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Why the countryside needs “lean managers”
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Why the countryside needs “lean managers”

Understand why Brazil's agricultural sector will increasingly demand “farm managers” – and how the lean way can accelerate the development of essential skills

By Flávio Battaglia, Bruno Battaglia

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Lean management and agtech
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Lean management and agtech

Learn how lean thinking can bring better and bigger “harvests” from technology applied to agribusiness – and the risks of not doing so

By Flávio Battaglia, Bruno Battaglia

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Examples of Lean Logistics in Agribusiness
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Examples of Lean Logistics in Agribusiness

Understand how lean logistics has been applied to grain farming and cattle feedlots with excellent results

By Alvair Silveira Torres Júnior, Anderson Rached, Bruno Battaglia

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Agricultural cooperative saves 1.2 million by avoiding harvest losses with lean management
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Agricultural cooperative saves 1.2 million by avoiding harvest losses with lean management

An agricultural cooperative in Mato Grosso do Sul proves that lean management practices reduce substantial financial losses.

By Andry Caroline, Bruno Battaglia, Tharles Franchesco Castriani

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Lean for higher productivity bears good "fruit" for Vilkun
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Lean for higher productivity bears good "fruit" for Vilkun

This Chilean agribusiness company achieved great results in a very short time by applying lean to standardize its processes and improve its productivity.

By Rodrigo Herrera, Marcelo Pinto

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Lean Maintenance on farms improves management, creates engagement and delivers business results
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Lean Maintenance on farms improves management, creates engagement and delivers business results

Recurring everyday problems on farms can be solved with basic lean maintenance concepts, which can generate a series of gains for the business.

By Anderson Rached, Bruno Battaglia

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Bringing lean to Nigeria's smallholder farmers
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Bringing lean to Nigeria's smallholder farmers

Lean thinking travels everywhere. See how the experience and insights of an Indiana farmer supported a USAID project to improve outcomes for farmers across Nigeria.

By Ben Hartman, Chyka Okarter

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Farm management: planting lean in agribusiness

Since 2018, Lean Institute Brasil (LIB) has been developing projects on soybean, corn and beef cattle farms in Brazil's Center-West region. After “putting on our boots” and getting to know the sector and its needs better, this article seeks to share some of the lessons, impressions and results we have gathered from our first experiences of bringing lean inside the farm gates.

By Bruno Battaglia

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Fertile ground for lean seeds

Lean Institute Brasil is conducting pioneering lean experiments in agriculture. The authors reflect on the challenges of transforming traditional farming culture and the opportunities that lean resources provide.

By Bruno Battaglia, Ricardo Itikawa

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Our editor sits down with lean farmer Ben Hartman

INTERVIEW - Ben Hartman has used lean on his micro-farm in Indiana for six years. He has not only found a way to support his family doing what he loves, but has also figured out how to transform our food system.

By Ben Hartman

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Lean in agribusiness: the transformation of the roasted and ground coffee industry at Grupo 2 Irmãos

By Lean Institute Brasil

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Lean in agribusiness - the next green revolution?

By Lean Institute Brasil

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Using lean to take agriculture to the next level in Denmark

By Susanne Pejstrup

By Lean Institute Brasil

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Agribusiness: fertile ground for lean thinking

By Lean Institute Brasil

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