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…
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NCA Charcoal Field Day
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
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…
DAS at Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show
Is your farm bush encroached? Are you lacking enough feed to sustain your livestock especially in the current drought crisis? Do you have harvesting and milling equipment available or could rent such rather cheaply and quickly? Do you want to learn more about sustainable bush control and biomass utilisation? The De-bushing Advisory Service (DAS) is…
Biomass Research in Ovitoto
Researchers under the Biomass Utilisation through Sustainable Harvest (BUSH) project, recently spent a week in the Ovitoto communal area. The aim of the visit was to implement the first phase of the project’s bush encroachment mitigation and technology development strategies. Bush encroachment is one of the key agricultural challenges in Namibia. The most significant consequences…
DAS capacity development project kicks off with 36 trainees in Okahandja
Bush encroachment of farmland in Namibia is a growing reality with an adverse impact on land productivity and grazing capacity. Efforts to reclaim land through bush clearing activities using a variety of chemical, mechanical and biological methods are increasing. Where livestock farmers in general see bush encroachment as a stumbling block to profitable livestock production,…
Heading to Biomass Technology Expo 2019, 09 August 2019 at Otjiwa Safari Lodge in Otjiwarongo area
In a move to encourage efficient harvesting practices and utilisation of the vast biomass resource, the N-BiG Biomass Technology Expo is set to take place on 9 August at Otjiwa Safari Lodge. General Manager of the Namibia Biomass Industry Group, Colin Lindeque said the open Expo will focus on bush-based fodder production, modern charcoal production,…
Innovation is the key to drought survival
Despite drought and horrible economic times for Namibia, there is still much to be done to survive until the next rainy season. The one activity thriving on the bad times seems to be the charcoal industry which is growing exponentially due to the massive market uptake of the very popular charcoal derived from Namibian invader…
A case for a biomass-based economy in Namibia
NAMIBIA is currently facing an uphill economic battle, having recently slipped into a recession, coupled with a staggering unemployment rate of over 30%, which is exacerbated further by low international commodity prices, affecting some of our largest national income earners from the mining sector. So, what if we told you that Namibia is sitting on…
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…