The simple, cheap, but effective idea of harvesting maggots and turning them into livestock feed has garnered a Cape Town agricultural company the Innovation Prize for Africa worth US$100 000.
AgriProtein Technologies beat ten other finalists from across the country to scoop the prize by developing a way to create livestock feed out of the bio-waste thrown out by abattoirs.
Researchers at Oregon State University have helped develop new environmental monitoring technology that will allow farmers thousands of miles away, in west and central Asia, to save millions of dollars while more effectively combating a pest that is threatening their wheat crops.
Twenty million acres of wheat in parts of Asia and North Africa are threatened by the 'Sunn pest', a bug that can destroy the value of wheat.
A ready-made sunken grain pit has been designed to allow for easier installation whilst providing ready access to the conveyor within the grain handling sector.
The Dry Pit system from Jema Agro is supplied in bolt-together sections to fit a rectangular concrete casing with vertical sides.
"The self-supporting steel hopper is suspended from the top of the concrete lining and sits 140mm from the floor," explains Mark Unitt of Jema distributor Danagri-3S.
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| English: Odontotarsus grammicus, Scutelleridae. A sunn pest. This photo was taken on September 30, 2009 in Ansião, Leiria, PT. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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