Farming systems & inputs – BFAP https://www.bfap.co.za Data Driven Insight Fri, 12 May 2023 08:46:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.bfap.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-BFAP_icon-32x32.png Farming systems & inputs – BFAP https://www.bfap.co.za 32 32 Canola yield loss calculator app https://www.bfap.co.za/canola-yield-loss-calculator-app/ https://www.bfap.co.za/canola-yield-loss-calculator-app/#respond Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:41:24 +0000 https://www.bfap.co.za/?p=3377 Canola yield loss calculator app Read More »

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BFAP was appointed by the Oilseeds Advisory Committee (OAC) to develop a user-friendly App Customisation for a dedicated group of farmers and app-users who would use it to record Canola Yield Losses during the 2020 harvesting season. The app was designed to feed geo-referenced data directly into a database for effective reporting and sharing.

 

The methodology to measure Canola Yield Losses was developed by SOILL and the PNS during the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

 

Download the report summarising outcomes here

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BFAP was appointed by the Oilseeds Advisory Committee (OAC) to develop a user-friendly App Customisation and visited a dedicated study group of farmers who collaborated in measuring Soybean Yield losses during the 2021 harvesting season. The app was designed to feed geo-referenced data directly into a database for effective reporting and sharing.

 

Download the report summarising outcomes here 

]]> https://www.bfap.co.za/soybean-yield-loss-calculator-app/feed/ 0 Reflections on Mechanization Trends in Africa https://www.bfap.co.za/reflections-on-mechanization-trends-in-africa/ https://www.bfap.co.za/reflections-on-mechanization-trends-in-africa/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:29:08 +0000 https://www.bfap.co.za/?p=3430

This piece documents discussions on recent trends on mechanization in Africa held at a workshop session on agro-industrial transformation as a driver for employment generation, food security and rural development in Africa which took place at the 6th African Conference of Agricultural Economists in Abuja, Nigeria in September 2019. 

 

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An analysis of agricultural wages in South Africa.


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