Ramalingayya Matpathi, a progressive farmer, has made a breakthrough in agriculture by simplifying the weeding method through an innovative and simple-to-operate hand-held weed removing equipment.

Manual weeding of farmland can prove to be a herculean task, and even using a double-row weeding machine can be a laborious process. Students of Agnel Institute of Technology and Design, Assagao, have ...

Fred Kironde is a farmer in Luweero District. He grows a variety of crops such as beans, cow peas and sunflower, among other crops. In November 2017, Kironde bought a weeding machine to save on the ...

Weeds and grasses pose a major problem to farmers. Similarly in maintaining lawns, the grasses are to be cut above the ground level. The commercially available machines for lawn mowing are costly and ...

Every year, many Kenyan farmers toil for months only to see their crops yield little or nothing due to the weeds menace. Traditional hoes and expensive chemicals, which most farmers rely on for weed ...

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In farmland, the “resource competition” between weeds and crops is unceasing. These seemingly ordinary plants not only compete with crops for water, light, and nutrients but can also carry pests and ...

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