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Fall armyworm outbreak expected

As good rains are expected for the 2017/18 crop season, another outbreak of the armyworms in expected across Southern Africa. Percy Misika, Permanent Secretary in...

Irrigation activities to push up water demand

NamWater has revealed that water use in agronomy is expected to increase sharply in the coming years, urging farmers to utilise latest water conservation...

Warmbad farmers advised to sell livestock

Farmers in the drought stricken Warmbad area have been advised to sell off some of their livestock. Dennis Coetzee, Karasburg East constituency Councillor said farmers...

Government yet to bid for Avera’s Swakopmund plant

While the government had expressed an interest in Areva's desalination plant north of Swakopmund, it never formally made an offer for the plant. Areva Namibia...

Fertilizer experts meet to map way forward

Three hundred stakeholders are set to gather in Mozambique to discuss the technical and commercial challenges facing the fertilizer and agribusiness industries in east...

Drought inspire settlement farmers to plough lucerne

Three years after settlement farmers in #Gabis near Karasburg experienced massive livestock losses due to drought, fortunes are turning, thanks to community gardening growing...

New study to aid sheep breeding programmes

Fresh insights into the genetic code of sheep could aid breeding programmes to improve their health and productivity. The Roslin InstituteScientists have mapped which genes...

Farmers told to produce more mahungu and maize

Government has challenged framers to work hard and produce more food. John Mutorwa, minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, speaking at a two-day Expo in...

Agribank urge farmers to utilise IFS

Agribank has implored farmers to embrace Integrated Farming System (IFS) to achieve sustainability. Erastus Ngaruka, Technical Officer within Agribank’s Agribusiness Advisory Services Division said Agricultural...

Meatco’s cold storage facility a success

After its conversion earlier this year, the Meatco Okahandja Cold Storage has been making exceptional strides as a business unit by making N$20,000 savings...

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