Residents of Okorukurure Village in Otjinene are capitalising on abundant underground water to venture into crop production.

A farmer at Okorukurure village, Petoorua Mujoro, stressed the inhabitants came together 20 years ago and agreed that every household should own a garden for food security.

They use the surplus for an income.

"I have just experienced that you will never be a good livestock farmer without owning a garden at your place. Having a garden is a full parcel, as you will benefit a lot from your own food production; it will complement the livestock, and you can sell it to other residents. I used to always advise others that we must work hard and set up gardens as farmers."

Mujoro said that challenges of agricultural implements did not deter them from continuing with the project.

NBC News also spoke to farmers Isabella Mbongora and Kamongua Kaihiva.

"You will also support others who don't have anything to eat, and for our own livestock, I will really call upon others, especially fellow women, that they should get up and produce enough food in their villages."

'Hunger will never exist here. We help each other. This village has underground water that makes our garden work easy. We also need extra water tanks, and our local extension officer visits often."

An agricultural extension officer in Otjinene, McDonald Tjinjama, commended the residents for championing their own development.

"We have a very large area, and as a constituency, we tried by all means with our own tractors, which is also not enough, the impact of climate and all those, but we really want to see more despite the effort that the government is making, as it would be better if we could really do more in terms of support and assistance so that other villages in Namibia can copy what this village has been doing, as every village should have a household with a garden to ensure that there is food security at household levels."