Farmers in the Omega One settlement and surrounding areas have been left stranded with bags of unsold Mahangu grain following a drastic reduction in crop procurement volumes by the Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform official (MAFWLR), launched Namibia's One Country-One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative, with mahangu-pearl millet designated as Namibia's priority product.

To address food security in the region, the Oshana Regional Council produced six tonnes of mahangu and 310 kilograms of beans from its four crop fields in four constituencies, namely Okatjali, Uukwiyuushona, Ompundja and Uuvudhiya.

Employees of the Eland Group in the Omusati Region, along with former Information Minister Joel Kaapanda, participated in cultivating the Uukwaluudhi Traditional Authority's mahangu field in the Tsandi constituency.

Japan has, to date, dispatched more than 100 teachers across different schools, while the construction of additional classrooms in Namibia continues.

The Kangungu family is calling on good Samaritans to assist them with food that they can use as they wait for the burial day, despite assurances from the government to assist with funeral arrangements.

Farmers in the Oshana Region are worried about food insecurity because some areas of the region are still flooded and crops have been submerged by water.

The opposite is that crops in some fields have begun to wilt due to insufficient rain.