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De-bushing Advisory Service Namibia

We are a national information platform and focal point for questions relating to bush control and value addition opportunities for bush encroachment. We address information needs of famers interested in bush control and biomass utilisation and connect operators of and investors in bush biomass operations.

Farmer's Tools

Find our developed tools which provide hands on practical guidance on the control of bush encroachment, through bush control.

Downloads

Find our published resources and other information material on bush enroachment. Find these studies and brochures here, as well as important policies and relevant external studies.

FAQ

Our FAQ consists of categories and is constantly being expanded. We’re always interested in receiving and answering your questions. Please use our contact form to send them to us.

Additional Information

We have a list of contact details for the following categories: Value Chain Contacts, Harvesting Equipment Suppliers, Debushing Service Providers, and Financing Products and Grants.

Decision Support System (DSS)

Online guidance tool to control Acacia mellifera.

Open DSS

Recent News

N-BiG Encroacher Bush Business Plan Competition

October 18, 2019DASUncategorizedBiomass Business Opportunities, Biomass Utilisation, De-bushing Advisory Service, innovation, N-BiGNo comments

Do you have a great business idea to add value to Namibia’s encroacher bush? Is your idea innovative? Is your idea scalable, beyond the Namibian border? Are you young, and/or a woman, and/or previously disadvantaged? Then you are the person we are looking for, enter to stand a chance to be one of the top…

NCA Charcoal Field Day

October 17, 2019DASUncategorizedBiomass Utilisation, Charcoal, De-bushing Advisory Service, FSC Certification, Namibia Charcoal Association, Value addition, Value chainsNo comments

Charcoal makes a significant contribution to Namibia’s economy. The Namibia Charcoal Association (NCA) estimates that the sector is employing close to 10,000 workers this year. At a NCA field day in Okahandja on Wednesday, farmers informed themselves on how to realise the “money in the bush”. Estimates for 2019 are that up to 200,000 tonnes…

Namibia’s participation at 19th Congress of Wood Energy in Germany

September 30, 2019DASUncategorizedBiomass Utilisation, Bush control, Climate Protection, De-bushing Advisory Service, Namibian BiomassNo comments

Namibia presented itself as a prospective partner country at this year’s Wood Energy Conference in Würzburg, Germany. The congress themed “sustainable solutions for climate protection” is the national get-together of the German “biomass scene”. With 250 entrepreneurial participants it is thus an ideal opportunity for networking and business to business meetings. A dedicated programme on…

Testimonials

We need many hungry stomachs to eat the bush

Mr. Joseph Hailwa

Director of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF)

I am addicted to De-bushing

Dr Libertina Amathila

Former Namibian Deputy Prime Minister

Namibians are definitely realising the biomass opportunity

Colin Lindeque

General Manager, Namibia Biomass Industry Group (N-BiG)

Communal farmers can now rehabilitate their rangeland through bush utilisation

Jackson Hindjou

Communal Farmer /CLDP mentor

Animal feed trainings relieve farmers from feeling hopeless during the drought

David Kaunotje, Commercial Farmer/CLDP mentor