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Bush-To-Feed @

Neudamm Campus

amibia is affected by bush encroachment on the market. Through the concurrent response to bush
a massive scale, a phenomenon consisting of encroachment (i.e. bush control through selective
an invasion/thickening of undesired woody harvesting) and utilisation of biomass, agricultural
Nspecies with an associated suppression of the productivity can be restored, while strengthening the
palatable grasses and decreases biodiversity and the drought resilience of farmers.
carrying capacity of the ecosystem. About 2/3 of the
country (619 000 km ) is affected by bush encroachment. The University of Namibia (UNAM) has partnered with
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In a land where about 1.2 million people (about 60% of the Embassy of Finland to conduct research on the use
the population) live on farmlands, bush encroachment
poses a severe risk to the economy of the country as of encroacher bush as animal feed over a period of 2
well as on food security. years to support the De-bushing Project for the purpose
of producing animal feed using the twigs and leaves of

However, the challenge of bush encroachment can encroacher bushes. This project has possible synergies
be turned into an opportunity, if value is added to the with the mushroom project as wasted biomass could be
bush. The promotion of value chain addition can help used to grow mushrooms which would increase food
pay costly debushing, while availing new products to security and fight malnutrition.

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