Hydroponic fodder production: an innovative solution in time

Namibian farmers are saving their livestock and safeguarding livelihoods by rethinking fodder production
Namibia has suffered heavily from drought in recent years, but hydroponics can help farmers reduce their reliance on water and continue to feed their livestock. ©FAO/Phillipus Tobias
16/02/2021
“Our animals were as thin as straws of grass, but now they are looking very fat and healthy,” says 36-year-old Agnes Tengovandu-Tjindo, who lives in Otjozondjou, a small village in Western Namibia. The drought has been so severe in Agnes’ area that she worried none of her animals would survive it.
“I lost a great number of my livestock and was left with only a few cattle and goats that I was also struggling to keep alive,” she said, while pointing to a few of her cattle resting under a camelthorn tree not far from her farm.

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