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Cattle on a farm in Namibia. Agriculture in Namibia contributes around 5% of the national Gross Domestic Product though 25% to 40% of Namibians depend on subsistence agriculture and herding. Primary products included livestock and meat products, crop farming and forestry. [1] Only 2% of Namibia's land receives sufficient rainfall to grow crops.
The Ministry of Agriculture is a department of the Namibian government. It was established at Namibian independence in 1990. The first Namibian minister of agriculture was Gert Hanekom . [ 1 ]
The Namibia Agricultural Union is a union of farmers in Namibia which represents commercial or non-subsistence farmers. [1] The president of the NAU is Piet Gouws. [2] Previous presidents include Raimar von Hase and Jan de Wet. [3] The NAU is part of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, a global organization which advocates ...
Pages in category "Agriculture in Namibia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ [18] [19]), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. [20] Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, [21] Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the ...
Map of Namibia. Land reform is an important political and economic topic in Namibia. It consists of two different strategies: resettlement, and transfer of commercially viable agricultural land. Resettlement is aimed at improving the lives of displaced or dispossessed previously disadvantaged Namibians.
The economy of Namibia has a modern market sector, which produces most of the country's wealth, and a traditional subsistence sector. Although the majority of the population engages in subsistence agriculture and herding, Namibia has more than 200,000 skilled workers and a considerable number of well-trained professionals and managerials.
The Agricultural School was closed in 1941 due to World War II. In 1955 Neudamm Agriculture College was established. The old installations from the 1930s are since called "Old Neudamm" and house Neudamm Experimental Farm. In 1996 the agricultural college was incorporated into the University of Namibia. It since forms the Neudamm Campus of the ...