Windhoek — Climate change is possibly the most real threat to food security and we cannot do anything about it. Poor traditional ploughing methods result in unproductive soils, not able to capture and retain moisture from erratic and unpredictable rain fall.
Says Gerhard Baufeldt, owner of Baufis Agricultural Services, who have been closely involved with the development of agricultural implements. He recently visited Senegal where he met senior government officials and communal farmers, demonstrating his innovative Namibian-built ripper/furrower and planters of which he sold. While there, he also gave lectures on his machinery and practical demonstrations. "The system was introduced with astonishing results. Further projects are signed for in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. These implements are to be used in dry land crop production and drawn by animal or tractor," he informs Farmers' Forum.
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