Most agricultural industries in Namibia achieved positive results in 2021, but international trade restrictions imposed in an attempt to contain the Covid-19 pandemic has had a severely negative impact on the country’s Swakara industry.
Agriculture
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Showcase events create opportunities
Communal farmer Tjivii Tjombe has encouraged farmers to make use of animal showcase events for the optimal marketing of their products.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Let’s adopt a winning mentality on farming
It is encouraging to pen a story of a communal farmer defying all odds and doing well in the dog-eat-dog world of livestock stud farming.
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Local authorities receive N$2 million for urban agriculture
Four local authorities received the Urban Agriculture Grant e-voucher card valued at N$500 000 which totals up to N$2 million.
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Communal farmer shatters stud auction records
Farmer Elton Gurirab who is based at |Â#gomes (|Naras), a communal area in the Erongo region near Okombahe, last week made history after fetching the highest price ever for a communal farmer at a small stock stud auction.
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Lungsickness outbreak in Kavango West …ministry imposes animal movement restrictions
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform on Friday announced the outbreak of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP), commonly known as Lungsickness, in the Kavango West region.
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Agribank loans N$10 million to women, youth
Agribank advanced loans worth N$173 million into the agriculture sector for the year ending February 2022. Out of that amount, N$10.8 million was disbursed to qualifying clients, specifically under the women and youth loan scheme of Agribank.
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The red line saga…the other side of the coin
I would like to register my humble concern on the issue of the red line from an obscured but seemingly overlooked perspective in the whole saga.
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Farmers’ Kraal with Charles Tjatindi – Let’s get creative with farming
The unavailability of sufficient land for traditional farming practices such as large-scale animal husbandry or crop farming has discouraged many to turn to farming.
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Hikumwah takes the bull by the horns…from full-time crop production to agro-processing
Mary Hikumwah is a full-time crop and horticulture farmer in Okongo and a proud founder of Elegance Mission Investment CC, an agro-processing food company in Windhoek.