Omaheke Forest Awareness Campaign

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The Directorate of Forestry in the Omaheke Region, in conjunction with the Epukiro Community Forest Committee, is conducting a joint operation and awareness campaign on forest preservation.

MICT to host 7th National ICT Summit 

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The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) will be hosting the 7th National ICT Summit from October 9 - 11.

The summit will serve as a platform for industry leaders, innovators, and stakeholders to explore the latest trends, exchange knowledge, and shape the future of the ICT sector.

Youths in Kavango West take up horticulture production

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More young people in the Kavango West Region are taking up horticulture production to increase local production, particularly of vegetables, whether for household consumption or commercial purposes.

Kavango West regarded as potential food basket

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Following the demarcation of the then-Kavango Region in 2013, Kavango West became the youngest of Namibia's 14 regions.

The region, with its overall size of 24,591 square kilometres and about 99% predominantly rural setup, is regarded as the nation's potential food basket.

Farmers urged to vaccinate poultry

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The Technical Advisor on Crops and Poultry at the Agribank, Hanks Saisai, has urged poultry farmers to vaccinate their poultry against diseases owing to the cold days of winter.

NCS,UNAM launches potato seed multiplication programme

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The Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) and the University of Namibia (UNAM) have launched a potato seed multiplication and wheat seed planting programme for sustainable food production at the Evaristus Shikongo Correctional Facility outside Tsumeb.

Agriculture Ministry holds sub-basin landscape level inception meeting

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The ministries of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, and Environment, Forestry, and Tourism held a sub-basin landscape level inception meeting at Ndiyona Constituency in the Kavango East Region.

The meeting was meant to sensitise locals to the project and eventually get them to buy into it.

Farmers receive horticulture training

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About one hundred subsistence farmers in the Kavango East Region received horticulture training to profit from their produce, courtesy of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).

GIZ has been offering training to subsistence farmers in the agronomy value chain for close to three years.