Farmers urged to go with agri flow

DEPUTY Minister of Agriculture, Paul Smit, has called on commercial farmers in the Karas Region to re-double their efforts on agricultural development.

Focus needed to be placed on the primary sector of agriculture to balance distribution of resources, he urged farmers. Officiating at the Karas Commercial Farmers Agriculture Winter School, held under the auspices of the Keetmanshoop Regional Agriculture Union at Keetmanshoop yesterday, Smit also encouraged the farmers to unlock the irrigation potential of the region.The Agriculture Winter School is being held for the 15th consecutive year.It is being hosted by the Klein Karas Farmers Association under the theme ‘Is profitable farming a reality?’ It aims to equip farmers with farming management skills.The Deputy Minister challenged the organisers of the event to involve communal farmers, upcoming commercial farmers as well as farmworkers in future winter schools to find solutions to problems agriculture farming faces.The Winter School ends today.Officiating at the Karas Commercial Farmers Agriculture Winter School, held under the auspices of the Keetmanshoop Regional Agriculture Union at Keetmanshoop yesterday, Smit also encouraged the farmers to unlock the irrigation potential of the region.The Agriculture Winter School is being held for the 15th consecutive year.It is being hosted by the Klein Karas Farmers Association under the theme ‘Is profitable farming a reality?’ It aims to equip farmers with farming management skills.The Deputy Minister challenged the organisers of the event to involve communal farmers, upcoming commercial farmers as well as farmworkers in future winter schools to find solutions to problems agriculture farming faces.The Winter School ends today.