The shortage of unpredictable and very cryptic rainfall in Namibia for the past years has exacerbated the drought dilemma faced by Namibian farmers. Leaving only plains of land with little or no grass at all for livestock, while endorsing the manifestation of bushes which thrive well under such environmental stress. But the question lies with…
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DAS visit to Farm Hummelshain
Bush Information System field data collection survey
Bush Encroachment has been identified by the United Nation’s Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as one of the leading indicators for land degradation. In addition, there has been a reduction in carrying capacity of rangeland in most parts of Namibia. In order to support evidence-based decisions and planning on the extent of bush encroachment/woody cover…
Business delegation on the development of Biomass industrial park in Namibia
The GIZ/MAWF Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation Project and collaboration with the Institute of Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) organised a business delegation from the European biomass sector who visited Namibia in the past days. The aim of their tour in the central North of the country was to discover the tremendous economic potential springing…
Bush encroachment to be tackled under multi-disciplinary NUST project
On April 02, 2019 the Biomass Utilisation by Sustainable Harvest (BUSH) Project of Namibia University of Science and Technology was launched to tackle bush encroachment through three interventions; technology tranfer, applied research and capacity development for a period of 2.5 years from April 2019 until June 2021. The specific sub-projects include the optimising manual bush…