The harmonization of the fertilizer regulatory framework across the SADC region can no longer be delayed.

This was said by South Africa's Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen during the Joint Committee meeting of SADC Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Fisheries and Aquaculture. 

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah assessed the progress at the Ekoka Brown Field Green scheme project in the Ohangwena Region.

The Ekoka Green scheme project seeks to develop a sustainable, irrigation-based farming initiative focused on maize and vegetable production.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has visited the Etunda Green Scheme project in the Omusati Region today as part of her regional agricultural tour.

On Friday Dr Nandi-Ndaitwah assessed the banana and grape plantations, production sites and a feedlot construction site.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform (MAFWLR) has issued a state of alert over an invasion of locust swarms in some parts of the Hardap Region. 

The Omaludi Agricultural Festival in Okongo, Ohangwena region, started today.

The event is scheduled to be opened by its patron, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on Wednesday.

Farmers from the Kavango East Regional Farmers Union have high expectations for Meatco's new Northern Communal Areas (NCA) CEO. 

Timotheus Kativa has been appointed Meatco's CEO for the new Northern Communal Areas. 
The farmers met Kativa during an engagement at Rundu on Wednesday.

Keetmanshoop residents are currently receiving training in horticulture, mushroom cultivation and value addition to improve food security and livelihoods.

The training conducted by the University of Namibia (UNAM) started on Monday and will run until Thursday. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform official (MAFWLR), launched Namibia's One Country-One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative, with mahangu-pearl millet designated as Namibia's priority product.

"Garlic can be chopped up and then put in these containers. We invite food processors to come to Sikondo to see if we can collaborate on garlic processing. When you look at the garlic in all these retailers, it is mostly imported from South Africa. And it's such a simple crop to grow."

The Sikondo Green Scheme in the Kavango West Region is in the final stages of preparations for its winter potato harvest.

Acting Farm Manager Maxwell Nghidinwa says, for the first time, Sikondo will be harvesting 20 hectares of potatoes, starting in June.