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.
Author: Charles Tjatindi (Charles Tjatindi )
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.
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.
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.
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.