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.
Author: Charles Tjatindi (Charles Tjatindi )
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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.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Make hay while the sun shines
This week’s AgriToday cover story of a farmer who managed to realise a longstanding dream of owning a piece of land is encouraging and an eye-opener to those who give up at the first hurdle. Perseverance. Determination. Resilience. That’s all that is needed to make it in this cut-throat, yet profitable agribusiness world.
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Realising a long-standing farming dream…wards off challenges to emerge tops
In 2007, Elize Eliphas took a bold decision; to get dirty and muddy as opposed to following a career path that would land her a posh office job where her nails would be intact.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Agribusiness: The future of farming
The story of a young man who decided to venture into agribusiness profiled elsewhere in this edition of AgriToday is inspiring.
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Agri graduate taps into niche market
Rabban Nghishidimbwa is an agripreneur on a mission. Not only has he managed to set up and run a niche business, he has taken it upon himself to educate and train others in the vibrant agriculture sector on small-scale agribusinesses.
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Farmers’ Kraal | Why farmers love the rain
We need to be constantly planning for “What if” for we do not know what tomorrow holds. One way we can make sure we make optimum use of the rain is to find ways to harvest rainwater.
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Drought worries for Kunene…as negative rain forecast raises concern
The latest flood bulletin released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform paints a gloomy picture of the prospects of rain for the Kunene region, with the region having received relatively minimal showers since the onset of the rainy season.
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Normalise investing in agriculture
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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Divine Chickens fairy tale run to success
Hard work, perseverance and some ‘unearthly’ intervention gave Divine Chickens the wings needed to soar to higher heights in the poultry industry it enjoys today.