Author: Charles Tjatindi (Charles Tjatindi )

If farming with vegetables for profit is your dream, read on as I dissect this mode of crop farming and how one could make good returns from it.

It all started as an experimental crop farming project. The location – the village of Epata in the Otjinene constituency – seemed ideal for a crop farming venture. 

As we continue reflecting on this important consideration, it is equally vital that we pause for a minute and revisit why we want to be farmers in the first place.

Novice farmers are faced with one critical question: what type of farming activities do I venture into? Should it be livestock, crop, or poultry farming?

In 2019, an unprepared Kamakotje ‘Kamaa’ Marenga decided to test the depth of the water with both feet. He rounded up a few of his aspiring Veldmaster sheep breeds and threw them into the kraal with those of other farmers. 

As much as we encourage young people into farming, you must come armed with knowledge. It is not an ultimate cycler or a get-rich-quick scheme. Farming is a good venture and can multiply your investments a thousandfold. However, it can also go bad, real quick.

Someone recently asked me, “What would you do differently if you were to start farming today…?” At first, I thought the answer would be simple – I would simply list all the problems I am currently encountering in farming, and do things differently. But it was not that simple.

The start of a new year is a good time to reflect and assess if we are doing things in the right way, the smart way; or the innovative way.

Fellow farmers, despite prospects and predictions of a favourable rainy season, the reality on the ground seems to hit differently. The land is simply too barren and hardy in most parts of the country