The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), in collaboration with the Embassy of Finland and Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL), officially handed over the state-of-the-art Aquaponics System to the Vocational Training School at Development Aid from People for People (DAPP) near Outapi on 18 March. The donation was done as part of the Hanns Seidel Foundation's TH!NK NAMIBIA Campaign and its project Aquaponics-Systems for Educational Institutions to Improve Food Security.
According to a statement, the project implemented by the HSF and its partners is designed to contribute to knowledge improvement, skills training, and capacity building about climate-smart agricultural practices to strengthen food security and improve livelihoods in selected rural and urban communities in Namibia. Furthermore, it also plans to set up three new systems in three newly selected urban localities or training centers in disadvantaged communities with a resilient, fully-fledged Aquaponics demo system and do in-house training of the users.
The Embassy of Finland's Funds for Local Cooperation (FLC) Programme enabled the HSF to build on a previous project pilot phase, revisit the demo versions, and revive the Aquaponics training material on the lessons learned.
Registered with the Namibian Training Authority and accredited by the Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA), the DAPP Vocational Training School offers training in the field of agriculture up to NQA level 3, but with introduced changes to curriculum and infrastructure, including the Aquaponics-System, it will be upgraded to NQA level 5.
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