THE Kavango East Regional Farmers Union (Kerfu) held its first ordinary congress on Friday and Saturday under the theme “Farming, the backbone of food security”.
The two-day meeting was aimed at helping farmers to tackle challenges and difficulties they face in their activities.
Speaking at the opening of the congress, agriculture minister John Mutorwa congratulated the leadership for successfully holding its first ordinary congress and assured them of government’s support for the local farmers.
“Farming is an individual activity and government is there to support and assist farmers with programmes rendered through regional offices countrywide.”
Mutorwa also thanked the umbrella body, the Namibia National Farmers Union, for assisting regional farmers’ unions countrywide to stand on their own.
The congress was attended by representatives of various leading institutions, such as Agribank of Namibia, the Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (Amta) and the Meat Board of Namibia, who all came to share information on services to help farmers enhance production on their farms.
The congress discussed topics such as the role of Amta in the agricultural sector and financial products the Agribank can offer to Northern Communal Area (NCA) farmers without asking for collateral.
The union, which was established in June 2015, also elected a new executive committee during the congress with Adolf Muremi taking over as chairperson.
He replaces interim chairperson Hannes Balzaar.
The congress also elected Thomas Nyambe as the vice chairperson, Timotheus Kativa as secretary and Mathew Kalihonda as vice secretary.
Kornelia Thimende was elected treasurer while Kadiva Haininga and Magreth Ndara became committee members.
– Nampa
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