The agriculture ministry plans to transform the 140-hectare Ekoka brownfield in the Ohangwena region into a fully fledged, irrigated green scheme to boost food security. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform spokesperson Romeo Muyunda yesterday said the project…

The Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency has secured a school feeding tender in the Kavango West region, despite bidding N$1.4 million higher than a competing local green scheme. The agency reportedly quoted the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and…

The Musese Green Scheme in the Kavango West region recorded a maize harvest of about 4 800 tonnes this season after excessive rainfall damaged crops during the early stages of production. The scheme’s private operator, Winni Metzger, says the heavy…

Namibians are being encouraged to enter the pig farming business. A young German intern working at the piggery of agriculturalist Winni Metzger at Kanyikama village in the Kavango West region says pig farming is a good business and she would…

Progress has been recorded for a new five-year project aimed at ensuring water supply security and community resilience across the Cuvelai and Kunene River Basins in northern Namibia and southern Angola. This week, Enhanced Water Security and Community Resilience in…

A young woman from the Kavango West region has called on people in the region to harvest more seeds from the mangetti tree so that they can be pressed to produce cooking oil.The seeds are bought by the by the…

Recent sand mining at Onatshiku village has left numerous palm trees uprooted and dead. The activity has also created a massive pit that, if left unrehabilitated, poses a severe danger to both people and livestock, particularly at night and during…

An animal auction held at Oshaambelo Production Development Centre in the Omusati region this month generated an encouraging turnover of N$373 150 from a total number of 65 animals that were sold. Some 118 animals were brought for auction and…

Livestock auctions in the northern communal areas (NCAs) generate income for farmers, but poor animal condition and limited market knowledge are reducing earnings, agriculture officials say. Immanuel Eelu, a senior official in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land…

An initiative to promote the use and protection of wetlands in 12 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries has been widely welcomed. The Southern Africa Regional Ramsar Initiative (Sarri) also aims to promote regional cooperation and to ensure that communities…

The agriculture ministry has introduced a price equalisation fund to address low cattle marketing rates and financial disparities affecting farmers in northern communal areas (NCAs), but a farmers’ union says this has not been implemented. The formal marketing of cattle…

Namibia has been urged to finalise its Blue Economy Policy, marine planning, and accession to the High Seas Treaty ahead of the 2026 Our Ocean Conference in Kenya. Local marine biodiversity expert Rod Braby says the platform would be good…