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A total of 79 fodder production systems have been set up in Namibia, funded by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, to assist farmers in seven regions to save their livestock during droughts. The project, which has benefited 3,500 households, was extended due to the outbreak of Covid-19 and the impact on barley imports from South Africa. Each hydroponic system can produce fodder every seven days and sustain 80 large stock.
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A TOTAL of 79 fodder production systems have been set up as a way of assisting farmers in seven regions of Namibia to save their livestock during droughts. The project was funded at the amount of N$10 million by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund through the Food and Agriculture Organisation in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform.In an interview with The Namibian recently, project coordinator Gebhardt Tjiho said the seven regions which benefited from the project are //Kharas, Hardap, Omaheke, Erongo, Kunene, Omusati and Ohangwena. He said a combined 33 hydroponic systems had been set up in Kunene, //Kharas and Hardap, while Omaheke and Erongo have nine each and Ohangwena eight.Tjiho said the systems were set up by extension officers from the ministry of agriculture at beneficiaries' homes as well as at agricultural centres in these regions.The Namibia National Farmers Union helped in the initiative.He said 10 more hydroponics fodder ...
Source: Namibian
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