As we continue looking at financing options for farmers and agripreneurs, let us touch base on the SME Recovery Loan scheme and other loan options that are being offered by banking institutions to fund operations and investments.
Agriculture
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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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Mixed trends for livestock industry
The SADC food security early warning system report for January 2023 indicates that the vegetation conditions in Namibia and southern Angola are well below average, which is consistent with rainfall performance.
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Finance insight with Mekupi Kambatuku – The elephant in the room: Access to finance
As highlighted last week, there are a few options available to farmers for access to financing for farming operations, businesses, or agricultural start-ups. One of the options highlighted was agricultural cooperatives, and this is what we will dwell on this week.
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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.
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Finance insight with Mekupi Kambatuku – Access to finance for farmers is possible
One of the burning issues for farmers and Agripreneurs is notably access to financing – both for operational funding shortfall and for agribusiness start-ups. In various conversations and inquiries to me, as a consultant, farmers are struggling with access to finance.
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Utilising land effectively for agriculture
Land is one of the vital means of production that has enabled the transformation of many family agri-business ventures to be well-established agri-enterprises that enjoy sustainable profits that are shared over many generations.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Innovation is key in farming
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.
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Finance insight with Mekupi Kambatuku – How to separate your personal finance from business finance
Separating your account is one of the most crucial things we need to do as farmers. This is an essential step for agripreneurs to ensure that they manage their finances effectively.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Let’s brace for a possible dry year
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