President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah assessed the progress at the Ekoka Brown Field Green scheme project in the Ohangwena Region.
The Ekoka Green scheme project seeks to develop a sustainable, irrigation-based farming initiative focused on maize and vegetable production.
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has constructed four new network towers in the Kavango West Region to improve connectivity in rural communities.
Conservancies are not just conservation areas, but they are institutions driving development, securing services, and creating opportunities.
Members of the National Council (NC) requested that the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) equip Local Authorities (LA) and Regional Councils (RC) with adequate financial resources to enhance development in rural areas.
The ministry has been allocated a budget of N$1.9 billion.
Agribank has supported two horticulture projects from the Kavango East and West regions with agricultural materials.
Oshana Governor Hofni Iipinge expressed disappointment over the government ploughing tractors that are collecting dust at the Agricultural Technology Centre in Ongwediva, while subsistence farmers are in need of them.
Members of parliament in the National Council supported the vote for the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, commending the government for installing network towers in key village areas.
The Gainachas Development Cooperative has continued its long-standing tradition of supporting rural livestock farmers by handing over three goats to 20 of its members.
Rural farmers from the Berseba constituency founded the group 17 years ago, and it currently boasts 43 members.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform is planning to revive a technology centre in Rundu that has been largely ineffective over the years.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform plans to revive a technology centre in Rundu, after years of limited activity. The centre is expected to support agricultural mechanisation by managing and monitoring systems that benefit Green Scheme irrigation projects and subsistence farmers.
