{"id":385754,"date":"2025-11-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=385754"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:48:53","slug":"rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=385754","title":{"rendered":"Rainy season sparks seed trade boom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"385755\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom1-619x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom1-619x1024.jpeg 619w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom1-181x300.jpeg 181w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom1.jpeg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"385756\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom2-832x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom2-832x1024.jpeg 832w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom2-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom2-768x946.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom2.jpeg 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"385757\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom3-761x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom3-761x1024.jpeg 761w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom3-223x300.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom3-768x1033.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rainy-season-sparks-seed-trade-boom3.jpeg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BOOMING SEED BUSINESS: It is that time of the year again when northern entrepreneurs grab the opportunity presented by the rainy season to earn extra income by buying crop seeds at bulk price and then reselling them at retail price. \u201cThe small profit margin makes a big difference,\u201d said 42-year-old Hallelujah Valombola, a trader at the Dr Frans Aupa Iindongo Open Market at Oshakati. She said that, like many other traders, during the rainy season she adds crop seeds to her stock to generate extra income. The seeds offered for sale include mahangu, pumpkin, watermelon, sorghum, maize, edible gourd and beans. Kornelia Leonard, who also trades in crop seeds and fertilizer, said that although the business is currently slow, it will hopefully pick up at the end of the month and early December when the northern regions get more rain and ploughing intensifies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOOMING SEED BUSINESS: It is that time of the year again when northern entrepreneurs grab the opportunity presented by the rainy season to earn extra income by buying crop seeds at bulk price and then reselling them at retail price. \u201cThe small profit margin makes a big difference,\u201d said 42-year-old Hallelujah Valombola, a trader at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":385758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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