N$46m grant launched to boost climate-smart farming and food security
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The Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Minister Inge Zaamwani has launched a N$46-million food security and climate resilience grant in Otjiwarongo.
The Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Minister Inge Zaamwani has launched a N$46-million food security and climate resilience grant in Otjiwarongo.
The Governor of the Erongo Region, Natalia |Goagoses, encouraged farmers at Farm Kunibes Number 88 to adopt modern, climate-smart farming practices to ensure optimal use of the land and strengthen food security in the region.
The Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Deputy Minister says Namibia's agricultural future depends entirely on the hands, hearts and minds of young people.
She made these remarks at Oniipa in the Oshikoto region during the agri-youth engagement.
A once-thriving vegetable gardening project in the Kavango West Region has ground to a halt after its solar-powered water system was repeatedly stolen, transforming productive farmland into grazing land.
Drought conditions and the absence of locally produced fish feed continue to hamper the aquaculture sector.
A fish farmer in the Musanga area of the Zambezi Region is appealing to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform to reinstate the procurement of fish feed.
An agricultural project in Outjo is making significant contributions to food security in the Kunene Region.
The Harambe O-Yetu project supplies vegetables to school hostels and local shops,
The Keetmanshoop Municipality kicked off the year on a compassionate note by handing out food parcels to senior citizens.
The annual social programme aims to alleviate household food insecurity among the elderly.
Farmers in the northern regions of Namibia are taking advantage of the current rainfall to begin ploughing and planting their fields, aiming to maximise harvests and improve food security after previous dry spells.
The Shoprite mobile soup kitchen initiative, which started in 2019, continues to receive praise for its contribution to food security and hunger alleviation across the country.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform (MAFWLR), Inge Zaamwani, has called for collective efforts from stakeholders in the fishing industry to curb the declining country's fishing stock levels.