Lüderitz breaks ground on bio-systems project

By: STAFF REPORTER

THE Lüderitz Town Council has taken the first step towards developing a sustainable agri-enterprise when it broke ground this week for an integrated bio-systems project. The Environment Ministry through its Environmental Investment Fund, the Karas Regional Council and the Hans Seidel Foundation funded the project to the tune of N$800 000.

IMTL is the implementing agency of the project. 

IMLT managing director Fanie Oosthuizen said in a press statement that the project aims to cultivate animal fodder to add value to wastewater from the local sewage treatment plant. 

According to Oosthuizen, it also aims to set up a diary farm.

The project is expected to create 15 full-time jobs, with an additional 20 to 30 workers being employed seasonally. 

Hans Seidel Foundation representative Wolgang Kleine said: “We must use our existing resources properly. Hungry people cannot be democrats.”

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