by Wezi Tjaronda
WINDHOEK – Two local authorities have availed land to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry for the construction of storage and marketing facilities for horticulture products.
The ministry has budgeted N$60 million for three years for the marketing of horticulture products in the 2009/10 financial year.Minister John Mutorwa this week said rural communities producing fruits and vegetables have problems in marketing their produce. He said many a time politicians encouraged farmers to produce when there is no market for the produce.Windhoek, Rundu and Oshakati have been identified as the ideal places for the construction of horticulture marketing infrastructure.
Of the three, Rundu and Oshakati have identified plots on which the facilities will be erected.Mutorwa urged officials that have been assigned to implement the construction to move and use the money that the ministry has budgeted. “The construction of infrastructure is an important practical necessity. It is not a hypothetical thing that would take years to establish,” he said when he launched a booklet on ‘The Basic Economics of DAP Use in Crop Production’ this week.
Mutorwa said as much as feasibility studies are important, these studies should not be an end.“Do the study, approve it and construct the facilities,” he said adding that people do not really appreciate the feasibility studies because they are more interested in the infrastructure.
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