By Staff Reporter On Wednesday, the 5th of October, the first ever Agriculture Outlook Conference was held at Protea Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia. Under the theme “Farmers, food, future”, the conference has been jointly organized by all the farmers’ unions in the sector. That is, the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU), Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers Union (NECFU), the Previously Disadvantaged […]
By: Timoteus Iyambo The office of //Kharas Governor together with the department of Multidisciplinary Research Centre (MRS) at the University of Namibia (UNAM) Main Campus, launched a rice growing project in //Kharas region to increase food security in the country. According to Simanekeni Shivute, UNAM MRS researcher in Zero Emission Research Initiative division (ZERI), the project is collaboration between the […]
By Enny Iita FARMERS should take note of limitations after an outbreak of lung sickness, which has been discovered at the Oshandi crush pen in the Ondobe Constituency of Ohangwena. Some stockmen at the Oshandi crush pen informed veterinary officials in the region after noticing signs consistent with lung sickness in their cattle, mostly coughing. The outbreak investigation by veterinary […]
The University of Namibia (UNAM) carried out a training workshop on crop yield estimation for technical staff from the Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform. The workshop become held on the Katima Mulilo Campus in the Zambezi place earlier this month to equip subject personnel with medical methods and realistic abilities for forecasting […]
