Small-scale farmers at Camp Five are devastated after the Otjiwarongo Municipality removed fencing from their garden and set it on fire.
Good rains received in Otjiwarongo over the past few days had farmers optimistic that in no time they would reap what they sowed.
The first integrated community-based system projects at Tsumkwe are said to be bearing fruit.
This is the garden project, set up by the United Nations World Food Programme in partnership with the African group of ambassadors and the Embassy of Brazil in 2021.
Namibia offers huge potential and opportunities to increase its agricultural productivity.
Namibia has still not recorded flood water in the Cuvelai catchment from southern Angola.
The Otjombinde Constituency Councilor, Wenzel Kavaka, has called upon farmer associations and cooperatives to coordinate when organizing auctions.
Kavaka was speaking at a consultative meeting on the allocation of auction days at Tallismanus in Omaheke Region.
Namibia's livestock is recovering well following the devastating drought that ended in 2019.
A delegation led by Otjombinde Constituency Councilor Wenzel Kavaka and Omaheke Regional Governor Pijoo Nganate has resolved to provide residents of Otjiuapehuri with a borehole through the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform.
The Eastern Epukiro Farmers Association has set a new record by registering more than 980 cattle at their first auction this year in Epukiro Constituency.
In the past, the auction only attracted close to 300 animals on an auction day.
The Namibia Agricultural Union has described the year 2022 as having been a good one in terms of both livestock and crop production.
It says these good results give hope to farmers in the commercial sector to even do better next year.
Inadequate markets for livestock in the Northern Communal Areas still pose a serious challenge to farmers within the Red Line.
The Namibian National Farmers Union's Executive Officer, Kuniberth Shamathe, says weaner buyers are offering low prices to producers across the country.
