Agriculture

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 from last week’s column on the concerns of the looming drought, it is important to note that we should not speak of drought in isolation as this may be a consequence of climate change. 

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.

As the current rainy season draws closer to an end, many farmers in the country are riddled with concerns about the time ahead. 

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There are concerns over the looming drought, as such drought could spell disaster and affect the farming production process, prices of livestock and crops, as well as the cost of food in general. Not so long ago, Namibia witnessed two consecutive cycles of the worst drought it has ever experienced in the modern era. 

The Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) recently donated manketti harvesting starter kits to 200 manketti harvesters in Maurus Nekaro and Kapinga Kamwale conservancies in an effort to support sustainable utilisation of natural resources in communal areas.

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.