Empowering Africa through Mechanized Agriculture
What is AfircaMechanize?
AfricaMechanize is a digital platform dedicated to promoting and supporting Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) across Africa through enhanced technical Knowledge Management, Information sharing, Networking & Partnerships in Africa. The Platform exists to accelerate and scale Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization across Africa by solving long-standing gaps in data, coordination, access, adoption and knowledge. It is designed as a continental hub that connects farmers, service providers, governments, private sector, development partners, and innovators in the agricultural sphere.
The platform has been developed to support the African Union (AU) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) F-SAMA initiative, with FAO providing technical support and African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) providing secretariat functions. It is an all-inclusive, not-for profit neutral platform addressing the SAM and developmental interests of all AU Member States with support of the national governments, development partners and private sector. It also contributes to the operationalization of all elements of F-SAMA given the cross-cutting nature of knowledge management.
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Statistics
10%
Mechanical Power Adoption Rate
DATA SOURCE: F-SAMA
21.1 Million
Area Under Mechanical Power (Millions of Hectares)
DATA SOURCE: 10% of Africa cropland i.e.: 10% (F-SAMA) of 210.92 million hectares
3,500,000 Hectares
Area Under Conservation Agriculture DATA SOURCE: CA cropland area data; Mkomwa & Kassam
100,000
Certified mechanization Service providers per 1000 farmers
DATA SOURCE: Based on ACT Expert Knowledge of one MSP for every 500 hectares; with only 25% being certified
1.763 Tonnes/ha
Average Cereal Yeilds 1.763
DATA SOURCE: https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/
rankings/cereal_yield/Africa/
3,5000,000 Tonnes/Year
GHG reduction from SAM (Tonnes C02)
DATA SOURCE: https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/
rankings/cereal_yield/Africa/
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Insights
AfricaMechanize Issue 1
This issue highlights Africa’s push towards sustainable agricultural mechanization, focusing on the Framework for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (F-SAMA)
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AfricaMechanize Issue 2
This issue highlights major progress in sustainable agricultural mechanization across Africa, featuring outcomes from global conferences, innovations in machinery, and country case studies.
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Why AfricaMechanize
Africa faces a major mechanization gap: low machinery adoption, fragmented supply chains, limited skills, inconsistent data, and high costs. The AfricaMechanize Platform exists to solve these systemic challenges by connecting farmers, service providers, governments, and private sector actors across the mechanization ecosystem. AfricaMechanize is the digital backbone that connects and organizes the entire agricultural mechanization ecosystem in Africa — improving access, efficiency, business viability, and policy planning.
Therefore, the AfricaMechanize Platform exists to:
- Close the Mechanization Access Gap
- Improve Efficiency and Productivity
- Strengthen the Mechanization Ecosystem
- Support Sustainable Agricultural Growth:
- Reduce Information Asymmetry:
- Professionalize Mechanization Service Provision:
- Enable Data-Driven Planning:
- Accelerate Youth and SME Opportunities:
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