Mechanized Agriculture

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Kenya agriculture students on 11-month annual Israel internship

Kenyan agriculture students are getting an 11-month internship opportunity at Israel Arava International Centre for Agricultural Training (AICAT).  The annual internship program has trained over 1,000 agriculture students from academic institutes in countries mainly from Africa and Asia. The students are from the University of Nairobi, JKUAT, Egerton University, Kenyatta University, Kenya Water Institute, Turkana …

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Tractors For Africa T4A

Nonprofit introduces cheaper Pay-As-You-Go model of tractor ownership

By George Munene Global nonprofit Heifer International has partnered with Hello Tractor to introduce a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) rent-to-own tractor financing program. Dubbed Tractors 4 Africa (T4A), it will enable Kenyan and Nigerian agri-entrepreneurs to become tractor owners at a reduced cost and without requiring any security given they have a farmer network. The financing model will …

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