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Background
This is an ongoing important programme for the NNFU and its members. It is a continuous programme to improve membership registration process, increase benefits and value for its members.
In addition to RFUs direct members, NNFU is open to agricultural corporate entities, business associations, and organizations including Commodity Associations that subscribe to the Union’s values and ideals. The Union supports all three levels of RFUs, FAs, and individual farmers focusing on membership support across all structures.
NNFU provides the following support in this regard:
Members registration training to its members.
Equipment and material support to its members i.e. membership registration machineries, cards etc.
Awareness creation about membership registration.
Support to RFUs and FA during membership registration.
Review process to improve membership registration.
Membership categories
Individual membership of farmers
All interested individual members are referred to the nearest farmers’ association in their areas of operation. The NNFU can also assist you with the registration process or link you to a farmers’ association. For further information, please contact the NNFU office at 061 271117 or email us at info@nnfu.org.na. Below are some of the key information:
- Anyone that is involved in any crop and livestock production can become NNFU member through their farmers association.
- Membership fee varies from each association (reviewed periodically)
- Download full application form here:Download Link
Regional Farmers Union (RFU) Membership
This refers to all agricultural entities engaging in sales, consultancy or service at a national level. Associate members can directly register with NNFU and should meet the following basic criteria:
- Must have governance structure including a constitution/by law.
- Must be registered.
- Must have a functional bank account.
- Membership fee: N$ 5,000 per annum (reviewed periodically).
- Contact NNFU at info@nnfu.org.na or 061 271 117 to request for the NNFU constitution.
Associate Members: Agricultural entities
This refers to all agricultural entities engaging in sales, consultancy or service at a national level. Associate members can directly register with NNFU and should meet the following basic criteria:
- Must have governance structure including a constitution/by law
- Must be registered
- Must have a functional bank account.
- Membership fee: N$ 5000 per entity (reviewed periodically)
- Contact NNFU at info@nnfu.org.na or 061 271 117 to request for the NNFU constitution.
Affiliate Members: Youth and Women Desks/Societies/Associations
This refers to all youth and women groups formed at constituency, regional and national levels. The youth structure at constituency level affiliates to the farmers’ association, at the regional and national level affiliates to RFU and NNFU respectively.
- Must have governance structure including the constitution.
- Must be able to provide a database with member information.
- Must have a functional bank account.
- Contact NNFU at info@nnfu.org.na or 061 271 117 to request for the TORs.
Benefits
Membership benefits is one of the key programme of NNFU that keeps NNFU relevant to its members. The primary benefit of NNFU members is the advocacy and lobby to address issues that affect productivity and profitability of their farming. As a farmer, the main concern is enabling environment to farm and get maximum profit from your farming venture. NNFU advocate and lobby to address issues affecting the productivity and profitability of their members. An individual farmer will not have the muscle to advocate and lobby due to lack of bargaining power.
In addition to primary benefits there are secondary benefits for being NNFU members and some of them are still being developed as follows:
Available
- Lobbying and Advocacy
- Capacity Building Trainings
- Advisory Services
- Quartely Newsletter
- Agricultural related projects
- Governance and institutional development support
- Income generation initiatives
- Agricultural information
Being developed
- Group medical aid
- Legal assistance support
- Group pension
- Group insurance policies,
- Retailers discount
- Linkage to Agri-finance
Be part of NNFU joinery to develop super secondary benefits.
