It is high time the government revisit its resettlement programme, which is yet to fully emancipate landless people. The programme has done little to turn former landless people into fully fledged commercial farmers.
Author: Charles Tjatindi (Charles Tjatindi )
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Take better care of your farm workers
Before fruit, vegetables and other produce reach grocery store shelves, several sets of hands have touched the food that ends up on our kitchen tables.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – All hands needed on deck for agri sector reform
Agriculture remains an important source of livelihood for the majority of Africans, but the sector is still very unproductive.
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For the love of Damara sheep
Ukaurua Kandee, an ardent stud farmer plying his trade in the communal area of Omaheke, has had to improvise and adjust his farming operations several times to bring the best out of his products.
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Okahatjipara show to light up Okondjatu
The Okahatjipara Agri Shows and Auction Society intends to change the way agricultural shows are perceived by staging a weeklong farmers’ information session.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Agriculture is the future, invest in it
Back in the days – and to a lesser extent today still – agriculture was used as a punishment in schools. If a learner is deemed to have defied reasonable orders or instructions from a teacher, such learner was ‘sentenced’ to weed out the school’s miniature vegetable garden.
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Kavari thrives with the Meatmaster
Unotjari Kavari has become a household name amongst small stock breeders in Namibia, with his unique blend of sheep breeds that have kept him a step ahead of many others in the industry.
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Farmers Kraal | NCA farmers deserve a pat on the back
Communal farmers north of the Veterinary Cordon Fence (VCF), infamously known as the ‘Red Line’, deserve applause. How these farmers have worked to create a market for the products, despite the restrictions that come with the Red Line, is commendable.
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‘The Errand Lady’ breathes life into farming
Meet Caroline Hiambazapo, who operates an errand running business that allows farmers to purchase livestock and related products through her. Hiambazapo has given a new meaning and purpose to an otherwise mundane task of running errands for others.
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Oruharui expo aims to raise bar …third instalment promises bigger and better showcase
The annual Oruharui SME and Agricultural Expo plans to come back bigger and better for its third edition later this year. Among the anticipated improvement to the annual showcase will be the addition of better kraal pens and holding facilities for the livestock at the event.