Before fruits, vegetables and other produce reach grocery store shelves, several sets of hands have touched the food that ends up on our kitchen tables. Essential to food production but invisible to consumers, farmworkers are primary contributors to the safe, efficient and reliable delivery of our fruits and vegetables.
Author: Charles Tjatindi (Charles Tjatindi )
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DeLa Namibia to change face of communal farming
In June 2020, four farmers came together to devise strategies on how they could cushion the challenges facing start-up communal farmers and allow agribusinesses in communal areas to thrive.
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Ongombe is still going strong at 40
The Ongombe Farmers’ Association – one of the oldest bodies representing the interests of farmers at the communal level – keeps going strong amid changing economic times and harsh climatic conditions that continue to impact farming.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Venturing into vegetable farming
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.
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Planting the seeds of success…Muzengua’s crop farming dream sprouts
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.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – How to choose what to farm with – Part 2
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.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – How do I choose what to farm with? – Part 1
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?
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Marenga uses set back as setup for success
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.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – The real face of farming
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.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Navigating farming hurdles, one day at a time
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.