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Grain farmers stand to increase their yields by up to 13 per cent, through the adoption of technology. Software development firm Virtual City is targeting grain farmers with mobile technology aimed at automating processes from farm to market, in an effort to get more farmers to adopt technology to perform the day-to-day tasks associated with sale of farm produce.
Addressing farmers at the Eastern Africa Grain Council Agribusiness Expo 2012 in Nakuru, Virtual City Chief Executive officer John Waibochi said introducing use of technology in grain farming will help increase productivity. “For a long time our farmers have treated farming as a small-scale venture largely for subsistence. However with automation, applications such as
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