The Nkurenkuru Town Council has declared its willingness to conduct a feasibility study to identify the economic benefits on the use of trees and shrubs as green manure and, other by-products as a means to develop the economic, social and environmental base and potential of the town and the region at large. This is reflected in the Local Economic Development Strategy of the council and other national documents in coming up with projects that stimulate national growth and development. On this basis, the council therefore decided to carry out a feasibility study of the proposed project.
Agriculture in many developing countries primarily relies on smallholders whose objective is the production of subsistence food and who have very limited access to external inputs. Bush clearing and land cultivation by hand do not eliminate the original vegetation as effectively as mechanized operations. This implies that traditionally managed fields, mostly in northern parts of Namibia, recover in a shorter fallow period than mechanically cultivated fields.
Nkurenkuru is the Regional Capital of the newly established Kavango West Region in Namibia. It has approximately +- 10 000 inhabitants and serves many more people in a vast area. The town is surrounded with abundant natural beauty, unique cultures and agricultural lands. The Kavango River is the main feature. Furthermore Nkurenkuru borders Angola, and has good tarred road connections to all areas of Namibia as well as Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

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The Nkurenkuru Town Council has declared its willingness to conduct a feasibility study to identify the economic benefits on the use of trees and shrubs as green manure and, other by-products as a means to develop the economic, social and environmental base and potential of the town and the region at large. This is reflected in the Local Economic Development Strategy of the council and other national documents in coming up with projects that stimulate national growth and development. On this basis, the council therefore decided to carry out a feasibility study of the proposed project.
Agriculture in many developing countries primarily relies on smallholders whose objective is the production of subsistence food and who have very limited access to external inputs. Bush clearing and land cultivation by hand do not eliminate the original vegetation as effectively as mechanized operations. This implies that traditionally managed fields, mostly in northern parts of Namibia, recover in a shorter fallow period than mechanically cultivated fields.
Nkurenkuru is the Regional Capital of the newly established Kavango West Region in Namibia. It has approximately +- 10 000 inhabitants and serves many more people in a vast area. The town is surrounded with abundant natural beauty, unique cultures and agricultural lands. The Kavango River is the main feature. Furthermore Nkurenkuru borders Angola, and has good tarred road connections to all areas of Namibia as well as Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

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