Permaculture as an alternative to present commercial resettlement farming practices in Namibia

The current mono-crop farming practices in the Namibian resettlement farms . there were visited are unsustainable due to soil nutrient, structure and eventually texture destruction. Furthermore, the aridity of Namibia makes crop and livestock farming difficult. Permanent agriculture (permaculture) is a way of living sustainably in the environment and it is proposed as an alternative farming method for the mostly poor and illiterate settlers on resettlement farms. It emphasises self-reliance on basic needs and the creation of artificial ecosystems from which nutrition and infrastructure can be attained in a sustainable manner without exploiting or polluting the environment. Permaculture is not an instant solution but, a long-term sustainable alternative to current agricultural practices in semi-arid and arid areas of Namibia.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Environmental and Geographical Science

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Stoffberg, Gerrit Hendrik

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Holmes, Peter

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9593

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9593