine and distilled spirit. Rice meal is used for animal feed while the valuable rice bran oil can be extracted from the bran. Rice starch is used in a variety of industrial processes. Rice hulls with their high silica content have been used in a wide variety of situations including the manufacture of pressed insulation board, cement tiles and cement breeze blocks, in the glass industry and for road surfacing. Rice straw is used in the manufacture of straw board for the building industry. h

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Many of the most popular tillage implements are firmly based on traditional ideas that have stood the test of time, but there are new challenges which are persuading some farmers to take a fresh look at the way they cultivate the soil. Michael William looks at these.

Tillage trends facing new challenges

NE OF THE challenges comes from rising fuel costs, as some well established tillage implements have a relatively high energy consumption per hectare. Examples include the plough, and particularly mouldboard ploughs. Using animal, steam or tractor power to pull a plough has been an essential part of the tillage routine for centuries, and its success for a wide range of crops is based mainly on its unique ability to invert the soil. Soil inversion buries the residues from previous crops and also helps to control weeds, but ploughing also has some disadvantages. Even disc ploughs require large amounts of tractor power, and ploughing is just the start of a tillage sequence that requires further cultivations using more fuel before the soil is ready for the seed drill. Although the new product launches from most of the European mouldboard plough companies are aimed mainly at big acreage farms with plenty of tractor power available, customers with a more modest workload have not been completely neglected. Recent arrivals include the Servo 25 series from the Austrian manufacturer, Pottinger, available in 2, 3 and 4-furrow versions. They are designed for tractors up to 120hp and are currently the smallest ploughs in the current Pottinger range. Kverneland of Norway is also offering a new model range for smaller tractors. Their 150B series ploughs are for tractors up to 130hp and are available with 3, 4 and 5 furrows. Shearbolt protection and furrow width adjustment are both standard and the lightweight design is said to reduce the lift capacity required on mid-range tractors. The alternative to traditional cultivation methods in much of Europe, and on some farms in Africa, is to compress all the cultivation operations - and in some cases the seed drilling as well - into a time and fuel-saving single pass system. This requires special implements combining different methods of cultivation, and one of the most successful combinations includes tines to

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Tines and discs on a Duro-France strip tillage cultivator prepare the ground

The alternative to traditional cultivation methods in much of Europe, and on some farms in Africa, is to compress all the cultivation operations. loosen the soil to a depth of 25cm, or considerably more on some models, two or more rows of discs to break up the surface and mix crop residues into the soil followed by a press roller providing a final levelling and firming action to leave the surface ready for drilling. Tine, disc and press roll combination implements are available from many of Europe’s farm machinery companies, including Amazone, Gregoire Besson, Kuhn, Knight, Lemken, Simba, McConnel and Vaderstad. Some machines of this type are already working in Africa and Sumo UK, the leading British manufacturer, has sold some of its Trio combination cultivators to Uganda and more are on their way.

Adaptability a major attraction One of the attractions of this type of cultivator is its adaptability. Although it can be used as a one-pass system working directly into uncultivated stubble, the tine, disc and roller machines are also used as a secondary cultivator to make a seedbed on previously ploughed or cultivated land. Typical power requirement is a minimum of 125hp for a 2.5 or 3.0m wide machine, depending on the soil type and the working depth of the tines. A different approach A different approach to reduced cultivation systems is the Mzuri Pro-Till cultivator and drill combination developed by Martin Lole in 1911. Martin was previously farming in Africa before starting his machinery company in Britain, which explains his choice of the Swahili word, Mzuri – meaning ‘good’ – for his new one-pass machine. It uses tines working usually at 20 to 25cm depth, but with 46cm maximum penetration, to work directly into uncultivated soil, with up to 11 tines sowing seed in a 3.0m working width.

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Another of the challenges facing both traditional tillage equipment and the more recently introduced combination machines is that they all cultivate the complete soil surface, and for some crops this may not be necessary and may have disadvantages. One of the alternatives is strip tillage. This, as the name suggests, involves cultivating strips of soil where the seed will be sown, but leaving the rest of the field surface undisturbed. The strip cultivation and the drilling are usually combined in a single pass, and one of the attractions is reducing labour and fuel costs compared with a traditional multi-pass system starting with a disc plough or a heavy cultivator. Another potential benefit, according to strip tillage enthusiasts, is reducing moisture loss from the soil, and this could be a significant benefit in much of Africa. Moving the soil with a cultivator encourages moisture loss through evaporation, particularly when the air has low humidity, but strip tillage typically leaves well over 50 per cent of the surface area undisturbed and this can make a significant contribution to conserving any moisture already in the soil. Leaving so much of the surface undisturbed, usually with stalks and stubble from the previous crops still in place, also helps to reduce soil erosion due to wind and surface run-off during heavy rain. Some of the most fertile soils in Africa are classified as being vulnerable to erosion. Examples of strip tillage cultivators include the French built DuroFrance range using tines and discs to prepare 6cm wide strips spaced at about 75cm intervals for growing maize as a forage crop. The Swiss manufacturer, Althaus, makes the OekoSem range of cultivators using tines working at 25cm depth plus p-t-o powered rotors with L-shaped blades to prepare 30cm wide strips. The minimum power requirement for a 3.0m wide Duro-France cultivator with precision seed drills attached is 120hp, but this increases to 140hp for the rotary action of the Althaus machine.

In spite of the increasing interest in reduced cultivations, there are plenty of situations where a more traditional approach is required. A more traditional approach In spite of the increasing interest in reduced cultivations, there are plenty of situations where a more traditional approach is required. These include the use of p-t-o powered rotary cultivators for special applications including working soil between the rows in vineyards as well as intensive cultivations to produce deep, fine seedbeds for growing vegetable crops. Powered rotary cultivators have been used on African farms for more than 50 years, and they remain popular in spite of their relatively slow working speed. One of their attractions is versatility, allowing a high degree of control over the tilth producing process. Most of the medium and larger rotary cultivators have a gearbox to vary the rotor speed, with a faster rotation achieving a finer tilth. The forward speed of the machine also affects tilth formation, with a slow tractor speed allowing the rotor to produce a smaller particle size. The third control measure is adjusting the position of the trailing shield behind the rotor, and lowering the shield retains the soil for longer and exposes it to a more intense cultivating action. Another benefit claimed for rotary cultivation is the chopping action of the L-shaped steel blades, which are one of the options available on the rotor. These have the ability to break down hard, sun-baked soil clods to form a seedbed, even in dry conditions, and the blades also provide an effective way to cut through surface

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Sumoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven-leg trailed folding subsoiler working just north of the Mara Game Reserve.

trash left over from the previous crop. Another use for the blades is to provide a highly efficient mixing action, taking manure or plant material from the surface and mixing it throughout cultivation depth to improve soil structure and fertility. P-t-o powered rotary cultivators also have some potential disadvantages. They have the power to over-cultivate the soil and damage its natural structure, and there is also a risk with the traditional L-shaped blades that a fast rotor speed may smear and compact the soil just below the cultivation depth, restricting moisture movement in the soil and also forming a barrier to root development. Rotary cultivators are not the only cause of soil compaction, and one way to deal with the problem is to use deep working tines to restore the damaged layers which can cause reduced crop yields. The soil loosening tines can be used in a separate operation or as an addition to some standard implements, but a different approach is being used by an experimental implement that is currently being tested in Kenya and Uganda. Experimental implement for Africa The implement, known as a baby subsoiler, was developed in Britain by Sumo UK, to suit African conditions and the prototype model is designed to prepare ground for maize. The version currently being tested consists of a frame with two soil loosening tines spaced 80cm apart and adjustable to 28cm maximum depth. At the rear of the frame is a big diameter steel roller that levels and consolidates the soil behind the tines and also leaves indentations in the field surface after each tine. The slot shaped indentations are correctly spaced for maize plants, and seed is planted by hand into each of the slots with a small dose of fertiliser. One of the advantages of the baby subsoiler is the simple design making it suitable for use in areas remote from the nearest repair facilities. The power requirement is low and the prototype machine has been working on a 65hp tractor, and it prepares the ground for planting in one fuel-saving operation. During initial tests this year maize planted in ground prepared by the baby subsoiler easily outyielded crops planted at the same time after conventional cultivations. Much of the yield improvement is explained by the reduction in soil water losses, said a Sumo spokesman, as most of the field surface remains uncultivated where the baby subsoiler is used. Using the machine also ensures that there is no compaction where the maize plants are growing, allowing healthy root penetration to reach soil moisture and nutrients. Initial results from crops grown with the technique have been so encouraging that Sumo UK is looking for funding that would allow them to continue and extend the baby subsoiler trials programme. h

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AGRICULTURAL BUYERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DIRECTORY

2012 EDITION

AN ANNUAL GUIDE to suppliers of equipment and services for agriculture and for the primary processing of produce. The first section of the Directory lists suppliers under classification of their products and services. The second section lists alphabetically company addresses and local distributors. The third section lists agents and distributors in Africa geographically. The Directory has been compiled from information submitted by the companies concerned. While every care has been taken to avoid errors and omissions, they may occur; the Editor would like to be notified of these so that the 2012 edition of the Directory can be kept up to date.

Suppliers Listings start on page 37 Agents Listings start on page 43

Classified Listings Agricultural Consultancies ICS France

Cassava Processing Equipment Alvan Blanch Development Ltd.

Agricultural Equipment - General Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd. Briggs & Stratton AG CASE IH ICS France Micron Sprayers Ltd. New Holland Agriculture Pan Trade Services Ltd. PEL-tuote Oy Valtra Inc. - Africa

Chicks Verbeek Hatchery Holland

Agricultural Projects Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. ICS France Symaga SA Agrochemicals - General Bell Laboratories Inc. Priya Chemicals Animal Health Products Bell Laboratories Inc. Ceva SantĂŠ Animale Laprovet Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG Priya Chemicals Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. Applicators for Granular Insecticides, Herbicides Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. Automatic Chain Feeders Big Dutchman International GmbH Bale Handling Equipment Pan Trade Services Ltd. Breeding Compact Seeds and Clones S.A. Bulk Storage Equipment Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Buhler GmbH Chief Industries UK Ltd. Symaga SA Cages & Batteries Big Dutchman International GmbH

Chicks - Day Old Verbeek Hatchery Holland Cocoa Production Industrias Colombo Ltda. Coffee Processing, Handling & Storage Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Industrias Colombo Ltda. Swingtec GmbH Colour Sorting Equipment Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Computers & IT Equipment Big Dutchman International GmbH Conveyors and Elevators Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Big Dutchman International GmbH Buhler GmbH Kepler Weber Industrial SA Coolers - Environmental Big Dutchman International GmbH Cotton Montana Cotton Handling & Storage Swingtec GmbH Crop Drying and Ventilation Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Crop Handling & Storage Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Chief Industries UK Ltd. Swingtec GmbH Crop Protection Equipment Montana Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd. Swingtec GmbH Tifone S.r.l.

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Cultivators Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd. PEL-tuote Oy Cultivators - Rotary PEL-tuote Oy Cultivators - Tined Briggs & Stratton AG TATU Marchesan Implementos SA Disinfectants Intraco Ltd. NV Laprovet Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. Drinking Systems Big Dutchman International GmbH Dryers Almex B.V. Kepler Weber Industrial SA Egg Collection Big Dutchman International GmbH Egg Layer Parent Breeders - Brown Verbeek Hatchery Holland Egg Layers Verbeek Hatchery Holland Egg Processing Equipment OAKEN Commercial Incubators & Hatchers Exhibitions and Conferences HPP International Group b.v Expanders for Animal Feed Almex b.v Extruders for Food, Feed Almex b.v Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Extrusion Processing Equipment Almex b.v Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Feed Additives Intraco Ltd. NV Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG

Priya Chemicals Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. Feed Concentrates Intraco Ltd. NV Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG Feed Flavours Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG Feed Ingredients Intraco Ltd. NV Feed Premixes Intraco Ltd. NV Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. Feed Processing Plants Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Feed Supplements Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. Feeding Systems Big Dutchman International GmbH Fertiliser Spreaders Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd. Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. TATU Marchesan Implementos SA Fertilisers Omex Agrifluids Ltd. Fogging Machines Big Dutchman International GmbH Swingtec GmbH Foliar Fertilisers Omex Agrifluids Ltd. Priya Chemicals Forage Harvesters CASE IH New Holland Agriculture Pan Trade Services Ltd. Forestry Equipment Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. Sampo Rosenlew Ltd. Valtra Inc. - Africa

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Fruit Processing Alvan Blanch Development Ltd.

Hydroponic Fertilisers Priya Chemicals

Generating Sets Briggs & Stratton AG

Incubators OAKEN Commercial Incubators & Hatchers Petersime nv

Grain - Drying & Ventilation Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Buhler GmbH Chief Industries UK Ltd. Master Farm Services (GB) Ltd. Grain - Handling, Cleaning & Processing Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Buhler GmbH Chief Industries UK Ltd. Master Farm Services (GB) Ltd. Grain Moisture Testers Master Farm Services (GB) Ltd. Grasscutting Machines - Lawn Briggs & Stratton AG Groundnut Cleaning & Other Plant Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Industrias Colombo Ltda. Groundnut Handling Equipment Industrias Colombo Ltda. Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. Harrows Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd. PEL-tuote Oy Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. Harvesting Equipment Montana Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. New Holland Agriculture Pan Trade Services Ltd. PEL-tuote Oy Sampo Rosenlew Ltd. Hatcheries OAKEN Commercial Incubators & Hatchers Petersime nv Hatchers OAKEN Commercial Incubators & Hatchers Petersime nv Hatchery Supplies Petersime nv Horticultural Equipment & Machinery Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. ICS France Micron Sprayers Ltd. Swingtec GmbH Hydraulic Components Sampo Rosenlew Ltd.

Integrated Pest Management Bell Laboratories Inc. Omex Agrifluids Ltd. Swingtec GmbH Tifone S.r.l. Irrigation Equipment ICS France Land Clearing Equipment TATU Marchesan Implementos SA Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. Medicators Big Dutchman International GmbH Micronutrients Omex Agrifluids Ltd. Priya Chemicals Milling & Mixing Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Big Dutchman International GmbH Mills Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Big Dutchman International GmbH Mills - Grinding Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Mills - Hammer Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Kepler Weber Industrial SA Oil Extraction Equipment Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Palletizers Big Dutchman International GmbH Palm Nut Crackers Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Pelleting Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Kepler Weber Industrial SA Pig Feed Priya Chemicals Pig Feeding/Drinking Equipment Big Dutchman International GmbH Pig Flooring Big Dutchman International GmbH Pig Housing Big Dutchman International GmbH

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BUYERS’ GUIDE Plant Protection Chemicals Omex Agrifluids Ltd.

Poultry Housing Big Dutchman International GmbH

Seed production Compact Seeds and Clones S.A.

Turnkey Operations Petersime nv

Planters Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd. New Holland Agriculture TATU Marchesan Implementos SA Valtrac (Pty) Ltd.

Public Health Bell Laboratories Inc. Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. Swingtec GmbH Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd.

Seed Treatment Priya Chemicals

ULV Spraying Equipment Goizper, S. Coop. Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. Swingtec GmbH Tifone S.r.l.

Plastic Flooring, Poultry Big Dutchman International GmbH

Pumps Briggs & Stratton AG

Ploughs - Disc Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd.

Rice Parboilers Alvan Blanch Development Ltd.

Vaccines Ceva Santé Animale Laprovet Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG

Poultry Consultancy Services Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG

Rice Processing & Milling Equipment Alvan Blanch Development Ltd.

Silos Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Big Dutchman International GmbH Buhler GmbH Chief Industries UK Ltd. Kepler Weber Industrial SA Symaga SA Soluble Fertilisers Omex Agrifluids Ltd.

Veterinary Products/Equipment General Laprovet

Poultry Equipment - Drinking Big Dutchman International GmbH

Rodenticides Bell Laboratories Inc.

Poultry Equipment/Handling OAKEN Commercial Incubators & Hatchers

Roll-out Nests Big Dutchman International GmbH

Poultry Feeding Big Dutchman International GmbH Priya Chemicals

Seed Compact Seeds and Clones S.A. ICS France

Poultry Health Products Ceva Santé Animale Laprovet Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd.

Seed Cleaning Equipment Industrias Colombo Ltda. Seed Planting Equipment Baldan/Pan Trade Services Ltd.

Silage Symaga SA

Sprayers Goizper, S. Coop. Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd. New Holland Agriculture Tifone S.r.l. Sprayers - Crop Montana Goizper, S. Coop. Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd. Micron Sprayers Ltd. Tifone S.r.l. Spraying Nozzles & Components Goizper, S. Coop. Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. Jacto/Pan Trade Services Ltd. Micron Sprayers Ltd. Stored Products Protection Swingtec GmbH Sugar Cane Equipment CASE IH TATU Marchesan Implementos SA Sugar Cubing Machinery Valtra Inc. - Africa Trace Elements Omex Agrifluids Ltd. Tractors CASE IH Montana New Holland Agriculture Valtra Inc. - Africa Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. Tractors - Spare Parts/Attachments CASE IH New Holland Agriculture Trade Shows HPP International Group b.v

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Ventilating Equipment Big Dutchman International GmbH

Vitamins, Minerals & Proteins Priya Chemicals Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. Waste Disposal Equipment Big Dutchman International GmbH Weed Control Goizper, S. Coop. Weighers - Animal Big Dutchman International GmbH Weighing - sack filling Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Weighing Equipment Big Dutchman International GmbH

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BUYERS’ GUIDE

Suppliers Listings Uganda - Car & General (Uganda) Ltd. Zambia - M&G Spring & Forge Ltd. Zimbabwe - G. North & Sons Pvt. Ltd.

Almex b.v PO Box 150 Zutphen 7200 The Netherlands Tel: +31 57 5572666 Fax: +31 57 5572727 Web: www.almex.nl E-mail: info@almex.nl

Briggs & Stratton AG Baldan c/o Pan Trade Services Ltd. 1st Floor, 510 Centennial Park Centennial Avenue, Elstree Borehamwood WD6 3FG United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 80901072/89593169 Fax: +44 20 89593319 Web: www.pantrade.co.uk E-mail: panjacto@pantrade.co.uk

Alvan Blanch Development Ltd. Chelworth Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 9SG United Kingdom Tel: +44 1666 577333 Fax: +44 1666 577339 Web: www.alvanblanch.co.uk E-mail: info@alvanblanch.co.uk Agents:

Nigeria - Alvan Blanch Nigeria

Bell Laboratories Inc. Chaucer House Chaucer Road, Sudbury Suffolk CO10 1LN United Kingdom Tel: +44 1787 379295 Fax: +44 1787 883353 Web: www.belllabs.com E-mail: emea@belllabs.com

416, 3rd Wing Dubai Airport Free Zone PO Box 54494 Dubai United Arab Emirates Tel: +971 4 2994944 Fax: +971 4 2994614 Web: www.briggsandstratton.com E-mail: wallace.dave@basco.com Agents:

Algeria - SARL Farid Outilux Vente en Gros Angola - Ecoserv - Equipmento Commercio & Services Botswana - Adima Hire Egypt - General International Supplies GISCO Ethiopia - Hagbes Pvt. Ltd. Co. Ghana - Agria Machinery Services & Co. Ltd. Kenya - Car & General (Kenya) Ltd. Libya - Agri Tech Co. Malawi - Rahim Wholesalers Mauritius - AMCO Ltd. Morocco - Le Monde du Jardin Namibia - Cymot S.W.A. Nigeria - Boulos Enterprises South Africa - Briggs & Stratton RSA Pty. Ltd. Tanzania - Car & General Trading Ltd. Tunisia - SIA Ben Djemaa & CIE

Buhler GmbH Eichstätter Straße 49 Beilngries, 92339 Germany Tel: +49 8461 7010 Fax: +49 8461 701133 Web: www.buhlergroup.com E-mail: grain-logistics@buhlergroup.com Agents:

South Africa - Buhler (Pty) Ltd.

Agents:

Arion Fasoli S.r.l. Via Lavagnone, 8/A Centenaro di Lonato Brescia, 25010 Italy Tel: +39 030 9103513 Fax: +39 030 9103526 Web: www.arionfasoli.com E-mail: info@arionfasoli.com

Awila Anlagenbau GmbH Dillen 1Lastrup 49688 Germany Tel: +49 4472 8920 Fax: +49 4472 892220 Web: www.awila.de E-mail: info@awila.de

South Africa - Pathogen & Environmental Solutions Big Dutchman International GmbH

MADE IN HOLLAND Big Dutchman International GmbH Auf der Lage 2 49377 Vechta Germany Tel: +49 4447 8010 Fax: +49 4447 801237 e-mail: big@bigdutchman.de www. www.bigdutchman.com Agents:

Algeria - Mecafe Algerie South Africa - Big Dutchman South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Egypt - Commercial Group Edward Y. Nekhela & Co. Libya - Tasharukiat Agriculture Technology Co. Morocco - Agri Art Senegal - Soproda Tunisia - Societe Partners Karim Louafi

AL30O High capacity extruders and expanders. www.extruder.nl Almex b.v., Verlengde Ooyerhoekseweg 29, 7207 BJ Zutphen The Netherlands, tel. +31 (0)575 572666, fax +31 (0)575 572727 E-mail info@almex.nl, www.almex.nl

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BUYERS’ GUIDE

BRIGGS & STRATTON Sales & Service Organisations

Case IH

ALGERIA SARL Farid Outilux Vente en Gros Cite des orangers, lot 52, groupe A, El Hamiz, Algiers Tel: +213 (21) 869717 Fax: +213 (21) 860349

ANGOLA Ecoserv-Equip Commercio & Services Av. 4 of Fevereiro No. 97, Luanda Tel: +244 (2) 395 074 Fax: +244 (2) 392 486 E-mail: ecomotor@snet.co.ao

BOTSWANA Adima Hire Prvt Bag BR12, Gaberone Tel: +267 731 3136

EGYPT General International Supplies GISCO 47 Ramses St., Cairo Tel: +20 (2) 2575 1200 Fax:+20 (2) 2575 13 71

ETHIOPIA Hagbes Prvt. Ltd. Co. Bole Rd. Africa Avenue, Servita Bldg., Adis Ababa Tel: +251 (11) 1552233 Fax:+251 (11) 1551113 E-mail:hagbesatb@ethionet.et

GHANA Agria Machinery Services & Co Ltd.

CNH International Riva Paradiso 14 Paradiso - Lugano, 6902 Switzerland Tel: +41 9198 53893 Fax: +41 9198 53647 www.caseih.com E-mail: international@cnh.com Agents:

Algeria - Compagnie Algerienne de Services Ethiopia - MGK Makonnen Kenya - CMC Holdings Ltd.. Libya- Al Fath Morocco - S.O.M.M.A./Auto-Hall Mauritius - Iframac Ltd. Reunion - Foucque - Voccalease South Africa - Northmec (South Africa) South Africa - Northmec Uganda - CMC Holdings Ltd.. Zambia - Big Red Ltd.

C523/4 Downhill St. Kokomlemle Tel: +233 (21) 238 169 Fax: +233 (21) 222 621 E-mail:agria@ghana.com

KENYA Car & General (Kenya) Ltd. Cnr. Lusaka, Dunga Rd. Industrial Area, Nairobi Tel: +254 (20) 554500 Fax:+254 (20) 554668 E-mail:pthiongo@cargen.com

LIBYA Agri Tech Co Gargarsh Road, KM 7, Tripoli Tel: +218 (91) 2157234 Fax: +218 (21) 3330669 E-mail:info@agritech.com.ly

MALAWI Toppers 19 Haile Selassie Rd, PO Box 42 ,Blantyre Tel: +265 01 62981 Fax +265 01 620692 E mail:lambatgroup@malawi.net

MAURITIUS AMCO Ltd.

Ceva Santé Animale 87 rue Saint Lazare Paris, 75009 France Tel: +33 1 44532476 Fax: +33 1 44532483 Web: www.ceva.com E-mail: contact@ceva.com

Cauden Dev.Bldg. Allee des Manguires, Pailles Tel: +230 286-2674 Fax:+230 286-0977 E-mail:alexandrem@intnet.mu

MOROCCO Le Monde du Jardin 57 Rue Abou Al Alaa Zahar, Casablanca Tel: +212 22 861693 Tel: +212 22 860120 E-mail:driss@lemondedujardin.ma

NAMIBIA Cymot S.W.A. 15 Newcastle St. North Industrial Area, Windhoek Tel: +264 61 295-6000 E-mail:headoffice@cymot.com

NIGERIA Boulos Entreprises Plot 10, Block D Acme Rd. IKEJA, Lagos Tel: +234 (1) 492-0156 E-mail:boulos@micro.com.ng

SOUTH AFRICA Briggs & Stratton RSA Pty. Ltd. 1055 Ridge Road, Honeydew Ext 15 2040 Gauteng, Johannesburg Tel:+27 (11) 7948190 Fax:+27 (11) 7941724 E-mail:norman.candy@briggs.co.za

TANZANIA Car & General Trading Ltd. Maktaba Street, Dar Es Salaam Tel: +255 (22) 2113016 Fax:+255 (22) 211-3015 cgtrade@raha.com

Challenger c/o AGCO Limited Abbey Park Stoneleigh Kenilworth, England CV8 2TQ Tel: +44 24 76851348 Fax: +44 24 76852591 Web: www.agcocorp.com Agents:

Kenya - Farm Engineering Industries Ltd. Mozambique - Barloworld Equipamentos South Africa - Barloworld Agriculture Uganda - Farm Engineering Ind. Ltd.

TUNISIA SIA Ben Djemaa & CIE

Compact Seeds and Clones SA PO Box 30 San José 1000 Costa Rica Tel: +506 2257 2666 Fax: +506 2257 2667 Web: www.asd-cr.com E-mail: sales@asd-cr.com asdcrsales@gmail.com

County Tractor Spares Ltd. Shelley Lane Ower Romsey Hampshire S051 6ZL United Kingdom Tel: +44 2380 814340 Fax: +44 2380 812941 E-mail: markosborne@atosborneltd.freeserve.co.uk

Escorts Agri Machinery Group 18/4, Mathura Road Faridabad, 121007 India Tel: +91 129 2284911 Fax: +91 129 2268876 Web: www.escortsagri.com E-mail: international@escorts.co.in

F.H. Schule Muehlenbau GmbH Dieselstrasse 5-9 Reinbek 21465 Germany Tel: +49 40 72771700 Fax: +49 40 72771710 Web: www.schulefood.de E-mail: schule@amandus-kahl-group.de

220, Ave des Martyrs, Sfax 3000 Tel: +216 (74) 408-409 Tel: +216 (74) 408-065 E-mail:bendjemaa@topnet.tn

UGANDA Car & General (Uganda) Ltd.

Chief Industries UK Ltd.

Plot No.81, Jinja Road, Kampala Tel: +256 (41) 234-560 E-mail: med@cargen.co.ug

Beckingham Business Park Tolleshunt Major Maldon, Essex CM9 8LZ United Kingdom Tel: +44 1621 868944 Fax: +44 1621 868955 Web: www.chief.co.uk E-mail: info@chief.co.uk

ZAMBIA M&G Spring & Forge Ltd. Plot 7307 Chibengele Rd. Light Ind. Area, Lusaka Tel: +260 (1) 289-622/3 Fax:+260 (1) 289-624 E-mail:mgspring@uunet.zm

ZIMBABWE G North & Sons Pvt. Ltd. 27 Lobengula St. Southerton, Harare Tel: +263 (4) 663-717/8 Fax:+263 (4) 666-414 E-mail:sales@gnorth.co.zw

Fendt c/o AGCO Limited Abbey Park Stoneleigh Kenilworth, England CV8 2TQ Tel: +44 24 76851348 Fax: +44 24 76852591 Web: www.agcocorp.com

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Goizper, S. Coop.

Industrias Colombo Ltda.

Kepler Weber Industrial SA

c/ Antigua 4 Antzuola (Gipuzkoa) 20577 Spain Tel: +34 943 786000 Fax: +34 943 766008 Web: www.matabi.com E-mail: goizper@goizper.com

c/o Valtrac Pty Ltd. cnr. of Water and Buiten street Parys Free State South Africa Tel: +27 56 8177308 Fax: +27 56 8177329 Web: www.valtrac.co.za E-mail: info@valtrac.co.za

Avenida Dom Pedro II No. 1351 Conjunto 401 Higienópolis Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul 90550-970 Brazil Tel: +55 51 33619661 Fax: +55 51 33412578 Web: www.kepler.com.br E-mail: ri.kepler@kepler.com.br

Mauritius - Robert Le Maire Ltd. Morocco - Comicom Nigeria - Dizengoff WA (Nigeria) Ltd. Reunion - Societe Foucque SA Sao Tome & Principle - CFAO Motors, Sao Tome Sudan - El Nilein Engineering & Spare Parts Company Tanzania - FMD East Africa Ltd. Togo - CFAO Motors, Togo Tunisia - Le Materiel SA Zambia - Power Equipment Ltd. Zimbabwe - Farmec

Master Farm Services (GB) Ltd. Laprovet

Guarany Ind. Com. Ltd. Rod Waldomiro Correa Camargo km 56.5, Itu-SP 13308-200 Brazil Tel: +55 11 21188408 Fax: +55 11 21188417 Web: www.guaranyind.com.br E-mail: export@guaranyind.com.br Agents:

Angola - Sheba Lda. Kenya - Brazafric Enterprises Ltd. Rwanda - Brazafric Enterprises (Rw) Ltd. South Africa - Rovic & Leers (Pty) Ltd. Sudan - DAL Engineering Co. Ltd. Tanzania - Brazafric Enterprises (Tz) Ltd. Uganda - Brazafric Enterprises (Ug) Ltd. Zambia - Minelands Agric Develp Services Ltd. Zimbabwe - Haingate Investments Pvt. Ltd.

International Tractors Limited Pankaj Plaza - 1 Plot No. 2 Karkardooma Community Centre Commercial Complex New Delhi 110 092 India Tel: +91 11 22373785/89/91 Fax: +91 11 22377472/0492 Web: www.sonalika.com E-mail: sonalika@sonalika.com

Intraco Ltd. NV

HPP International Group b.v Saxen Weimarlaan 54hs Amstrerdam, 1075 The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 6622482 Fax: +31 20 6752326 Web: www.hppexhibitions.com E-mail: manelja@hpp.nl Agents:

Ethiopia - HPP Exhibition Service PLC

ICS France ZA Croix Fort - 12 Rue du Soleil La Jarrie 17220 France Tel: +33 5 46352828 Fax: +33 5 46352829 Web: www.ics-agri.com E-mail: contact@ics-agri.com

Meir 24 2000 Antwerp Belgium Tel: +32 3 2269850 Fax: +32 3 2269852 Web: www.intraco.be E-mail: intraco@intraco.be

7 rue du Tertreau - Arche d’Oe 2 Notre Dame D’Oe 37390 France Tel: +33 2 47626090 Fax: +33 2 47491380 Web: www.laprovet.com E-mail: export@laprovet.com Agents:

Kenya - Laprovet

Micron Sprayers Ltd.

Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG Heinz-Lohmann-Strasse 4 Germany Tel: +49 4721 7470 Fax: +49 4721 747105 Web: www.lohmann.de E-mail: info@lohmann.de Agents:

South Africa - Lohmann Animal Health SA (Pty) Ltd.

Jacto c/o Pan Trade Services Ltd. 1st Floor 510 Centennial Park Centennial Avenue Elstree Borehamwood WD6 3FG United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 80901072/89593169 Fax: +44 20 89593319 Web: www.pantrade.co.uk E-mail: panjacto@pantrade.co.uk

Agents:

Algeria - Green Coop S.a.r.l Egypt - ICS Agri Egypt Madagascar - ITA Group Senegal - Terragrisen Sudan - Frentec

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Bures Park Colne Road Bures Suffolk CO8 5DJ United Kingdom Tel: +44 1787 228450 Fax: +44 1787 229146 Web: www.masterfarm.co.uk E-mail: enquiries@masterfarm.co.uk

Massey Ferguson c/o AGCO Limited Abbey Park Stoneleigh Kenilworth, England, CV8 2TQ Tel: +44 24 76851348 Fax: +44 24 76852591 Web: www.agcocorp.com Agents:

Algeria - MAG Angola - Imporáfica - Soc. Com. E Ind. Lda. Benin - Camin Auto Cameroon - Socada Congo.D.R - CFAO Motors RDC Cote D’Ivoire - CFAO Motors Cote Divoire Ethiopia - Ries Engineering Share Company France - Tractafric SNC Gabon - CFAO Motors, Gabon Gambia - OSA Motors Ltd. Ghana - Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd. Madagascar - Materiel Automobile Industriel

Bromyard Industrial Estate Bromyard Herefordshire HR7 4HS United Kingdom Tel: +44 1885 482397 Fax: +44 1885 483043 Web: www.micron.co.uk E-mail: enquiries@micron.co.uk Agents:

Benin - SOTICO Burkina Faso - Saphyto SA Cameroon - FIMEX International Chad - Tchadco Cote D’Ivoire - Callivoire Ghana - Callighana Ltd. Kenya - Arysta Lifescience (K) Ltd. Malawi - Chemicals & Marketing Co. Ltd. Mozambique - Agrifocus Limitada Niger - Agrimex Senegal - SPIA South Africa - Arysta Life Science South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Sudan - CTC Agrochemicals Co. Ltd. Tanzania - Arysta Lifescience Tanzania Ltd.

Montana Rua Francisco Dal Negro 3400 SJP Parana Brazil Tel: +55 41 21020200 Fax: +55 41 21020230 E-mail: arketing@montana.ind.br

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BUYERS’ GUIDE Seychelles - Michaud Pest Control (Pty) Ltd. Sudan - Gaddris Trading Co. Ltd. Tunisia - Société Nouvelle du Comptoir CIBO

New Holland Agriculture CNH International Riva Paradiso 14 Paradiso - Lugano 6902 Switzerland Tel: +41 91 9853893 Fax: +41 91 9853647 Web: www.newholland.com E-mail: international@cnh.com

OAKEN Commercial Incubators & Hatchers 3 Main Street, West Wilts Trading Estate Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 4JU United Kingdom Tel: +44 1373 825602 Web: www.oaken-incubators.com E-mail: info@oaken-incubators.com

Rome Plow Company LLC 475 Sixth Street PO Box 48 Cedartown GA 30125 USA Tel: +1 770 7484450 Web: www.romeplow.com

Agents:

Algeria - Firme Algerienne du Tracteur Angola - COMFABRIL Congo.D.R - Ital Motors Cote D’Ivoire - ATC Comafrique S.A. Egypt - ECAD (Egyptian Company for Automation & Development) Eritrea - Biselex Eritrea Pvt. Ltd. Ethiopia - MOENCO Ghana - International Automobile Ltd. Kenya - CMC Holdings Ltd. Libya - Al Fath Madagascar - MATECHMAD Malawi - CFAO Group Mauritainia - Rim-Agri Mauritius - Axess Morocco - S.O.M.M.A./Auto-Hall Mozambique - Tecnica Industrial Nigeria - SCOA Nigeria Reunion - AGR Senegal - A.F.C.O. Senegal - Matforce - Senegal Seychelles - Hunt Deltel South Africa - New Holland South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Sudan - C.T.C. Central Trading Co. Ltd. Tunisia - Le Moteur Diesel Uganda - CMC Holdings Ltd. Zimbabwe - William Bain & Co. Holding (Pvt) Ltd.

c/o Pan Trade Services Ltd. 1st Floor 510 Centennial Park Centennial Avenue Elstree Borehamwood WD6 3FG United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 80901072/89593169 Fax: +44 20 89593319 Web: www.pantrade.co.uk E-mail: panjacto@pantrade.co.uk

C/Azcona, 37 Planta Baja Spain Tel: +34 91 7264304 Fax: +34 91 3611594 Web: www.symaga.com E-mail: alfonso.garrido@symaga.com

Sampo Rosenlew Ltd.

Saddlebow Road King’s Lynn Norfolk PE34 3JA United Kingdom Tel: +44 1553 692380/817500 Fax: +44 1553 770684/817501 Web: www.omex.com E-mail: agrifluids@omex.com

Konepajanranta 2A PO Box 50, Pori 28101 Finland Tel: +358 207 550555/ +358 50 5669465 Fax: +358 2 6326546 Web: www.sampo-rosenlew.fi www.sampocomia.fi E-mail: larry.jenkin@samporosenlew.fi

PEL-tuote Oy

Silos Cordoba S.L.

Seppälänsalmentie 181 Rantasalmi 8900, Finland Tel: +358 40 5688115 Web: www.pel-tuote.fi E-mail: jens.koellner@pel-tuote.fi

C/ Imprenta de la Alborada Pol. Ind. Las Quemadas parc. 226 Córdoba 14014 Spain Tel: +34 957 325165 Fax: +34 957 325473 Web: www.siloscordoba.com

Omex Agrifluids Ltd.

Petersime nv Nogueira

Symaga SA

Centrumstraat 125 9870 Olsene (Zulte) Belgium Tel: +32 9 3889611 Fax: +32 9 3888458 Web: www.petersime.com E-mail: info@petersime.com Agents:

Egypt - Fat Hens Nigeria - Chi Ltd. South Africa - Spartan Equipment

Priya Chemicals 2, Larissa, 396 - B Off. Sitladevi Temple Road Mahim, Mumbai 400016 India Tel: +91 22 24449379/24460419/20 Fax: +91 22 24449459 Web: www.priyachem.com E-mail: angle@vsnl.com

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Swingtec GmbH Achener Weg 59 88316 Isny PO Box 1322 88307 Isny Germany Tel: +49 7562 7080 Fax: +49 7562 708111 Web: www.swingtec.de E-mail: info@swingtec.de Agents:

Algeria - SARL SANG & SEVE Angola - Sheba Lda. Congo - Chimie Afrique Congo Cote D’Ivoire - ALM Afrique de l-Ouest Egypt - Starchem for Services Gabon - GCIAE Gabonaise de Chimie Guinea - Saref International Kenya - Hardi Kenya Limited Mauritius - Blychem Limited Morocco - North Distribution SA Nigeria - U-Mond Ltd. Reunion - S.D.A.P.S. Sarl

TATU Marchesan Implementos SA c/o Valtrac Pty Ltd. cnr. of Water and Buiten street Parys Free State South Africa Tel: +27 56 8177308 Fax: +27 56 8177329 Web: www.valtrac.co.za E-mail: info@valtrac.co.za

Tifone S.r.l. Via Modena 248/A Cassana (FE) 44044 Italy Tel: +39 053 2730586 Fax: +39 053 2730588 Web: www.tifone.com E-mail: tifone@tifone.com

T-L Irrigation Company 151 E Hwy 6 & AB Rd PO Box 1047 Hastings NB 68902-1047 USA Tel: +1 800 3304264 Fax: +1 800 3304268 Web: www.tlirr.com E-mail: sales@tlirr.com

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Agent Listings Algeria

Valtra Inc. - Africa 72 Tregonig Street Linksfield, Johannesburg, 2192 South Africa Tel: +27 11 9181362/76 1635490 Web: www.valtra.com www.valtra.br E-mail: jamie.rixton@valtra.com Agents:

Ethiopia - Ries Engineering Share Company Ghana - Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd. Kenya - Valtract - Cassini & Tonolo Ltd. Mozambique - Sotema Lda South Africa - Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. Sudan - Sutrac Ltd. Tanzania - Tanzania Farmers Service Centre (TFSC) Zambia - TractorZam Limited Zimbabwe - Farmec

Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. cnr. of Water and Buiten street Parys, Free State South Africa Tel: +27 56 8177308 Fax: +27 56 8177329 Web: www.valtrac.co.za E-mail: info@valtrac.co.za

Verbeek Hatchery Holland Postbus 11 6740 AA Lunteren The Netherlands Tel: +31 31 8578250 Fax: +31 31 8482411 Web: www.verbeek.nl E-mail: info@verbeek.nl

Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd. Zagro Global Hub 5 Woodlands Terrace 738430 Singapore Tel: +65 67591811 Fax: +65 67591855 Web: www.zagro.com E-mail: zsingapore@zagro.com Agents:

South Africa - Zagro Africa (Pty) Ltd.

Compagnie Algerienne de Services et d'Equipements Agricole 5 Rue Kanoun Idir Koubla Alger Tel: +213 2177 4316/ 233969/774299 Fax: +213 2177 4316 E-mail: casealgerie07@yahoo.fr Firme Algerienne du Tracteur 5 Rue Kanoun Idir Kouba Alger Tel: +213 2177 4316/233969 Fax: +213 2177 4316 E-mail: fiat.algerie@yahoo.fr Green Coop SARL 40 El Amara - Cheraga Alger Tel: +213 21 371260 Web: www.greencoop-dz.com E-mail: k.abdelmadjid@greencoopdz.com MAG Z.I. Ouled Yaich, Blida Tel: +213 2543 8051 E-mail: f.soltani@yahoo.fr

Mecafe Algerie 01 rue de la palatine 10600 Rouiba Alger Tel: +213 218 56641 Fax: +213 218 56641 E-mail: mec_alg@hotmail.fr SARL Farid Outilux Vente en Gros Cite des Orangers Lot 52, Groupe A, El Hamiz, Algiers Tel: +213 21 869717 Fax: +213 21 860349 SARL SANG & SEVE Lot 212 No. 183 Ain Smara, Constantine 25140 Tel: +213 31 974010/974000 Fax: +213 31 974474 E-mail: sang.seve@yahoo.fr sangetseve@gmail.com Angola COMFABRIL Estrada Nacional No. 14, Km. 18 Zona Industrial de Viana Talh o 580/581, Viana Tel: +244 222 336393 Fax: +244 222 336390 E-mail: fbsilva@comfabrilmaquinas.com

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BUYERS’ GUIDE Ecoserv - Equipmento Commercio & Services Av. 4 of Fevereiro No. 97 Luanda Tel: +244 2 395074 Fax: +244 2 392486 E-mail: ecomotor@snet.co.ao Imporafica - Soc. Com. E Ind. Lda. Rua Alameda Manuel Van-Dunen n,418 R/C Edificio do Centro Comercial "Chamavo" Luanda Tel: +244 2223 11831 E-mail: zayob@imporafrica.com Sheba Lda. Rua Ho Chi Min No. 19 Luanda Tel: +244 222 446672/320155/446676 Fax: +244 222 446672/923 609401 Web: www.sheba.co.ao E-mail: sheba@netcabo.co.ao paulo.louro@sheba.co.ao Sheba Lda. Rua Ho Chi Min No. 19 Luanda Tel: +244 222 446672/320155/446676 Fax: +244 222 446672/923 609401 Web: www.sheba.co.ao E-mail: sheba@netcabo.co.ao paulo.louro@sheba.co.ao Benin Camin Auto PK4 Akpakpa Z.I. Route de Porto-Novo PO Box 2636 RP Cotonou Tel: +229 331255 E-mail: camin@isocelmail.com SOTICO PO Box 06 - 2661 Tokplegbe Lot 79 PK 6 Cotonou Tel: +229 21 337366 Fax: +229 21 339119 E-mail: sotico@leland.bj ibeco@intnet.bj Botswana Adima Hire Private Bag BR12 Gaberone Tel: +267 731 3136 Burkina Faso Saphyto SA PO Box 1390 Bobo Dioulasso Tel: +226 20972018 Fax: +226 20971375 E-mail: saphyto@fasonet.bf franck.damigon@saphyto.bf

Cameroon FIMEX International PO Box 3224, Douala Tel: +237 3 392374/77707074 Fax: +237 3 392375 E-mail: hfosso@fimexinternational.com Socada Boulevard du General Leclerc PO Box 4080, Douala Tel: +237 9999 6642 E-mail: jmtouret@cfaogroup.com Chad Tchadco PO Box 197, N’Djamena Tel: +235 510564 Fax: +235 510388 Congo Chimie Afrique Congo PO Box 5521 Pointe Noire E-mail: chimieafriquecongo@gmail.com Congo.D.R CFAO Motors, RDC (Kinshasa) 17 Avenue des Poids Lourds BP2200, Kinshasa Tel: +243 8188 40580 E-mail: pcessans@cfao.com Ital Motors 1388 , route des Poids Lourds Kingabwa - Limete Kinshasa Tel: +243 998635230 Fax: +243 991028637 E-mail: costa.italmotors@gbedrc.com, vincent.italmotors@gb Cote D’Ivoire ALM Afrique de l-Ouest 18 rue du Dr. Blanchard 01 PO Box 3623 Abidjan 01 Tel: +225 21 249616 Fax: +225 21 258818 E-mail: beryemma@almao.ci almphyto@aviso.ci ATC Comafrique S.A. Boulevard de Vridi BP 3727, Abidjan, 01 Tel: +225 21 751675 Fax: +225 21 254509 E-mail: benoit.georges@comafrique.com Callivoire Rue Cl ment Ader - Zouga 01 PO Box 896, Abidjan 01 Tel: +225 21 256567/253625 Fax: +225 21 351282/244329 Web: www.callivoire.com E-mail: calliv1@aviso.ci

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CFAO Motors Cote Divoire Rue Pasteur PO Box 2114 Abidjan 01 Tel: +225 765 9097 E-mail: pguinemer@cfao.com Egypt Commercial Group Edward Y. Nekhela & Co. 43, Ibrahim Nawar Street Zone 6 Nasr City Cairo 11391 Tel: +20 2 2710882 Fax: +20 2 2740844 E-mail: comgroup@link.net ECAD (Egyptian Company for Automation & Development) 105 Abdel Aziz Al Seoud Street Manial, Cairo 11451 Tel: +20 2 3653118/3622516 Fax: +20 2 3621743 E-mail: ecad@link.net Fat Hens PO Box 483 Moawya Street 10, Tanta Tel: +20 40 3311651/657 Fax: +20 40 3319803 E-mail: fathens@menanet.net General International Supplies GISCO 47 Ramses Street Cairo Tel: +20 2 25751200 Fax: +20 2 25751371 ICS Agri Egypt Aprt 16, Bldg 12 Area No. 9 Masaken Sheraton Heliopolis, Cairo Tel: +20 2 22680974 E-mail: ics.agri.egypt@gmail.com Starchem for Services Kilometer 28 Giza Alexandria Desert Road, Cairo Tel: +20 2 5702010/10 1406033 Fax: +20 2 5702001/10 5294132 E-mail: hosnishafik@yahoo.com Eritrea Biselex Eritrea Pvt. Ltd. Tsegay Nigusse Street Asmara Tel: +291 1 127455/124414 Fax: +291 1 123974 E-mail: biselex@eol.com.er Ethiopia Hagbes Pvt. Ltd. Co. Bole Road, Africa Avenue Servita Bldg, Adis Ababa Tel: +251 11 1552233 Fax: +251 11 1551113 E-mail: hagbesatb@ethionet.et

HPP Exhibition Service PLC Debrezeit Road Zefco Building, 5th Floor Addis Ababa Tel: +251 11 4169344 Fax: +251 11 4169345/46/47/48 Web: www.hppexhibitions.com E-mail: juanpablo@hppethiopia.com MGK Makonnen Bole Road 988/16 Addis Ababa Tel:+251 1514536 Fax: +251 11 6628135 E-mail: mgk@telecom.net.et MOENCO Ring Road off Bole Road Addis Ababa Tel: +251 1 613688 Fax: +251 1 611766 E-mail: chris.de.muynck@moenco.com.et Ries Engineering Share Company Debrezeit Road PO Box 1116 Addis Ababa Tel: +251 114 420674 E-mail: ries.agr@ethionet.et Gabon CFAO Motors, Gabon ZI Oloumi PO Box 2181 Libreville Tel: +241 518 2470 E-mail: sguyon@cfao.com GCIAE Gabonaise de Chimie PO Box 20375 Zone Industrielle Doloumi Libreville Tel: +241 7 64899/20656 Fax: +241 7 47067 E-mail: gciae@assala.net gciae@ymail.com Gambia OSA Motors Ltd. Bertil Harding Highway PO Box 2333 Serrekunda via Banjul Banjul Tel: +220 373067 Fax: +220 371015 E-mail: osa@gamtel.gm Ghana Agria Machinery Services & Co. Ltd. C 523/4 Downhill St. Kokomlemle Tel: +233 21 238169 Fax: +233 21 222621 E-mail: agria@ghana.com

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BUYERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GUIDE Callighana Ltd. Main Harbour Area Commercial Warehouse Road PO Box TT 503 Tema Tel: +233 22 210650 Fax: +233 22 200408 E-mail: bhadonou@callighana.com International Automobile Ltd. Mitsubishi House Winneba Road P.O. Box 1346 Accra Tel: +233 21 229903 Fax: +233 21 223116 E-mail: africanauto@yahoo.com Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd. No.2 Adjuma Crescent Ring Road West Ind Area PO Box 2086 Accra Tel: +233 2122 9312 E-mail: kosei@mechlloyd.com Guinea Saref International PO Box 3915 Conakry Tel: +224 64 202037 Fax: +1 419 8586989 E-mail: saref@usan-gn.net

Kenya Arysta Lifescience (K) Ltd. Lengetia House 2nd Floor Likoni Road Nairobi Tel: +254 722 602185 Fax: +254 20 3876165 E-mail: sonoiyabernard@yahoo.com Brazafric Enterprises Ltd. Mudher Industrial Park Along Mombasa Rd. next to Soham Petrol Station PO Box 76561, Nairobi 00508 Tel: +254 20 2107247/54/59/7000 Fax: +254 20 2107263 Web: www.brazafric.com E-mail: md@brazafric.com grain@brazafric.com Car & General (Kenya) Ltd. Cnr. Dunga Road/Lusaka Road Industrial Area Nairobi Tel: +254 20 554500 Fax: +254 20 554668 E-mail: pthiongo@cargen.com

CMC Holdings Ltd. Hughes Agricultural Division Lusaka Road Industrial Area P.O. Box 30060 Nairobi Tel: +254 20 650315 Fax: +254 20 650331 E-mail: mhf@cmcmotors.com

Laprovet Nairobi Tel: +254 772 283967 E-mail: francois.watine@lapovet.com

Farm Engineering Industries Ltd. PO Box 1326 Kisumu Tel: +254 57 2027263 Fax: +254 57 2027366 E-mail: feil@feil.biz FMD East Africa George Morara Avenue PO Box 7277-20110 Nakuru Tel: +254 5122 11855 E-mail: frobley@fmdea.com Hardi Kenya Limited PO Box 47409 Nairobi 00100 Tel: +254 20 2384201 Fax: +254 20 2384206 E-mail: admin@hardi.co.ke

Valtract - Cassini & Tonolo Ltd. Bamburi Road Industrial Area PO Box 14325 Nairobi 00800 Tel: +254 20 6533125/6533081 Fax: +254 20 551475 E-mail: info@valtract.com Libya Agri Tech Co. Gargarsh Road Km 7 Tripoli Tel: +218 91 2157234 Fax: +218 21 3330669 E-mail: info@agritech.com.ly Al Fath Gergaresh Road Tripoli Tel: +218 91 3245049/56 09649 Fax: +218 21 4775841/4778292 E-mail: sherif@technofarmlibya.com, alfath333@yahoo.com

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BUYERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GUIDE Tasharukiat Agriculture Technology Co. Gergarish Road Kilo 7 Tripoli Tel: +218 21 3336724 Fax: +218 21 3330669 Web: www.agritech.com.ly E-mail: info@agritech.com.ly Madagascar ITA Group BP 5098 Antananarivo Tel: +261 20 2224844 E-mail: itagroup@moov.mg MATECHMAD Rue Dr. Raseta Andraharo BP 139 Route de Majunga Madagascar 101 Tel: +22 61812/13 Fax: +261 20 2261462 E-mail: supply-mmb.eam@edelecgroup.com Materiel Automobile Industriel PO Box 1516 Antananarivo Tel: +261 202 223339 E-mail: fschaffner@materauto.com Malawi CFAO Group Plot BC 1131 Kaoshung Road Top Mandala Blantyre Tel: +265 1 880726 Fax: +265 1 677478 E-mail: pkhamisa@cfaomw.com Chemicals & Marketing Co. Ltd. PO Box 1230 Blantyre Tel: +265 1 870600/861 Fax: +265 1 871515 E-mail: pkhembo@chemicals.co.mw

Farming & Engineering Services Ltd Kaohsiung Road, Top Mandala PO Box 918, Blantyre Tel: +265 187 9111 E-mail: mmathias@fesmw.com Farming & Engineering Services Off Chilambula Road PO Box 64, Lilongwe Tel: +265 1750 254 E-mail: tfaulkner@malawi.net Rahim Wholesalers PO Box 659 19, Haile Selassie Road Blantyre Tel: +265 622981 E-mail: lambatgroup@malawi.et Mauritainia Rim-Agri BP 4255 Nouakchott Mauritius AMCO Ltd. Cauden Development Building Allee des Manguires, Pailles Tel: +230 286 2674 Fax: +230 286 0977 E-mail: alexandrem@intnet.mu Axess Grewals Lane, Les Pailles Tel: +230 206 4300 Fax: +230 286 3640 E-mail: jpr.axess@intnet.mu Blychem Limited IBL Group Industrial Zone Riche Terre Tel: +230 2039385 Fax: +230 2039351/52 E-mail: jfclaite@iblgroup.com Iframac Ltd. Plaine Lauzun, BP 698 Port Louis Tel: +230 207 4300 Fax: +230 208 5809 E-mail: iframac@intnet.mu

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Robert Le Maire Ltd. Camp Chapelon Pailes Tel: +230 2125488 E-mail: dw.lagesse.rlm@rlmgroup.mu Morocco Agri Art Hay Medouaz 38 TĂŠmara Morocco Tel: +212 37 643061 Fax: +212 37 643578 E-mail: agriart@agriart.ma Comicom Route desserte des usines autoroute Casablanca, Rabat Tel: +212 5227 64545 Fax: +212 2 2306082 E-mail: n.boukhatem@comicom.ma comicom@wanadoo.net.ma Le Monde du Jardin 57 rue Abou Al Alaa Zahar Casablanca Tel: +212 22 861693 Fax: +212 22 860120 E-mail: driss@lemondedujardin.ma North Distribution SA 402 Bd. Mohamed V Appt. No. 9 Kenitra Tel: +212 53 7370042/379254 Fax: +212 53 7371485 E-mail: nordismaroc@yahoo.fr S.O.M.M.A./Auto-Hall Chemin Ain Borja Quartier Beausite Ain Sebaa Casablanca Tel: +212 22 344661 Fax: +212 26 63645 E-mail: a.bachir@somma.ma

Mozambique Agrifocus Limitada Av. 25 de Setembro Edificio Time Square Bloco 2, 1 Andar Maputo Tel: +258 21 303433 Fax: +258 21 303665 E-mail: ricardo.sequeira@agrifocus.co.mz Barloworld Equipamentos Av Romao Fernades Farinha Nrs 156 E 160 Maputo E-mail: narokiam@barloworldequipment.com Sotema Lda Av de Mocambique No. 4488/4524 Caixa Postal No. 378 Maputo Tel: +258 21470398 Fax: +258 21471017 E-mail: sotema@tropical-web.com geral@sotema.co.mz Tecnica Industrial Av. Samora Machel 47 Maputo Tel: +258 1 428415 Fax: +258 1 320127 E-mail: asioti@gfs.co.nz Namibia Cymot S.W.A. 15 Newcastle Street North Industrial Area Windhoek Tel: +264 61 2956000 E-mail: headoffice@cymot.com Niger Agrimex PO Box 10091 Niamey Tel: +227 20 740481 Fax: +227 20 740748 E-mail: alain.regnier@agrimex.ne

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BUYERS’ GUIDE Nigeria Alvan Blanch Nigeria 52b Akhionbare Avenue G.R.A. PO Box 8348 Benin City Tel: +234 80 35860631 Fax: +234 52 258846 Web: www.alvanblanch.co.uk E-mail: nathilolo@alvanblanch.net Balton CP Ltd (for Nigeria) CP House, Otterspool Way Watford, WD2 8JP Tel: +44 1923 228999 E-mail: tk@baltoncp.com Boulos Enterprises Plot 10, Block D Acme Road Ikeja Lagos Tel: +234 1 4920156 E-mail: boulos@micro.com.ng Chi Ltd. 14, Chivita Avenue PO Box 2978 Ikeja Lagos Tel: +234 1 4520592 Fax: +234 1 4520980 Web: www.clicktgi.net E-mail: chi@clicktgi.net

Dizengoff WA (Nigeria) Ltd. PO Box 340 28 Creek Road Apapa, Lagos Tel: +234 1587 5990 E-mail: damisae@dizengoff.com SCOA Nigeria 157, Isolo Oshodi Expressway Isolo Ind. Area Mushin Lagos Tel: +234 1 4521774 Fax: +234 1 4521539 E-mail: scoatrac@scoaplc.com U-Mond Ltd. 34 Olufemi Road PO Box 4032 Surulere, Lagos Tel: +234 1 8023135748 Fax: +234 1 830581 E-mail: u_mond@yahoo.com umond01@gmail.com Reunion AGR Z.I. No. 3 19, Av. Charles Isautier St. Pierre Cedex 97456 Tel: +262 262 962500 Fax: +262 262 252564 E-mail: n.boukhatem@comicom.ma

Foucque – Voccalease 69 Boulevard du Chaudron Sainte Clotilde 97490 Tel: +262 262 444865 Fax: +262 262 482461 E-mail: contact@foucque.fr

Sao Tome & Principle CFAO Motors, Sao Tome CP 605 Tel: +229 2222 973 E-mail: pboyer@cfao.com

S.D.A.P.S. Sarl 40 Grd Fond Interieur Entre Deux 97414 Tel: +262 262 395500/692346181 Fax: +262 262 396145/452056 E-mail: 5a3d@orange.fr palamare@wanadoo.fr

Senegal A.F.C.O. Point de Colobane Dakar Tel: +221 8 321111 Fax: +221 8 321965 E-mail: afco@sentoo.sn Matforce - Senegal 10 Ave. Faidherbe BP 397 Dakar Tel: +221 8 399500 Fax: +221 8 399550/31 E-mail: matforce@matforce.com, dkonde@matforce.com

Societe Foucque SA 69 Boulevard Du Chaudron 97490 Sainte Clotilde Tel: +262 2624 88787 E-mail: d.lacaille@foucque.fr Rwanda Brazafric Enterprises (Rw) Ltd. Nyarutarama Road Opp. Golf Course Junction PO Box 4757 Kigali Tel: +250 8493887/788511991/ 5127550 Web: www.brazazfric.com E-mail: brazafric-rw@brazafric.com

Soproda Z.L. 3 Rue de l’Industrie 77510 Rebais Region 8 Tel: +33 1 64209440 Fax: +33 1 64209123 Web: www.soproda.com E-mail: soproda@soproda.com

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BUYERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GUIDE SPIA V.D.N. - Face Foire Lot No. 13 En Face du Cices Dakar Tel: +221 33 8693269 Fax: +221 33 8693279 Web: www.spia-sa.com E-mail: ibedieye@sentoo.sn Terragrisen Dakar E-mail: terragrisen@gmail.com Seychelles Hunt Deltel Trinity House Albert Street Victoria Mahe Tel: +248 380300 Fax: +248 225367 E-mail: hundel@seychelles.net Michaud Pest Control (Pty) Ltd. PO Box 539 Rm 208 Premier Building Victoria Mahe Tel: +248 322196/510458 Fax: +248 324166 E-mail: michaudpest@seyschelles.sc South Africa Arysta Life Science South Africa (Pty) Ltd. 22 Burnside Drive Old Mill Industrial Park Mount Edgecombe 4300 Tel: +27 31 5388700/514560 Fax: +27 31 5024196/86 2156424 E-mail: jolene.girdharie@arystalifescience.com Barloworld Agriculture 136 Main Reef Road Boksburg North 1461 Boksburg Tel: +27 11 8980077 E-mail: dvmerwe@barloworldequipment.com Big Dutchman South Africa (Pty) Ltd. PO Box 276 1610 Edenvale Tvl. Tel: +27 11 4521154 Fax: +27 11 6094908 Web: www.bigdutchman.co.za E-mail: sales@bigdutchman.co.za Briggs & Stratton RSA (Pty) Ltd. 1055 Ridge Road Honeydew Ext. 15 2040 Gauteng Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 7948190 Fax: +27 11 7941724 E-mail: norman.candy@briggs.co.za

Buhler (Pty) Ltd. PO Box 551 Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 8013500 Fax: +27 11 8013567/3503 E-mail: buhler.johannesburg@buhlergroup.com Lohmann Animal Health SA (Pty) Ltd. c/o Immuno-Vet Services CC Gauteng Head Office 9 Vervoer Street Kya Sand Randburg 2194 Tel: +27 11 6996240 Fax: +27 11 4620869 Web: www.lohmann.de www.immunovet. E-mail: info@lohmann.de info@immunovet.co.za New Holland South Africa (Pty) Ltd. PO Box 851 14 Industry Road Isando Kempton Park 1600 Tel: +27 565 150607 Fax: +27 565 150634 E-mail: jdupreez@nhsa.co.za Northmec No. 1 Wrench Road Isando Johannesburg 1600 Tel: +27 11 9222300 Fax: +27 11 9222368 E-mail: info@northmec.co.za

Pathogen & Environmental Solutions No. 2 Staal Street Brackenfell Industria Cape Town 7561 Tel: +27 33 3462954 Fax: +27 86 6857312 Web: www.pathogensolutions.co.za E-mail: reon@pathogensolutions.co.za Rovic & Leers (Pty) Ltd. Saxenburg Road PO Box 281 Kuilsriver 7579 Blackhealth Cape Town Tel: +27 21 9071700 Fax: +27 21 9071770/1760 Web: www.rovicleers.co.za E-mail: charlesr@rovicleers.co.za Spartan Equipment PO Box 136 62 Summit Road Blue Hills Transvaal Tel: +27 11 3182239 Fax: +27 11 3182272 E-mail: sparquip@iafrica.com

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Valtrac (Pty) Ltd. PO Box 148 CNR Water & Buiten Street Parys 9585 Tel: +27 56 8177308 Fax: +27 56 8177329 Web: www.valtra.co.za E-mail: valtra@valtra.co.za Zagro Africa (Pty) Ltd. 88 Forrest Road Elm Street Inanda 2196 Tel: +27 11 8837417 Fax: +27 11 8832077 E-mail: zafrica@zagro.com Sudan C.T.C. Central Trading Co. Ltd. Central Trading Co. Building Zubeir Pasha Street PO Box 980 Khartoum 11111 Tel: +249 11 772671 Fax: +249 18 3790234 E-mail: amin.latif@ctc.sd CTC Agrochemicals Co. Ltd. Zubier Pasha Street PO Box 980 Khartoum Tel: +249 183 772671 Fax: +249 183 790234 E-mail: chemicals@central-trading.com DAL Engineering Co. Ltd. Kilo 8 Wad Medani Road PO Box 56 Khartoum Tel: +249 183 216355 Fax: +249 183 216300 Web: www.dalgroup.com E-mail: mahgoub.awadalla@dalgroup.com El Nilein Engineering & Spare Parts Company 3 Zubair Basha Street PO Box 54 Khartoum Tel: +249 11 777578 E-mail: shibeka_abdin@hotmail.com Frentec House No. 21 Block 50 Al Shargi Str. Al Salam Str. Arkawet Khartoum Tel: +249 918 827432 E-mail: frentec.sudan@gmail.com Gaddris Trading Co. Ltd. PO Box 114 Khartoum North - Al Soug Tel: +249 185 233378 Fax: +249 185 335402 Web: www.gaddris.com E-mail: info@gaddris.com

Sutrac Ltd. PO Box 1840 Kilo 8 Wad Medani Road Khartoum Tel: +249 183 216333 Fax: +249 183 236885 Web: www.sutrac.com E-mail: mahgoub.awadalla@dalgroup.com ammar.ibrahim@dalgroup.com Tanzania Arysta Lifescience Tanzania Ltd. Nyerere Road Plot 127 CSI Building 3rd Floor PO Box 42942 Dar es Salaam Tel: +255 764205926 E-mail: philippe.perrocheau@arystalifescience.com Brazafric Enterprises (Tz) Ltd. TFA Shopping Centre West Wing SHop # 30, Off Sokoine, PO Box 822 Moshi Tel: +255 752 976760 +254 720 895406 Web: www.brazafric.com E-mail: brazafric-tz@brazafric.com Car & General Trading Ltd. Maktaba Street Dar-Es-Salaam Tel: +255 22 2113016 Fax: +255 22 2113015 E-mail: cgtrade@raha.com FMD East Africa Ltd Esso Road PO Box 14622 Arusha Tel: +255 7448 80994 E-mail: al@fmdea.co.tz Tanzania Farmers Service Centre (TFSC) Dodoma Road, Majengo PO Box 2101 Arusha Tel: +255 27 2548587 Fax: +255 27 2548969 E-mail: tfsc@habari.co.tz Togo CFAO Motors, Togo Boulevard General Eyadema Lome Tel: +228 9054006 E-mail: pybruce@cfao.com Tunisia Le Materiel SA PO Box 233, Tunis Hached Tunis 1001 Tel: +216 7940 8484 E-mail: feridj@lemateriel.com.tn

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BUYERS’ GUIDE Le Moteur Diesel 28, Rue Khayr Ed Din (Barbarousse), Tunis 1001 Tel: +216 71 252092 Fax: +216 71 354622 E-mail: noureddine.amraoui@planet.tn SIA Ben Djemaa & CIE 220, Avenue des Martyrs Sfax 3000 Tel: +216 74 408409 Fax: +216 74 408065 E-mail: bendjemaa@topnet.tn Soci t Nouvelle du Comptoir CIBO 40 Avenue de Carthage, Tunis Tel: +216 71 330239 Fax: +216 71 333816 E-mail: cibotunis@planet.tn cibotunis@topnet.tn Societe Partners Karim Louafi 7, Rue Bayrem Ettounsi, 2011 Den Tel: +216 70605999 Fax: +216 70618819 E-mail: karim.partners@wanadoo.tn Uganda Brazafric Enterprises (Ug) Ltd. Plot No. 28A Binayomba Road, Off Luthuli Avenue, Bugolobi PO Box 8338, Kampala

Tel: +256 414 221363 Fax: +256 414 221363 Web: www.brazafric.com E-mail: brazafric-ug@brazafric.com coffee-ug@brazafric.com Car & General (Uganda) Ltd. Plot No. 81, Jinja Road Kampala Tel: +256 41 234560 E-mail: med@cargen.co.ug CMC Holdings Ltd. CMC Building, Katalima Loop PO Box 2169, Kampala Tel: +256 41 286780 Fax: +256 41 286039 E-mail: kwanusu@cmcuganda.co.ug Engineering Solutions (Uganda) Ltd 97-99 Namuwongo Road PO Box 25349 Kampala Tel: +256 3122 64221 E-mail: engsol@infocom.co.ug Farm Engineering Ind. Ltd. Plot 127-131 PO Box 27400 6th Street - Industrial Area Kampala Tel: +256 4 130640/1 Fax: +256 4 1340639 E-mail: stores@feilug.com

Zambia

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Big Red Ltd. Private Bag 394, Ridway, Lusaka Tel: +260 9851 7767/9778 1381 Fax: +260 1212 468 E-mail: brent.landing@gmail.com

Farmec Birmingham Road PO Box 590, Harare Tel: +263 4754612 E-mail: ladj@farmec.co.zw

M&G Spring & Forge Ltd. Plot 7307, Chibengele Road Light Industrial Area, Lusaka Tel: +260 1 289622/3 Fax: +260 1 289624 E-mail: mgspring@uunet.zm

G. North & Sons (Pvt) Ltd. 27 Lobengula St. Southerton Harare Tel: +263 4 663717/8 Fax: +263 4 666414 E-mail: sales@gnorth.co.zw

Minelands Agric Develp Services Ltd. Plot No. 8496 Mumbwa Road PO Box 50677, Lusaka Tel: +260 211 287073 Fax: +260 211 287073 E-mail: minelandsagric04@gmail.com Power Equipment PO Box 32699 Cairo Road (North End), Lusaka Tel: +260 2112 38861/2 E-mail: Taylorp@motormart.com.zm ConroyD@motormart.com.zm TractorZam Limited Plot 1 Nkachibaya Roa, Rhodespark Off Addis Ababa Drive PO Box 353258, Lusaka Tel: +260 1 234782/779 Fax: +260 1 225771 E-mail: wilsonk@zamnet.zm

Haingate Investments (Pvt) Ltd. 2nd Floor Travel Plaza 29 Mazoe Street Cnr Mazoe and J. Chinamano Harare Tel: +263 4 705599 E-mail: dkasukuwere@yahoo.com dkasukuwere@gmail.com William Bain & Co. Holding (Pvt) Ltd. 35 Douglas Road Workington, Harare Tel: +263 4 621081 Fax: +263 4 621089 E-mail: muniyaa@bain.co.zw

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