Agriculture

REHOBOTH – Making fruits and vegetables as affordable as possible to the community and ensuring needy families don’t go to bed hungry, as well as creating employment opportunities for the youth, are some of the driving factors keeping the Oanob Hotsprings Garden in Rehoboth flourishing.  Unlike many privatel-owned gardens, the Oanob Hotsprings Garden is community-focused,...

Erastus Ngaruka A good rainy season should be perceived as one that starts in time as anticipated, is well distributed throughout the season, and ultimately rehydrates the soil, refills water sources, and revegetates the rangeland. However, of recent, rainfall activities are conspicuously erratic, and their effects can be a concern. To this end, although rainfall...

As a new year rolls off and we take off on our farming journey for 2025, there is a need to do introspection and take stock of both our triumphs and shortcomings for 2024. How far did we go in meeting our targets? Were the targets realistic? How do we recoup our failures to meet...

The limited availability of land has been a hurdle for many aspiring farmers, many of whom are determined to venture into farming but lack fertile land.  Common sense has always dictated that the bigger the land size, the more profitable your undertaking would be, as you would be able to scale up production.  AgriToday compiled...

When one is in production or aspires to venture into producing fresh produce like vegetables, fruits or cereal grains, often a key aspect is overlooked by many producers, and that is to register as a crop producer.  One must register with the Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) as a producer of crop products, as this has...

Trade figures recorded in the final quarter of this year show that Namibia imported cereal grains valued at N$718 million, which is a significant increase from the N$415.5 million imports during the same quarter of 2023. The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA)’s latest Agriculture Statistical Bulletin, maize had the highest amount of grain imported with a...

In Namibia, livestock production is heavily dependent on rangeland, which grows a variety of forage resources, including trees, shrubs, grasses and forbs.  These plants differ in growth forms, structure, life cycles, habitat preferences and their uses. Cattle, sheep and goats characterise livestock farming in this country. These animals have different forage preferences and foraging habits.Cattle...

Many rangeland plants contain chemicals that are poisonous to livestock when eaten. Poisonous plants vary in their toxicity and the symptoms displayed by the affected animals.  Generally, the level of toxicity can be classified into two; the first consists of extremely toxic plants and those with low toxicity.  The extremely toxic plants such as Dichapetalum...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed the financial contribution of about N$2.2 million from the Brazilian government to support integrated community-based food systems programmes in Namibia.  The Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) has been supporting WFP food systems programmes in Tsumkwe, Gobabis, Stampriet, Opuwo and Olukula since 2020.  The programmes are designed to...

Zebaldt Ngaruka  OKATUMBA GATE – The ongoing drought has financially and emotionally taken a toll on farmers in the Omaheke region, especially those farming in the Eiseb Block area.  AgriToday recently caught up with a young farmer Sunny Tjaheja Ndjavera, who shared how the drought has negatively impacted his operations.  He farms at Omipanda village. ...