Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says the government is prepared for the imminent drought due to the poor rainfall received this rainy season. 

The completion of Meatco auction pens at Eiseb 10 is on track.

This includes the electrification of houses at Okatumba Gate with assistance from Nampower and the rehabilitation of the main road that links Otjombinde to Gobabis.

The Kavango East and Kavango West farmers' unions have called for speedy implementation of the 11th European Development Fund Livestock Support Project in the northern communal areas.

Farmers in the Otjinene Constituency have been advised to sell off some of their livestock as their prices are dropping due to poor rainfall.

The call was made by various experts during a farmers' seminar held at Otjinene in the Omaheke Region.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform is conducting a four-day workshop at Keetmanshoop in the ||Kharas Region to review regulations on plant quarantining and fertilizer management, animal feed, and agricultural remedies.

Crop farmers are making sure they keep themselves up-to-date with information to enhance the agricultural industry, considered key to food security.

A group of commercial and communal farmers met at Farm Okounduve in the Okorukambe Constituency of the Omaheke Region, over the weekend.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resource paid a visit to the Otjozondjupa Region to familiarise itself with operations at various companies.

The charcoal industry and rural electrification top the list of concerns in the region.

A N$70 million fish processing plant has been inaugurated by Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Derek Klazen at Walvis Bay.

The factory is the third one that the Merlus Group of Companies has set up in the harbor town.

The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, says that the completion of the second phase of the Neckartal Dam Irrigation Scheme on the outskirts of Keetmanshoop in the ||Kharas Region has the capacity to provide more than 10,000 employment opportunities.

A farmer in the Okakarara Constituency, Hulda Kahengombe, walked away with a bull worth more than N$60,000, courtesy of the Okakarara Farmers Association.

The bull is a token of appreciation for selling her cattle through the Okakarara auction last year.