0By Timo ShihepoThe Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) is fostering the uptake of Conservation Agriculture (CA) through the implementation of a national Conservation Agriculture programme. Conservation Agriculture has proven potential to improve crop yields, while improving the long-term environmental and financial sustainability of farming. There is a need for Namibia to adopt climate adapted practices like Conservation Agriculture. MAWF/GIZ results show that farmers could achieve 70 percent higher yields on their conservation agriculture plots as compared to conventional agriculture. But despite progress, there are still challenges that need to be addressed with regard to conservation agriculture in Namibia.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 08, 2018 08:37 UTC