Berseba Constituency farmers called for a review of idle resettlement farms as limited grazing land put pressure on communal farmers.
They voiced these concerns at a recent town hall meeting with ||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, conducted a working visit to Meatco's Windhoek abattoir to assess its operational capacity and readiness to meet growing export demands.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Inge Zaamwani has motivated the motion on the appointment of five members to the Land Reform Advisory Commission for a period of three years.
The Hai||om San Royal House has petitioned the government to consider requests for resettlement farms to accommodate the tribe.
In addition, the tribe wants to be included in the genocide reparations negotiations and to be recognised as a traditional authority.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Land Reform has raised concerns over the cost of housing, calling for stronger support for affordable housing initiatives.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has called on development partners to align their financial and technical support with Namibia's strategy for the transformation of the agri-food sector.
Inge Zaamwani was speaking at a networking breakfast meeting in Windhoek on Monday.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Land Reform is in Gobabis, Omaheke Region, for a capacity-building workshop.
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Ruthy Masake, says that despite efforts to drill boreholes for communities in remote areas, saline water remains a persistent challenge.
Faster land reform, higher food production, and urgent action on unemployment were among the main issues raised by the Governor of the Otjozondjupa Region John ||Khamuseb in his second State of the Region Address on Monday.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, has launched the revised National Resettlement Policy for the period 2023 to 2033 in Windhoek.
Zaamwani described the launch of the revised policy as a milestone in the country's land reform programme.
