The government has extended the deadline for applications to acquire agricultural equipment, following high demand from farmers across the country.

A small-scale farmer from Muroro village has suffered a loss of approximately N$40,000 in potential revenue due to a failure of her irrigation pump, which devastated her cabbage and tomato crops.

One hundred and one beneficiaries received allotment letters for ten hectares of land on Farm Tsintsabis and Urwald in the Guinas Constituency of the Oshikoto Region.

The beneficiaries have been urged to develop and use the land productively. 

The University of Namibia (UNAM) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening cooperation in education, research and knowledge sharing.

A beekeeper operating at Omega 1 in the Kavango East Region says demand for honey has become overwhelming.

David Mushavanga runs a small-scale beekeeping project and says customers from across the country are eager to taste his product, which is marketed as “Bushman Honey".

The Swakara Industry is gaining traction after being severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a cash flow crisis.

This was revealed by the Swakara Board Chairperson Julene Meyer during the Swakara Industry Forum annual general meeting held in Keetmanshoop.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform Inge Zaamwani has moved to withdraw Rachel Nathaniel-Koch as the proposed Chairperson of the Land Tribunal, following objections in the National Assembly.

Berseba Constituency farmers called for a review of idle resettlement farms as limited grazing land put pressure on communal farmers.

They voiced these concerns at a recent town hall meeting with ||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, conducted a working visit to Meatco's Windhoek abattoir to assess its operational capacity and readiness to meet growing export demands.

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.