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Original Post Date: 2010-07-30 Time: 16:00:06 Posted By: News Poster
By Johanna Absalom
Windhoek – The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Hon John Mutorwa has implored the communal farmers to start appreciating that farming is a profitable business.
Mutorwa said this at the sponsorship launch of the Communal Farmers Consortium in Windhoek late this week.
He said: “Gone must be the days when farming and other agricultural activities were seen as subsistence farming activities only geared towards and meant for maintaining and supporting oneself, at a very minimal level, producing only for own consumption, without any surplus for trade.
“Agriculture has a role and indeed an important duty to meaningfully and constructively support rural development and poverty reduction.”
The minister, therefore, encouraged communal farmers to produce surplus food with the ultimate aim to increase food security and reduce poverty.
To date, the Communal Farmers Consortium, which consists of Agribank, FNB Namibia, Meat board of Namibia, Telecom, Meatco, Namibia Breweries, Agra, Telecom, Feedmasters, has spent a total of N$2.5 million towards the development of communal farmers.
To make communal farming economic viable, the chief executive officer of Agribank and patron of the communal farmers consortium, Ambassador Leonard Iipumbu called for the consortium “to also support and promote crop production and horticultural entrepreneurs to showcase their products alongside that of livestock. “
He urged all farmers associations in communal areas to follow the standard procedures and guidelines to qualify for funding from the consortium.
“It is very important that recipients of the funds account for the meagre resources availed to them through submitting expenditure reports. No funding should be granted to farmers associations who failed to submit their reports in this financial year,” Iipumbu cautioned.
The executive director of Namibia National Farmers Union and chairperson of the communal farmers consortium, Olloff Manjanu said that the contribution is a “clear demonstration that agriculture in Namibia is considered the backbone for our economy in general and means for household food security in particular.”
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Original date published: 30 July 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201007300828.html?viewall=1