The National Agriculture and Export Conference brought together stakeholders to urge Namibia's agricultural sector to attract more investment, boost local production, and reduce reliance on food imports.
The Tsumkwe AgriHuB Project, aimed at improving food security and diversifying agricultural production in the constituency, has been handed over to the chairmanship of the Governor of the Otjozondjupa region, John ||Khamuseb.
Erongo Governor Nathalia |Goagoses is calling for greater investment in urban agriculture and agricultural training to help combat malnutrition and improve household food security.
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare says the government continues to explore land for green schemes or options of reforming the resettlement programme so that it favours unemployed graduates in agriculture who are equipped to ensure food security for the country.
The Leader of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) in the National Assembly says land access must be accompanied by productivity, accountability and market integration to contribute meaningfully to food security.
The Frans Indongo Group has donated a tractor worth N$800,000 to the Ukwangali Traditional Authority.
The tractor will be used to assist the community in agricultural production and strengthening food security.
With another severe drought anticipated for this year, the Director in the Directorate of Disaster Risk Management in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hellen Likando, says farmers should retain enough produce to safeguard household food security.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has announced that Namibia recorded a bumper harvest this year, with the harvesting of crops still underway.
In the Omaheke Region, farming is part of everyday life. For many people here, especially in rural communities, livestock farming is not just a business. It is how families earn an income, put food on the table and support their households.
What do you call a person whose responsibility is to produce nourishment that is able to sustain life? A farmer
Others refer to them as our everyday heroes.
They make sure we have food, despite extreme weather conditions. Their work is physically demanding and financially taxing.
