Adelheid Ambunda has turned a small poultry project, initially started to support her daughter's university studies, into a growing business in the Omusati Region.

Ambunda started poultry farming in 2021 at her village home in Okahala, with 34 hens and two cocks of the Sasso breed.

She said she had little knowledge about poultry farming at the time and struggled with the high cost of feed.

"I began poultry farming in 2021 at Okahala Village. I started with 36 chickens, of which 34 were hens and only two were roosters, all of the Sasso breed. I chose poultry farming in 2021 to help support one of my daughters who was studying nursing at a university called Welwitchia."

Ambunda noted that she did not allow the challenges to stop her from growing the business.

She now has about 200 layer chickens at her home in Outapi and three more chicken houses at the village, each with between 60 and 80 Sasso chickens.

She sells table eggs, fertile eggs, and chickens for meat.

The business has also created employment for three people, two men and one woman. One works at Outapi, while the other two work in the village.

Ambunda supplies schools in the Omusati Region, a lodge in Outapi town, and customers who buy directly from her home.

She stated that poultry farming can be profitable despite the costs involved, particularly when farmers have access to proper training.

"I'm making a profit even though it is not a lot, but the business, or the poultry farming, is profitable."

Ambunda encouraged young people in northern Namibia to venture into poultry farming and seek information and assistance from the Ministry of Agriculture and their respective constituency offices.

She also called on parents to support children interested in poultry farming and said she is willing to assist aspiring poultry farmers in the Outapi area.