d0a445 No.2860
What will we grow? In my country we eat a lot of rice and beans. Rice gives more calories for less plants then any other in the world. When combined with beans it provides almost anything the body needs in terms of protein. If beans are grown with corn it prevents soil exhaustion because what one takes of the soil the other replenishes.
d0a445 No.2863
I forgot a comma.
d3ce90 No.2874
Potatoes are almost always a reliable and really hardy crop. Clover, I guess, if fertilizer is impossible to obtain.
4eb7a4 No.2879
Rice uses a FUCKLOAD of water, the only places that grow it are water abundant, like China and SE Asia, where they are flooded constantly.
That being said, Rice Beans and Corn form the holy trinity of survival.
What do africans eat? the trinity
what to mexicans eat? the trinity
what to asians eat? the trinity
1. cheap
2. filling
3. nutritious
beans and corn can be grown, not sure about the temperature deviations on them, but if we incorporate hydroponics we could realistically grow anything with proper controlled enviroments
62b24b No.2892
>>2864
How are we going to afford to grow things hydroponically?
4eb7a4 No.2893
>>2892it isnt some alien technology m8, potheads grow weed hydroponically, im sure a bunch of handy men with investors can manage to fuck around with milk jugs and egg cartons
499fe0 No.2898
>>2860>In my country we eat a lot of rice and beansand what country would that be?
62b24b No.2899
>>2893I suppose it would depend on how many people there are.
62b24b No.2903
4eb7a4 No.2906
>>2903very inefficient
it can be used for a lot of things, but uses a ton of water for not much of a return in food, with a small colony i think the main concern in regards to food is simply having it, not whether or not it's french bread compared to rice+bean slop
62b24b No.2908
>>2906Alright. Food isn't really my forte, just curious.
d0a445 No.2913
>>2898Brazil. I think it begun to feed the slaves, so its cheap and efficient. And maan, its tasty. especialy the feijoanda, a variation witch have guts, ears and every other less noble part of the pig. It is very nourishing and prevent anything going to waste. Don't let the looks fool you, this thing is delicious. Ah, and it has bacon.
62b24b No.2927
>>2915I've eaten meat that looks worse than that, and everything else looks fucking delicious.
958199 No.2933
Game. Hunting is a major food source in Namibia and the dry winds are suitable for making biltong.
Rice and beans can be imported at bargain prices.
d0a445 No.2937
>>2933And they are fucking hard to spoil, my friend! We can stock piles of this shit!
8c280d No.2951
>>2860The only problem with rice is that it is super water intensive,trust me in Texas we produce a large quantity of rice and that crap is sucking up a lot of water and is angering people because we need that water,and corn actually doesn't provide our body anything really.
cd3c94 No.2963
>>2860rice requires shit tons of water, unless you have millions for construction and bribes to build a desalination plant then water intensive crops are out of the question
499fe0 No.2973
>>2963>>2951You're arguing with a spic who wants teh white wimminz, btw. I thought the retarded recommendation of "rice and beans" would give it away.
958199 No.2975
Patty pans: a traditional namibian vegetable.
9acec7 No.2990
>>2913I call that shit 'dirty rice' and I usually make it with chicken and turkey offal, really tasty stuff man. However I'm not %100 growing rice in the desert is viable, it'd be a huge acheivmant if we pull it off though.
9acec7 No.2993
>>2933Lentils too, I have a feeling we could buy enough staples like lentils, beans, rice, maize etc at markets for about $20 per person, per year.
958199 No.3001
>>2990Rice can be imported in bulk, we don't have to grow it ourselves. If we sell cattle and game we have more than enough to cover food imports.
There are also native food sources that the locals rely on, mostly nuts and roots.
2ff164 No.3002
On our plantations, we do as the German colonists did, ranch animals, farm hardy crops such as lentil, and grow fruit orchards for cash crop.
d0a445 No.3003
>>3001We cannot kill more then 2 animals per year from each species. That gives you 2 zebras and two heartbeasts.
62b24b No.3005
>>3001If we go for local food I'd advise not trying to stockpile enormous quantities of it. Wikipedia indicates that most of the nation's agriculture is subsistence agriculture, which people take as much as their family needs. If we show up and start stockpiling shitloads of food, people might get mad at us.
9acec7 No.3006
>>2993I know being self sufficient is the objective but it'd be pointless growing staples when we can by them in kilos for pocket change. Our agriculture should be geared towards macro/micro nutrients and vitamins rather than gut fillers. Chef here btw and I'm very interested in this project. I'd love to join this expedition just to see what I could acheive with limited resources and what effects food has on morale etc.
9acec7 No.3012
>>3003I have a feeling we'll be relying on goat for awhile.
958199 No.3014
Ostrich farming can be done in Namibia.
>>3003If we own our own land we can shoot as much non-protected species as we want.
d0a445 No.3016
Just googled namibian food.
Hakuna Matata!
62b24b No.3061
>>3016I'll be honest. I bet that tastes like chicken.
36fea9 No.7086
>>3016it's whenever you are used to it or not
European mouldy cheese that smells like feet or salted fish ovaries is way more disgusting when you think about it
f56fb2 No.7092
>>2975Holy shit this, those fuckers are delicious, especially fried. They don't store well though, they get hard as rocks after a few days because they dry out.
8cb758 No.7479
salt- resistant potatoes and carrots exist
you can water them with dilluted sea water and they are even tastier
http://modernfarmer.com/2014/12/salt-tolerant-potato/ f7fb46 No.7480
Im a farmer
at first we need water.
I can be the best land on the whole earth if there is no water its no use.
simple grains that will grow even if there is almost no water.
You need alot of People for special Vegetables and even more Water.
Mechanisation is needed if we really want to harvest without over 6 Gorillion Workers
But pumps for Water and spreading are the most important part of the puzzle
a176e8 No.7495
>>7480We can get the water from aquifers or create the small dams to collect the water as there are many minor rivers in Namibia.
53947d No.7496
>>2860I find that beans could probably work. Rice most likely won't, unless our grounds become flooded (which is a very unlikely situation). Beans, and Potatoes can work. We can also try growing things such as crab grass, for feeding domesticated animals.
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d52579 No.7571
>>2860A friend of mine has been showing me some things regarding the economic and health benefits of commercially raising the Amphisbaenid Olgoi-Khorkhoi for their High Protein Flesh and Eggs
The flesh is extremely rich and tender and tastes like pork yet these beautiful creatures thrive in the most arid and waterless areas of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia
The eggs are a supreme gift to the globe as they can be processed into a dietary supplement that also provides for the necessary daily nutrients for a normal human being
I think this would be the perfect cash crop for the New Rhodesian Community to establish the legitimacy of their intentions towards all Namibians, both Black and White and the World would applaud the Latvian-African Humanitarian Union as a GodSend for Global Starvation
let me see if I can find some good photos of these amazing creatures to share
01e0e9 No.7573
Fuck everyone talking about wheat, too much water, the corn version of anything tastes better than the wheat version… And is usually (marginally) better for you.
Corn bread is better than wheat bread and corn tortillas are better than flour tortillas.
We don't need rice, it's boring anyhow we can import hearty and resistant roots from central and south America like yuca or casava.
Ostrich meat tacos on corn tortillas with chopped patty pan and fried yuca fries? Sign me up!
01e0e9 No.7577
>>7573>yuca friesMein neggar!
a6f375 No.7579
I'm guessing a lot of dried sausages, beef jerky and rusks and other such things that keep well for long periods of time.
Worst comes to worst, they have McDonald's in Windhoek.
35bd49 No.7636
>>2903Places that grow wheat have topsoil that goes down many feet. More topsoil = less watering.
35bd49 No.7637
>>7571Is this bait? Aren't these things like the mongolian bigfoot?
00fb63 No.7745
>>2892It really isn't that hard. My high school did (still does, I think, but I haven't been there in a while) it with those big tupperware bins (pic related).
>>2973don't talk shit about rice and beans
>>7480>Mechanisation is needed if we really want to harvest without over 6 Gorillion Workers>But pumps for Water and spreading are the most important part of the puzzleIt does appear that there is a significant number of engineering-type people (myself included) on this board, so that shouldn't be too much of an issue.
>>7573You do realize, don't you, that the Mayans died off because corn has very low nutritional value compared to other staple crops?
466028 No.7747
>>2860namibia is one big fucking desert
you should ask yourself how you will get water before thinking of what to grow
1c11e2 No.8322
>>7571
>search for "Amphisbaenid Olgoi-Khorkhoi"
>first result is "legendary Mongolian death worm"
7142ec No.8425
682a3f No.8427
>>8425
good idea. i think settlers would be fine for food personally, there's a lot of native foods that grow well there plus the knowledge to grow more western crops. there's also a long coastline for fishing
65f190 No.8479
>>7573
>Fuck everyone talking about wheat, too much water
>too much water
>wheat
Just so I can wrap my heads around this, what countries are you from that you think wheat takes a lot of water?
Because here in Australia, most cropping farmers grow wheat, with no irrigation whatsoever. It needs winter rain and an occasional shower in spring- and crops brilliantly off that.