Established some 27 years ago, the Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) is a statutory board that issues import and export permits for controlled products such as maize, wheat, mahangu and vegetables. Lately there has been an increase in the production of these controlled products, with approximately 48000 tons of white maize, 41166 tons of mahangu and 12000 tons of wheat being produced annually.
At a recent media event, Chairman of the NAB, Kobus van Graan said that despite Namibia's normal hostile climate for agricultural production, the NAB's intervention has become a catalyst for impressive agronomic development in several regions. "Many years after the formation of the Agronomic Industry Act, we have the benefit to evaluate what was achieved over time. Success did not just happen. Insignificant agronomic crops grew into bumper crops and permanent economic life was brought to the industry," said van Graan.
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