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With a decent print run of 3850 copies per issue and a magnificent online presence, this magazine remains the preferred source of Namibian Farming news both locally and internationally Publisher : Evans Mumba General Manager: Audrick Chigiji Editor: Jacob Botha: [email protected] Writers Cris Muyunda Vincent Rukoro Ndama Nakashole Tony Naruseb Nel Coetzee Graphics and Productions Merlin Wilson (Pty) Ltd Rekai Musari Mutisi– Layout Contents Advertisement Sales Donald Mumba: donaldc@namibianfarmer NEWS BRIEFS Similo Ngwenya: [email protected] Grape expectations for Namibian farmers : .................................... 5 James Mkhize: [email protected] Kapingo Mulenga: [email protected] COVER STORY Meatco to launch business models in the North : .................................... 8 Emai Address: [email protected] Website: www.namibianfarming.com HOME NEWS Economy expected to grow 4.5% in 2016 : .................................... 10 Information, Database, Archive and Food outlook remains bleak : .............................................................................. 11 Distribution Management Ministry donates lucerne to Kunene : ................................................................... 12 Revised Agriculture Policy tackles climate change : ........................................ 15 Subscription and Sales Administrator Staple food prices increase : .............................................................................. 16 Hazel Mukwamba l Elise Lusungo: CORPORATE NEWS Published By: Agra ProVision goes high-tech : ............................................................................. 20 MTI Media Multi-purpose crush pen for Otjombinde : ........................................................ 21 Is local barley not good enough? : ......................................................... 22 Physical Address: The Namibian Farmer INSIDE NAMIBIA 15 Veronica Street Ludwigsdorf, Windhoek Inside Namibia’s stud-breeding industry : ......................................................... 24 REGIONAL NEWS Postal Address: P.O Box 136, Windhoek, Namibia Rwanda tea exports up : ............................................................................. 26 Tel: +264 81 265 2004 l Fax: +264 81 265 2005 l Keeping track of livestock production profitability : .................................... 28 Email: [email protected] Website: www.namibianfarming.com 4 The Namibian Farmer | January - March 2016 www.namibianfarming.com NEWS BRIEFS Grape expectations for Namibian farmers he Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency Agriculture, Water and Forestry, John Mutor- Alliance from Aussenker. The pilot shipment (AMTA) as part of its goal to promote wa officially launch the pilot initiative through however proved to be 18 per cent more ex- local fresh produce abroad, sent the the Namibian Port Authority on the cargo ship pensive for the farmers, who usually export first consignment of fresh grapes to named “Wild Lotus” from Panama which car- grapes through the Cape Town harbour in TRotterdam in the Netherlands via the Lüderitz ried the twenty seven thousand tonnes of ta- South Africa to the European market. Photo- harbour. Here the Minister of Works and ble grapes from Farm Sonop in Noordoewer, graph by Agro Marketing and Trade Agency Transport, Alfred Naruseb and the Minister of the Namibia Grape Company, and the Grape (AMTA) www.namibianfarming.com The Namibian Farmer | January - March 2016 5 THE RELEVANCE OF A FLOPPY SPRINKLER OVERHEAD SYSTEM IN AGRICULTURE TODAY The Floppy Sprinkler Overhead Irrigation System is a All plants flourish with natural rain. 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