Faced with chronic drought conditions, nearly 100 Namibian farmers recently received training on innovative solutions like hydroponics for fodder production and using encroacher bush as animal feed.
The Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) collaborated with the University of Namibia (Unam), the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Farmyard Training, and Agri-tech Namibia on the workshop.
Tulimo Uushona from Unam emphasized the importance of drought-resistant plants in producing supplementary animal feed during her presentation. "Farmers should use concentrated feeds, silage, hay, crop by-products, and bush feed," she advised, stressing the proper placement of feed to avoid waste.
"Supplementary animal feeds should not be given to animals in troughs and not on the ground," she said.
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