National
Coordinating Organisation for Farmer Association of The Gambia (NACOFAG), in
partnership with solutions HEIGHT and Technik Plus carbon farming Austria,
Monday convened a daylong stakeholder meeting for presentation and
demonstration of newly invented smart Agriculture machinery for conservation
designed for tropical and sub-regional Africa.
The
meeting was held at the Nema office in Abuko with the objective to share and
learn with the participants on the opportunities and chances developed towards
using machineries for the development and promotion of conservation agriculture
both locally and internationally.
President
of NACOFAG Musa Sowe expressed appreciation with the partnership between
NACOFAG with Solutions HEIGHTS and TECHNIK PLUS Carbon farming Austria, saying he cherishes the
partnership in strengthening the agricultural sector. “We are more than willing
to work in partnership with Technik plus. Carbon is one of the contributing
factors of climate change and climate impact on agriculture and as a result, it
affects yield.”
Mr. Sowe challenged participants to actively
participate in the event and to ask questions to clear their doubts.
Thomas
Kukovec, Export Sales Agronomist regional Director of MENA and Sub-Saharan
Africa said Technik- PLUS has developed a cutting- edge Carbon farming-
technology in their impulse- centre in mureck, South Austria, for sustainable
and gently mechanized farming with a strong commitment to conservation and
environmental sustainability and special focus on African agriculture.
He
said agriculture is one of the great potential that represents women employment
in household income and provides food security
He
further stated that the company has been making inroads in several countries in
Africa with significance sales in South Africa, Uganda and Morocco. He added
that they are in talks with farmers’ organisation in Kenya and Nigeria with a
targeted riche in semi-arid agriculture in many African nations.
According
to him, the company has been well received by different farmers with a strong
partnership with Uganda National young farmers Association (UNYFA), saying
Technik-Plus- carbon Farming Austria is an Austrian agri-tech company that
develop and sell air seeders, planters, and cultivators for minimum tillage and
no –till application in tropical and subtropical countries of Africa, latin
America, Oceania, and Asia.
