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WINDHOEK - The Joint Presidency Committee (JPC) last week held its second meeting where it discussed the future of the activities of the JPC and the committee's involvement in the implementation of the Emerging Commercial Farmers Support Programme (ECFSP).
The JPC is the umbrella organisation to which the three agricultural unions, namely, the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) and the newly established Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers Union (NECFU) are affiliated.
With the establishment of NECFU, the JPC was faced with a special challenge to its future activities.
The NECFU has been given an opportunity to become a fully fledged agricultural union before important matters such as an umbrella organisation for organised agriculture will be discussed any further, said the NAU weekly electronic newsletter.
This point was put on hold for the time being and the JPC will mainly concentrate on joint matters, as identified by the three agricultural unions.
Each of the three agricultural unions also have their own point of view about the future administration of the Emerging Commercial Farmers Support Programme (ECFSP), whose current phase comes to an end next month. The ECFSP started in May 2007 and is funded under the European Union's 9th European Development Fund.
Currently, negotiations are under way for a possible donor to continue financing the programme.
The newsletter said NAU, the current implementing agent, is prepared to continue to act as agent for the implementation of the training part of the programme, but does not see how it would handle the administration of the newly established NECFU, should this be part of the financial package.
Last month, the executive council of the NAU said it would not be involved with the management and internal matters of the emerging farmers' union.
It said the farmers' organisation's involvement would be in the form of the normal liaison through the JPC and other structures such as the Livestock Producers Forum (LPF), training of emerging farmers and the sharing of knowledge and skills in commercial farming practices.
The Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers Forum transformed itself into a union in April.
The aim of the union is to organise all emerging commercial farmers in the country and to serve as a strong voice for the farmers and assist them to build capacity.
The emerging commercial farmers felt that neither the NAU nor the NNFU adequately represent them in organised agriculture.
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The JPC is the umbrella organisation to which the three agricultural unions, namely, the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) and the newly established Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers Union (NECFU) are affiliated.
With the establishment of NECFU, the JPC was faced with a special challenge to its future activities.
The NECFU has been given an opportunity to become a fully fledged agricultural union before important matters such as an umbrella organisation for organised agriculture will be discussed any further, said the NAU weekly electronic newsletter.
This point was put on hold for the time being and the JPC will mainly concentrate on joint matters, as identified by the three agricultural unions.
Each of the three agricultural unions also have their own point of view about the future administration of the Emerging Commercial Farmers Support Programme (ECFSP), whose current phase comes to an end next month. The ECFSP started in May 2007 and is funded under the European Union's 9th European Development Fund.
Currently, negotiations are under way for a possible donor to continue financing the programme.
The newsletter said NAU, the current implementing agent, is prepared to continue to act as agent for the implementation of the training part of the programme, but does not see how it would handle the administration of the newly established NECFU, should this be part of the financial package.
Last month, the executive council of the NAU said it would not be involved with the management and internal matters of the emerging farmers' union.
It said the farmers' organisation's involvement would be in the form of the normal liaison through the JPC and other structures such as the Livestock Producers Forum (LPF), training of emerging farmers and the sharing of knowledge and skills in commercial farming practices.
The Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers Forum transformed itself into a union in April.
The aim of the union is to organise all emerging commercial farmers in the country and to serve as a strong voice for the farmers and assist them to build capacity.
The emerging commercial farmers felt that neither the NAU nor the NNFU adequately represent them in organised agriculture.
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