Namibia: Dry Land Crop Production - 500 - 1 000 Percent Yield Increase!

analysis

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.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.