Agriculture

THE National Assembly recently approved the livestock and livestock products bill, which involves amendments to the Meat Act. These amendments involve the declaration of chicken, dairy, eggs, hides and skins as controlled products. 

A significant number of livestock mortalities in many farming areas can be attributed to plant poisoning especially during the spring months, at the onset of rainfall activities, or during periods of drought especially in degraded rangelands.

I have over the years observed how much advice, information, education and personal experience on farming lie out there. The volumes are just too much to handle for a starter farmer. 

JOSHUA Hakapandi, a youthful and passion driven full-time communal farmer in the Etayi constituency, established his vegetable garden in 2021 in the Okambebe area of the Omusati region. 

THE success of Namibia’s efforts to sustainably use, control, manage and safeguard its natural resources depends on the different legal instruments available in an interdisciplinary approach to develop a targeted environmental legislative framework.

If you are a novice farmer, who seems overwhelmed by the various decisions on the farming you are called to make on the go, do not fret.

Livestock farmers continue to face difficult times exacerbated by climate change manifested through adverse events such as drought, floods, pests, and disease outbreaks that have been experienced in many parts of the country in recent years.

There has been a spike in the number of seminars and training being hosted for farmers and agripreneurs.

As farming is an enterprise, just like any other, it is vital at this time of the year to look back and evaluate your steps during the course of the year.

Yvonne Howaes is a full-time communal farmer and enthusiastic upcoming agribusiness woman, who is currently farming on Farm Houmoed in the Khorixas area of the Kunene region.