The Karaku Marine Company beefed up the food security programme at the Marmer Primary School Community Hostel in Aus, ||Kharas Region, with fish products.

Crop production among communal farmers in Namibia is declining, raising serious concern. 

This was highlighted by Technical Advisor for Crops and Poultry at Agribank, Hanks Saisai.

The Swakop Uranium Foundation has officially handed over more than one thousand livestock to resettlement farmers in the Erongo Region, boosting rural livelihoods and food security.

The donation is part of the Hope Farm Project, launched last year.

African leaders have been urged to move beyond policy discussions and deliver tangible results for citizens, as the continent charts a new path for agricultural transformation.

Government continues to promote household and national food security.

This is done through the funding of agronomic activities, strategic food reserves or silos, and fresh produce hubs.

Over 70 tonnes of unprocessed rice remain in storage at the Kalimbeza National Rice Project due to processing challenges. 

The recent harvest from seven hectares in February produced 1,304 bags of rice. 

The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) and the University of Namibia (UNAM) renewed their strategic partnership aimed at enhancing food security and advancing research, innovation and capacity building in the country’s agriculture sector. 

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform (MAFWLR), has launched the FAO Country Programme Framework to boost food security in Windhoek.

South Korea, in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme, has donated close to 5,000 metric tonnes of rice to support the drought relief programme.

The donation, valued at N$61 million, will be distributed across all 14 regions to vulnerable communities and indigenous groups.

A two-year emergency food support programme targeting over three thousand households has been launched at Farm Ondera in the Guinas Constituency, Oshikoto region.