The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has called on development partners to align their financial and technical support with Namibia's strategy for the transformation of the agri-food sector.
Inge Zaamwani was speaking at a networking breakfast meeting in Windhoek on Monday.
The Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President's Marginalised Division, Moses ||Khumub, has reaffirmed the government's commitment to improving the living conditions of indigenous minority communities during a visit to Duwib Resettlement Farm in the Otjozondjupa Region.
A water reticulation project at Mururani village has reduced the distance to collect water for many households.
The project is spearheaded by the Kavango West Regional Council through the Mankumpi Constituency office.
Residents of Okapuku in the Omuthiya Constituency in the Oshikoto Region have applauded the government for bringing services closer, as poor network coverage is now a thing of the past. For years, rural communities struggled to stay connected due to unstable coverage.
Twenty-one low-income residents of Katjinakatji in the Kavango West Region are now homeowners after benefiting from the Shack Dwellers Federation scheme.
Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa has announced a ten-million-dollar food/cash for work programme aimed at providing immediate income support while creating community assets in rural Namibia.
The minister of Urban and Rural Development revealed that more than half of Namibia's population lives in rural areas, placing renewed pressure on the government to accelerate development and improve services delivery in underserved communities.
Namibia continues to strengthen its drive towards food security, with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform supporting farmers through various interventions.
A goat rotation project in Mpezo village in the Kavango West Region has transformed the lives of four beneficiaries, who now own livestock and skills they never imagined they would have.
In 2023, Johana Kazana and Elisabeth Likiwa received 10 goats from the regional council under a rotation agreement.
The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) has donated livestock feed to farmers in the Zambezi Region.
The N$500,000 worth of animal feed will support livestock farmers who were previously affected by floods, which led to the loss of animals in the floodplain constituencies of the region.
