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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Erastus Seuakouje Ngaruka is a part-time livestock, poultry and crop farmer in Epukiro, Omaheke region. Ngaruka was born a farmer, grew up farming and survives from farming.<\/p>\n

\u201cLivestock farming in my community is a tradition or a culture. However, it goes with passion as well. I have a strong passion for farming. I tend to draw my inspiration from the fact that our livelihood is deeply and irreversibly dependent on livestock farming; that is our identity, pride and socio-economic base,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Ngaruka said farming is a source of income for many things at the household level, inclusive of education and social well-being in general.<\/p>\n

He farms on communal land at Okomumbonde village, producing Damara sheep, Kalahari red goats, Bonsmara cross cattle, Australorp chickens, dogs (Greyhounds) and some vegetables.<\/p>\n

Ngaruka also makes fodder for his livestock and sells the surplus from his cultivated pasture, crop residues and forage resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an effort of farm enterprise diversification and an integrated farming system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He sells his cattle at auctions or on local permit days. The sheep and goats are sold for breeding materials to other farmers and as meat for individuals, cultural\/traditional and other festive events.<\/p>\n

His chickens are sold for breeding purposes and meat. The dogs are part of the business and are used for breeding or sold to other farmers. Ngaruka owns a hammer mill, which he uses to process fodder for his livestock and generate an income when processing for other farmers.<\/p>\n

Farming contributed and still contributes positively towards his character building. It continues to strengthen his passion, knowledge and skills. Thus, he joyfully takes it as a career and business.<\/p>\n

Some of Ngaruka\u2019s challenges he experienced during his farming journey were stock theft, drought, poisonous plants and predators.<\/p>\n

Ngaruka considers his best experiences to be breeding his animals to achieve certain traits of interest, of which he is starting to see gradual change.<\/p>\n

Secondly, he survived the previous drought years with minimum worries because he could produce and process his fodder.<\/p>\n

Having people admire and purchase his livestock is among his best experiences, Ngaruka said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFarming is the only undertaking that has and will continue to sustain our livelihoods and achieve food self-sufficiency. To succeed or be comfortable with farming, you need three things, which are time, information\/skill and always doing the basic things correctly,\u201d he advised. – Agribank<\/p>\n

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