Namibia Special Risks Insurance Association (Nasria) Managing Director Ndjoura Tjozongoro has said they are open to suggestions on how to better communicate with farmers on the new Agriculture Insurance Scheme.

A family from Otjinene in the Omaheke Region has embarked on a gardening project to create jobs for fellow rural residents.

Approximately 3 000 tonnes of chicken are consumed in Namibia every month, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein has said.

A member of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) in the National Assembly is calling for a subsidy to support farmers to produce more food for the country and for their own household consumption.

Efforts to revive the Onehanga Youth Agricultural Project in the Ohangwena Region's Okongo Constituency have not yielded fruit to date. 

The UK's Cardiff University has donated N$4 million to the University of Namibia's Ogongo Agricultural Campus, which it used to purchase various pieces of machinery.

Fifteen cattle have died as a result of a stampede at a water point at Epukiro RC in Omaheke, after spending more than three days without water.

The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agricultural Bank of Namibia, held a two-day workshop on poultry farming at Omitivine village in the Aminuis constituency.

Farm Sandputz in the Hardap Region was never expropriated by the government and is still considered state land, of which the government holds the title deed.

Farmers in the Zambezi Region want visible security along Namibia's borders as cases of stock theft keep increasing.