The Agricultural Bank of Namibia has unveiled virtual training material on specified farming practices, aimed at transferring knowledge and skills to farmers, to enhance farming productivity country wide.
The virtual training videos according to the bank, focuses on five farming practices, namely, poultry production, farm infrastructure, rangeland management, livestock production, as well as crop and horticulture production.
“The virtual training material were introduced by the Bank in line with its agri advisory services function, whose long-term goal is to inspire positive attitudes in farmers towards agribusiness to improve productivity. Due to the disruptive nature of Covid19 on all elements of doing business, the Bank, had to come-up with matching solutions to remain relevant to our stakeholders. Agribank’s agri advisory services mandate is promoting sustainable agricultural business ventures, while also building business relationships between clients, potential clients and the Bank,†Agribank’s Executive Manager for Marketing and Customer Strategy,Regan Mwazi said.
