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
Steve Kanguatjivi spent most of his formative years among livestock. As a young man growing up in rural Omaheke, the economic potential of livestock farming was entrenched in him by his parents and the community around him alike.
I have come across many people who are eager to venture into one or the other mode of farming, but are limited by start-up capital.
Aristotle, a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy who made important contributions to logic, criticism, rhetoric and psychology among others famously wrote “The more you know, the more you realise you don’t know.” This can not be more true than when applied to the modern world, or in this case farming.
Poultry farming is defined as ‘raising different types of domestic birds commercially for the purpose of meat, eggs and feather production’.
Elijah Samora Konguavi has a somewhat unconventional way of marketing his poultry enterprise, aptly named Konguavi Poultry Investment. While many like him are turning to traditional media, such as newspapers and radio to promote their businesses, Konguavi has chosen the least used ‘word-of-mouth’ route – and it has been working.
It is already a month into 2023. Soon the realities of those high New Year resolutions you have set for yourself this year will hit, and you will realise just how intense setting New Year’s resolutions is.