President Nangolo Mbumba is on a three-day visit to the Kavango Regions, visiting green scheme projects to assess their productivity.
The President's first stop was the Sikondo green scheme, situated in Kavango West.
The Okakarara Farmers Association (OKAFA) has placed six mini hammermills at the disposal of farmers in villages in the Okakarara Constituency.
The aim is to help farmers produce livestock fodder.
President Nangolo Mbumba is on a three-day visit to the Kavango regions visiting green scheme projects to assess their productivity.
The President's first stop was the Sikondo Green Scheme, situated in Kavango West Region.
Namibian forests are increasingly under threat from various human activities. Chief Forester for the Kavango regions, Jonas Mwiikinghi, emphasised that the only way to restore what has been lost is for Namibians to actively engage in planting more trees.
The Daures Agricultural Show and SME Expo empowered female farmers at the Okombahe settlement and surrounding areas.
Eight farmers took part in the first-ever agricultural show in the Daures Constituency of the Erongo Region.
As part of its efforts to coordinate agricultural investment in the county, the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform launched the Strategy for the Transformation of the Agri-Food Sector in Windhoek.
The nursery of the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism at Rundu is a hit among local and visiting clients.
With planting season in full swing, the ministry is expecting an influx of plant buyers.
The drought conditions plaguing farmers across the country also affect Hardap Irrigation Scheme farmers, who have had water supply to their irrigation plots suspended this week.
This is due to critically low water levels in the Hardap Dam.
A two-day meeting on activities and future plans of the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) is underway in Tsumeb, where union members are also set to discuss the effects of the drought.
The persistent drought in the Zambezi Region is increasing the human-wildlife conflict.
The past weekend saw wildebeests damaging farmers' crops who are practising wetland cultivation at Malindi Village in Kabbe North Constituency.
