The changes will include tackling labour issues and modernising kilns with the goal of reducing smoke emission and improving wood-to-charcoal conversion.Pieter Potgieter, the newly appointed manager of the Namibia Charcoal Producers’ Association (NCA), said the association is undergoing a “total transformation”, which has already been kick-started with the support of the German Development Cooperation agency…
Charcoal industry gets a new facelift
What is highly mechanised de-bushing?
The primary aim is to harvest the biomass and this can be done with either a skidsteer harvester and horizontal rotary cutter or circular sawblades, three wheel loader equipment with buncher and hydraulic cutter, or a hydraulic grab and buncher with blade cutter.
Young farmer of the year 2015 event
The De-bushing Advisory Service team pictured here with Ms Judith Isele at the Young Farmer of the year 2015 event on her farm in Springbockvley.The event centered on Holistic Management approach to sustainable farming and was attended by more than 400 people, which permitted a lot of valuable contacts for DAS!