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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. T.E. Basson Deputy Director: Agricultural Engineering Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry E-mail: bassont@mawrd.gov.na 31 October 2007. OUTLINE. OBJECTIVE OF GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

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  1. INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR T.E. Basson Deputy Director: Agricultural Engineering Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry E-mail: bassont@mawrd.gov.na 31 October 2007

  2. OUTLINE • OBJECTIVE OF GOVERNMENT • STRATEGIES OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR • ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES • IDENTIFIED AND DEVELOPED PROJECTS

  3. OBJECTIVES OF GRN • Enhancement of food self sufficiency and food security • Ensure availability of raw materials input for industrialisation • Generation of export earnings • Improve income from agriculture, and contribution to poverty reduction

  4. OBJECTIVES OF GRN (cont…) • Contribution of agriculture to socio economic development • Incorporation of informal agriculture into formal economy • Empowerment and integration of formally disadvantaged Namibians into the sector

  5. STRATEGIES OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR • Identification, development and promotion of investment projects • Development of policies and structures for the promotion of Private Public Partnership (PPP) in the sector • Mobilization of financial resources to finance agricultural production and agro–processing

  6. STRATEGIES OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR (cont..) • Sustainable management and utilisation of natural resources (land, water, etc) • Evaluations of private proposals for investment in the sector • Development and Promotion of agriculture related value chain industry • Negotiation of market access for Namibian agriculture produce

  7. NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN CAPITAL • Available land • Irrigation 45 000 ha • Dry land > 276 000 ha • Land under production • Irrigation 9 000 ha • Dry land 250 000 ha • Water • Rainfall • Water catchments • Rivers

  8. NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN CAPITAL (cont…) • Technology options • Irrigation • Drip irrigation, Micro irrigation, Centre Pivot,Sprinkler irrigation • Rain fed • Fertilizer application, Appropriate tillage practices • Land fertility • Erosion control, Soil amelioration • Labour • Young and trainable population • Sufficient skills and know-how in farming • Sound system and capacity for certification • Agricultural training institutions • Annual bursary awards for training

  9. NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN CAPITAL (cont…) • Flexible Legal and Policy Environment • Commercial Land Act (1995) • Communal Land Reform Act (2002) • Land Tenure Policy • Agriculture Financing • Infrastructure • Sound roads, transport, communication, schools, hospitals, entertainment and recreational facilities • Markets and Strategic geographic location • Sound domestic purchasing power • Access to other markets e.g. Regional and International markets • Macro economic stability

  10. IDENTIFIED AND DEVELOPED PROJECTS • The following projects are either looking for financing, technology, joint ventures and partnerships • Green scheme projects • Industrial crop projects • Fodder production and feedlotting • Agro-food processing

  11. GREEN SCHEME PROJECTS • Irrigation projects • Tandjieskoppe (Karas Region) • Sendelingsdrift (Karas Region) • Sikondo (Kavango Region) • Ndonga Linena (Kavango Region) • Horticulture marketing infrastructure • North Central Regions • North Eastern Regions • Central Market

  12. INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS • Cotton (Northern regions) • Sugar cane plantations (Caprivi) • Charcoal production (Otjozondjupa) • Food processing at Green Scheme Projects

  13. FODDER PRODUCTION AND FEEDLOTTING • Fodder production and feedlotting • Country wide • Creation of marketing opportunities for farmers north of the Red Line • Value addition

  14. OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND CROPS • Industrial Crops • Oil seed • Bio-fuel • Orchard plantations • Livestock related projects • Meat production and processing • Leather processing • Dairy production and processing • Poultry production

  15. OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND CROPS (cont…) • Industrial projects • Agricultural equipment • Ploughs • Tractors • Milling machines, etc • Manufacturing of agricultural inputs • Fertilizer • Seeds • Pesticides

  16. THANK YOU!!

  17. NAUTE DAM OTJIVERO DAM HARDAP DAM OANOB DAM

  18. Project Area

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