To date, the Omaheke Region has recorded below 100 mm of rainfall; hence, the farming communities, through the Office of the Governor, proposed that virgin lands be found with new boreholes.

Other suggestions are that water be piped to areas with better grazing, harvesting of grass, and cleaning of boreholes at critical localities in both communal and resettlement areas, among other urgent interventions.

This was revealed by the regional governor, Pijoo Nganate, in an interview with the nbc News team at Gobabis. 

Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate said that through the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, a team has been dispatched into areas that have good livestock vegetation but need water to aid farmers during this dry and difficult period.

Nganate added that another aspect is to produce enough fodder in areas like Aminuis and Epukiro RC that have abundant underground water.

The region has recorded a number of livestock losses, with farming communities finding themselves in a precarious position.

"But we are saying along the communal road there is a lot of bush growing along the road, and we want to see, for example, that RA can embark upon small projects for young people to debush those areas when it rains, people can then graze their animals along the corridors, and some nails can be saved. We have requested a bailer and hay, and the ministry has provided one. So as a region, we want to start bailing our own grass and storing it so when times like drought come, we can assist farmers and also embark on extensive knowledge that many farmers are having, like making our own fodder with dry bush and so on, and these are the things we are looking at that are more permeant."

However, some community members bemoan that the drought relief food programme in the region is moving at a snail's pace.

The governor had this to say: "Our warehouse has been stocked with food stuff, but the distribution is the people, the cars, and the fuel. Those are the things we need to work on, but as far as food is concerned, there should be no hindrance, but of course we know that we have a shortage of transport. As much as the OPM office has agreed that people must make use of private transport, the money allocated is not enough to make sure that as much as possible, trucks are running in the region, so these are the challenges we have."

Nganate also advised farmers that climate change is real, hence the need to control the number of their herds to avoid big losses.