Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare says the government continues to explore land for green schemes or options of reforming the resettlement programme so that it favours unemployed graduates in agriculture who are equipped to ensure food security for the country.

Dr. Ngurare said this during a brief meeting with Hangala Group executives at the Hangala Foods factory in Ombanje Farm at Otavi.

Ngurare says agricultural graduates need to be assisted with access to land to address the country's food security needs amidst drought and challenges.

"It is them that inspired us to say, 'What can the government do?' Maybe let's look at land in the green schemes; let's look at land in terms of reforming the resettlement programme of the government so that it favours these unemployed young people and gives them the skills that they have acquired."

The Prime Minister added plans are also underway to construct agro-processing plants across the country, with the first already put up in the Zambezi region.

This includes efforts to aid with community gardens, such as one successful harvest at Otjombinde settlement.

"We have started to put up directly in various regions what we call 'gross processing plants'. The first one we have started is in Zambezi. So we have procured the services and the contractors that are moving very fast, but what is closer to home is what we have set up in Otjombinde, and that is a community garden, where we started from scratch. That is purely virgin land… So this October harvesting has started."

Ngurare used the platform to commend the Hangala food milling plant for taking in agricultural trainees and students for further skills training.

Hangala Foods, which is owned by group chairman Leake Hangala, employs 42 permanent employees from production to marketing.