Small-scale farmers at the Ndonga Linena Green Scheme in Kavango East claim they have been excluded from wheat production for the winter season, accusing the farm manager of sidelining them and using their seeds for commercial purposes.
The Ndonga Linena Green Scheme has become the first farm to harvest maize for the 2025 cropping season.
The Chairperson of the Kavango East Regional Council has said the late Founding President always had a vision for the Kavango regions to become Namibia's food basket.
The Ndonga Linena Green Scheme farm manager fears that an electricity outage there may affect the farms' yield for the current planting season.
Janno Rentel says the power outage at the green scheme has become prevalent.
Farm manager Janno Rentel says NORED needs to act urgently on the matter.
