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The objective of the Agriculture Project is to increase the total value added from livestock in the northern communal areas of Namibia and to increase income from indigenous natural products accruing to the poor nationwide. |
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Agriculture Project – Activities and Sub Activities (US$47 million) Land Access & Management Activity - Communal Land Support Sub Activity . Outreach and public awareness campaign to educate public regarding their land rights . Capacity building/training for Communal Land Boards . Capacity building/training for local land administration institutions (traditional authorities) . Systematic verification and land registration process - Community –Based Rangeland Management Sub-Activity(CBRLM) . Training in community-based rangeland management techniques . Training in herd management and other livestock husbandry techniques & practices . Training in livestock business management and marketing skills . Provision of infrastructure (eg. Water Points, Kraals ) Livestock Support Activity - Veterinary Service Centres Sub Activity - Construction of 5 Veterinary Service Centres Sub Activity . Rehabilitation of 2 quarantine stations in Caprivi - Introduction of a Livestock Identification & Traceability System in the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) Activity . Tagging of some 1 million cattle in the NCA’s . Public outreach & awareness campaign for the Livestock Identification & Traceability System - Livestock Market Efficiency Fund . Funds to support a study to determine actions and steps to obtain internationally-recognised Foot & Mouth Disease free status for the NCAs. . Equipment for a Serology Laboratory in Ondangwa. . Marketing infrastructure to improve livestock marketing in the NCA’s Indigenous Natural Products (INP) Activity . Primary Producer Group support . Indigenous Plants Task Team Capacity Building . INP Innovation Fund |
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