Erongo Governor Neville Andre says agriculture is one of Namibia’s most important sectors, with around 70% of the country’s population depending directly or indirectly on agriculture for their income and livelihood, mostly in the subsistence sector.

Andre highlighted this during the handing over ceremony of 1037 gardening tools, wheelchairs, and swinging machines to SMEs at Swakopmund.

Andre says that the farmers would aid in the fight against malnutrition in all of its manifestations because it poses a serious threat to the country's socioeconomic progress as well as the lives and health of individuals, families, and communities.

As a result, collaborating with local subsistence farmers to produce affordable, healthy, and nutritious locally-produced food is a step in the right direction.

He further said that it is very important that the nation produces its own food, especially for household food security and nutrition.

The governor encourages organizations, businesses, and individuals to help by donating wheelchairs to the region's 107 physically challenged residents.