Investor Presentaiton
High rice harvesting surface and low yield presents an
opportunity for mechanization
Rice Farming Machinery
# 6 in rice harvesting surface in
Sub-Saharan Africa
50% lower yield observed across
food crops (including rice) as
compared to world average
1 Nigeria
2 Guinea
Harvesting surface in 000s ha¹
5,281
1,924
3 DRC
1,813
4 Tanzania
1,053
5 Mali
925
6 Côte d'Ivoire
698
7 Sierra Leone
602
8 Senegal
346
9 Ghana
321
10 Cameroon
268
1. FAO 2019 harvesting data 2. FAO aggregated 2014 yield data
Yield (tons/ha)²
Northern America
South America
4.4
Europe
4.3
World
3.7
Asia
3.6
-47%
Oceania
2.2
Cote d'Ivoire
2.0
Africa
1.4
7.6
Strong upside
potential for
significantly
increasing
production through
machinery and
mechanization
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