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…
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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…
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…