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Monthly Archives: March 2019

URBAN FARMER HOSTS SWINE INDUSTRY DAY IN UGANDA

Urban Farmer recently hosted a Swine Industry Day at the Protea Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. Held on 24 January 2019, the event was facilitated by Pig Production and Marketing Uganda Limited and was co-hosted by Alzu Pig Genetics / PIC.   Uganda is the leading pork producing and consuming country […]

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2019. THE YEAR OF THE PIG

Urban Farmer was founded in 2009 with the intention of enabling competitive livestock production in Africa. Being Africa, the majority of Urban Farmer’s clients are poultry farmers, or feed mills producing poultry feed. Urban Farmer has, however in more recent times, seen a growing interest in pig farming and pork […]

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URBAN FARMER ATTENDS SWINE DAY

The Urban Farmer technical team was fortunate to be able to attend the annual SwiNE Day hosted by SwiNE Nutrition Management in Pretoria, South Africa.   SwiNE Nutrition Management is a South African based nutrition consultancy headed by Willem Steyn. Willem and his team work extensively across the globe, servicing […]

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Urban Farmer hosts key clients in South Africa

Urban Farmer recently hosted a group of its key clients from Kenya and Zambia in South Africa.   The guests participated in a technical workshop hosted by Urban Farmer, as well as the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (AFMA) symposium, World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) technical day, numerous meet-and-greet opportunities, and […]

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Urban Farmer supports conservation in Africa

The Elephant Charge is an annual event which challenges teams of cars and motorbikes to complete a gruelling course through the Zambian bush. The Charge is held to raise money for conservation in Zambia, focussed on conservation through education, and in the ten years since it began the event has raised over $892,000 which […]

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