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.
Author: Charles Tjatindi (Charles Tjatindi )
Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Never bite off more than you can chew
Before we go any further, it is important to note that all business forms have hiccups and would most probably fall - and rise - along the way. Now, let’s look at why farmers often do not make it.
Marenga raises Van Rooy stakes
In 2016, Kausehue Marenga bought six stud ewes from renowned farmer Pieter Coetzee.
Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Let’s adopt a winning mentality on farming
It is encouraging to pen a story of a communal farmer defying all odds and doing well in the dog-eat-dog world of livestock stud farming.
Communal farmer shatters stud auction records
Farmer Elton Gurirab who is based at |Â#gomes (|Naras), a communal area in the Erongo region near Okombahe, last week made history after fetching the highest price ever for a communal farmer at a small stock stud auction.
Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Let’s get creative with farming
The unavailability of sufficient land for traditional farming practices such as large-scale animal husbandry or crop farming has discouraged many to turn to farming.
Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – More effort needed against climate change
As a result of global warming, the planet’s climate is changing and its effect is being felt the world over. And one of the most important parameters of climate is rainfall.
Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Anyone can farm but not everyone can be a farmer
It is true that all around the world, the farming population is ageing. I recently read that the average age of a farmer in Africa is 62 years old.
Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Quantity in farming matters too
The age-old debate of quantity versus quality in farming rages on, with one side of farming preferring this, and the next side preferring the other mode.
Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Crop farming could save us
Despite its obvious benefits, the noble initiative of subsistence crop farming which enables a family to feed right off the fields, have not been successfully replicated across the country.