Agribank consults Omaheke agriculture role players
ELLANIE SMIT
WINDHOEK
Agribank recently held a stakeholder engagement event at Gobabis, Omaheke Region, bringing together agriculture role players in the region.
The aim was to consult on how best to serve farmers in the region.
Farmers’ union representatives formed part of the engagement and presented their challenges, while also proposing solutions.
Fragmented
Among other things, farmers indicated that due to drought they are now disintegrated as each farmer is focused on the survival of their farm, resulting in less peer-to-peer interaction.
They proposed that Agribank should champion events for farmers to get together and share information on addressing various challenges they face.
It was further proposed that Agribank provide certificates of attendance to farmers who attend farming trainings facilitated by the bank.
According to farmers, this would help when applying to the agriculture ministry for resettlement farms.
The bank says farmers also encouraged synergies between all key stakeholder in the region to ensure that bottlenecks in the process of serving farmers are addressed from all angles.
During the engagement, stakeholders presented their respective roles in the process of developing and promoting agriculture in the country. Additionally, Agribank loan application processes and requirements also featured.
Regan Mwazi, executive manager for marketing and customer strategy at the bank, responded to some of the issues raised and praised the institutions for attending and providing inputs.
“It is only through stakeholder engagements such as this one where local solution to local challenges can be provided and opportunities identified for exploitation to the benefit of the farming industry,” he said.
Mwazi urged farmers to be organised in order to be heard and to take seriously the information provided to them through various platforms in order to improve their farming techniques.
WINDHOEK
Agribank recently held a stakeholder engagement event at Gobabis, Omaheke Region, bringing together agriculture role players in the region.
The aim was to consult on how best to serve farmers in the region.
Farmers’ union representatives formed part of the engagement and presented their challenges, while also proposing solutions.
Fragmented
Among other things, farmers indicated that due to drought they are now disintegrated as each farmer is focused on the survival of their farm, resulting in less peer-to-peer interaction.
They proposed that Agribank should champion events for farmers to get together and share information on addressing various challenges they face.
It was further proposed that Agribank provide certificates of attendance to farmers who attend farming trainings facilitated by the bank.
According to farmers, this would help when applying to the agriculture ministry for resettlement farms.
The bank says farmers also encouraged synergies between all key stakeholder in the region to ensure that bottlenecks in the process of serving farmers are addressed from all angles.
During the engagement, stakeholders presented their respective roles in the process of developing and promoting agriculture in the country. Additionally, Agribank loan application processes and requirements also featured.
Regan Mwazi, executive manager for marketing and customer strategy at the bank, responded to some of the issues raised and praised the institutions for attending and providing inputs.
“It is only through stakeholder engagements such as this one where local solution to local challenges can be provided and opportunities identified for exploitation to the benefit of the farming industry,” he said.
Mwazi urged farmers to be organised in order to be heard and to take seriously the information provided to them through various platforms in order to improve their farming techniques.
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