Power of the plough

OPUWO – About 15 farmers from the Etanga area have attended a three-week workshop on how to use draught animals such as oxen and donkeys in cultivating their fields.

The workshop was funded by the Productivity Upliftment Micro Projects (Pump) and Draft Animal Power Acceleration Programme (DAPAP). According to the facilitator, Bennett Tjikurame, an extension officer at Etanga, the workshop taught farmers how to use draught animals for ploughing and cultivating, and how to make harnesses and implements from local materials.”At the end of the workshop each participant will receive a plough and accessories worth N$1 980 from Pump and DAPAP,” said Tjikurame.Seven of the participants, from five villages around Etanga, were women.Tjikurame said fields in the Etanga area are very small, the biggest being about one-and-a-half hectare.The knowledge gained from the workshop will enable the farmers to expand their fields.- NampaAccording to the facilitator, Bennett Tjikurame, an extension officer at Etanga, the workshop taught farmers how to use draught animals for ploughing and cultivating, and how to make harnesses and implements from local materials.”At the end of the workshop each participant will receive a plough and accessories worth N$1 980 from Pump and DAPAP,” said Tjikurame.Seven of the participants, from five villages around Etanga, were women.Tjikurame said fields in the Etanga area are very small, the biggest being about one-and-a-half hectare.The knowledge gained from the workshop will enable the farmers to expand their fields.- Nampa