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Activities of Faculties & CampusesFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCESExecutive Dean: Dr Martin B SchneiderFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCESThe Faculty of Agriculture andNatural Resources (FANR)continued to operate with sixDepartments from three differentcampuses. Following the approval in2008 to split the Department of NaturalResources into the Department ofFisheries and Aquatic Sciences (locatedat Main Campus) and the Department ofIntegrated Environmental Sciences (DIES;based at Ogongo), second year B.Sc.-DIES students for the fi rst time continuedtheir studies at Ogongo. The Departmentof Crop Science is also based at Ogongo,while the Neudamm Campus is hometo the Department of Food Scienceand Technology, the Department ofAnimal Science and the Department ofAgriculture Economics. Dr MB Schneideracted as Executive Dean of the Faculty.replaced by a new diploma curriculumin 2009, with the fi rst student intake atNeudamm and Ogongo, will be phasedout in 2010. This year also marked theactivation of the new 3 rd year B.Sc.curriculum, which is due for a mid-termreview in 2010. The second year of theRangeland Resources Management postgraduateprogramme saw two studentsfi nalising their research and thesis work.Approximately 40% of FANR’s academicstaff members were still pursuing their postgraduate studies during 2009, both ona part as well as full-time basis. Throughstudy leave the staff members were busyworking on their respective PhD and M.Sc.degrees at UNAM and various Universitiesin Europe, Asia and America to upgradetheir qualifi cations.Academic MattersFollowing the completed integration of theformer agricultural colleges into the UNAMsystem in 2008, the last 2 nd and 3 rd yeardiploma students, still studying under theold government curriculum, continued theirstudies in 2009. This programme which wasThe new Department of IntegratedEnvironmental Science started its fi rstyear of implementation at the OgongoCampus. For the academic year 2009the Department was operating withfi ve lecturers, two technologists and fi vegeneral support staff in the fi eld.Annual Report 2009 -22-
Research and PublicationsThe Faculty of Agriculture and NaturalResources was involved in numerousresearch and development projects. Themost prominent is the Ministry of Agriculture,Water and Forestry/UNAM rice projectthat was transformed into a nationalproject. Through this project the Facultysuccessfully strengthened and supportedthe introduction of rice cultivation in theZambezi River plains and the seasonalwetlands of northern Namibia.To date the project has expanded from3 ha to 25 ha of irrigated rice fields. Fourvarieties of rice have been identifiedfor production, while further research isunderway to identify more rice varietiesfor commercialisation. This project hasdemonstrated that the Faculty hasthe capacity to do practical work inpartnership with other organisations.Through such projects the Faculty hasproven that it is able to contributepositively towards national developmentin a joint partnership with government.To strengthen their research skills, allfi nal year students conducted researchprojects which covered a wide range oftopics such as: Biodiversity, Taxonomy,Aquaculture, Marine and CoastalEnvironmental Research as well as socioeconomicissues.The following publications materialised:dynamics of Nile tilapia, Oreochromisniloticus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes:Cichlidae). Acta Ichthyologica etPiscatoria 39(2): 000 - 000.E. Omoregie, L. Igoche, T. O. Ojobe, K.V. Absalom and B. C. Onusiriuka (2009).Effect of varying levels of sweet potato(Ipomea batatas) peels on growth,feed utilization and some biochemicalresponses of the cichlid (Oreochromisniloticus). African Journal of Food,Agriculture, Nutrition and Development9(2): 700 – 710.E. C. Musaba and E.R. Sheehama. TheSocio-economic factors infl uencingharvesting of Eembe (Berchemia discolor)wild fruits by communal households in theOhangwena region, Namibia. Vol, 2, No1 (2009): http://ndj.unam.na/index.php/ndj/article/view/26/40.Bille, P.G., Haradoeb B.R. and ShigwedhaN. (2009). Evaluation of Chemical andBacteriological Quality of Raw Milk fromNeudamm Dairy Farm in Namibia. AfricanJournal of Food Agriculture, Nutrition andDevelopment, 9 1511 – 1523.Gwanama, C, Kanyomeka, L., ODMwandemele and F Mubiana. 2009.Greenhouse evaluation of wheat cultivars’performance in the coastal areas ofNamibia. Namibia Development Journal2: 1-9. http://ndj.unam/index.php/ndj/article/view/60/60.E. Omoregie, M. N. O. Ajima and R. I. Keke(2009). Effect of single superphosphatefertilizer on survival and respiratoryKanyomeka, L., S.L. Masike & C.F.Reinhardt (2009). The effect gypseferouswater on biological activities of atrazine,Annual Report 2009 -23-
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Page 18 and 19: Annual Report 2009 OverviewThe 2009
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Financial Matters
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