Coffee lovers, raise your mugs! While your morning latte might hail from distant lands, the true coffee connoisseur knows the origin story begins in Ethiopia. This East African nation boasts a heritage intertwined with the very bean, and sipping Ethiopian coffee is...
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Farming
From Beef to Green Ammonia: Namibia’s Agribusiness Value-Chain Test
The forum’s talk of value chains reaches the farm two ways: through what Namibia exports raw, and through a new home-grown fertiliser.
From Capital to Fertiliser: What Namibia’s Hydrogen Money Buys the Farm
Follow the capital far enough and it ends in ammonia and fresh water, the two things arid farming needs most.
Weaners and Lithium: Why Namibia’s Raw-Export Habit Reaches the Cattle Pen
Raw ore and live cattle leave Namibia before the value is made. One ban raises the question for both.
Navigating FMD Zones: Authorities Outline Permitted Goods
The government clarified in June 2023 which goods may cross foot-and-mouth disease zones, with digital permits proposed to streamline compliance for farmers and traders.
Green Ammonia and Water: What the Hyphen Project Means for Namibian Food Systems
Ammonia is a fertiliser molecule before it is a fuel. This project makes it with seawater in the driest of places.
From Barley to Apples: How the Heineken-NBL Deal Reaches Back to the Farm
Behind the brands sit fields of barley, apples and grapes. The merger is also a decision about where they are grown.
Two Harvests: Jonker-1X and the Benguela Fishery Now Share One Sea
The water an oil province wants to drill is the same water that already feeds and employs the coast.
Green Ammonia’s Other Market: The EU-Namibia Pact and the Fertiliser Value Chain
Most of the hydrogen becomes ammonia, and ammonia is fertiliser. The pact quietly touches every planted hectare.