Author: Hanks Saisai

Know Your Winter Vegetables and How to Grow Them
By Hanks Saisai, Technical Advisor: Crops and Poultry Wintertime offers an opportune time for farmers to grow a variety of cool weather-loving crops. Vegetables grown at the right time typically thrive and grow optimally, producing significant yields. Namibia has…

The relationship between seed sowing depth to germination and growth period of a crop
By: Hanks Saisai The successful growth of a crop is commonly influenced by the initial action of propagation, conventionally done through the sowing of seeds into a growing medium or directly into a seed bed. However, a factor frequently…

Opinion: Developing a Health Programme for Your Poultry Business
By: Hanks Saisai The success of any poultry production enterprise is significantly influenced by the health measures implemented by the farmer to ensure the continual safety of the bird enterprise. Many times, farmers without a health programme expose their…

Opinion: Drought Coping Strategies for Crop Farmers
By: Hanks Saisai The 2023 – 2024 rainy season was characterised by below-average rainfall in many crop-producing regions of Namibia. These conditions have resulted in dire consequences on the food security levels of many households in rural settings and Namibia…
The Importance Of Weed Control
By:Hanks Saisai As the current rainy season progresses, good rainfall has been recorded in almost all parts of the country. As a result, crop farmers are witnessing a productive crop production season with noteworthy growth of maize, sorghum, and pearl…

Opinion: Transforming Namibian rural areas through agriculture
By: Hanks Saisai As the country charts forward toward the realisation of Vision 2030, it has become evident that many rural areas in Namibia continue to experience an alarming rate of rural-to-urban migration. Rural-to-urban migration is defined as the…