FCI Trade Summit PREVIEW: Agricultural Technology Industry to Be Hot Topic

Snow International’s Karan Kapoor explains the model for successful distribution in East Africa. Hint: It begins with technical support.

Off-patent opportunities abound once marketing and manufacturing companies understand each other and pool their knowledge.

Drive by the three East African countries of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda to increase food production has pushed agrochemicals to the top of the region’s agricultural agenda.

Governments, NGOs and private industry are all playing a huge role in transforming Africa’s fragmented agriculture production systems. Good agriculture practices, pesticides, fertilizers, irrigation, financing and cooperatives for agronomy and marketing alike are all playing major roles as Sub-Saharan Africa embraces the challenge of feeding more people.

Tanzania President Dr. Jakaya M. Kikwete and his administration have prioritized agriculture and embraced private industry’s ability to innovate by encouraging larger farm sizes, mechanization, irrigation and expanding access to modern input technologies.

Guide to crop protection registration in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Check out a slideshow from the recent FCI Trade Summit – Black Sea, held at the Wyndham Istanbul Petek Hotel…

Top crop protection players are poised to extend their reach in Ukraine.

Market expected to grow a healthy 6.2 % per year through 2017.