Namibia: Organic No-Till the Next Step for Namibian Communal Crop Farmers

2 December 2014
opinion

Windhoek — Namibian small scale and communal farmers still have a long way to go in learning how to prepare their crop fields for No-Till conventional row crop production.

But within the next three years they could become another success story of this production system that has grabbed the attention of organic farmers worldwide. The huge advantages of the organic No-Till system was demonstrated recently during an Organic Conference in Dordabis. One of the advocates of the system that promotes crop residue on fields to avoid annual tillage and preserve the soil, local businessman Gerhard Baufeldt, says results, combined with research findings that no-tillage systems with cover crops can substantially rebuild soil organic matter and soil quality, have stimulated widespread interest in developing organic No-Tillage systems. His first consignment of 25 locally-manufactured rippers is ready for shipping to Senegal after he paid a successful visit to that country last year.

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