Aquaponics takes root in Namibia
The aquaponics gardening system “uses 5 percent of recycled water compared to traditional soil gardening, with plants growing from charcoal cones sticking out from the bed of polystyrene afloat water,” explained Thomas Karumendu, group leader of the Aquaponic Gardening project.
This is a model of farming that could be adopted by city dwellers struggling to make ends meet, a difficult life that Karumendu knows too well.
Karumendu recalls the times he battled to make ends meet and struggled to establish a garden in Windhoek. But like many city dwellers, access to water and land for farming was a challenge.
As luck would have it for him, he was introduced to aquaponic gardening, which he runs at a primary school grounds in the city’s Katutura suburb.
“Although the garden is not in my own yard, I am happy to be introduced to a new method of hands-on and urban gardening”, he said.
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