The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, says that the completion of the second phase of the Neckartal Dam Irrigation Scheme on the outskirts of Keetmanshoop in the ||Kharas Region has the capacity to provide more than 10,000 employment opportunities.

A farmer in the Okakarara Constituency, Hulda Kahengombe, walked away with a bull worth more than N$60,000, courtesy of the Okakarara Farmers Association.

The bull is a token of appreciation for selling her cattle through the Okakarara auction last year.

Erongo Governor Neville Andre is happy with the rental fee collections from government resettlement farms in the region.

Andre, who was speaking at the two-day Erongo Farmers Conference at Omaruru, says the collection is a huge improvement as farmers ignored this in the past.

The Outjo Municipality has drilled three more boreholes in an effort to address the water shortage in the town.

For the past four years, the underground water in Outjo has been going down as a result of subduction.

Vice Chairperson of the Community Against Stock Theft Organization, Kahepako Kakujaha is calling on the government to nationalize the body, saying livestock theft has become a cross-regional problem of unimaginable size.

Miombo Mopane Woodland eco in the Kavango and Kunene Regions basin is said to be facing extensive degradation. 

This was revealed during the Launch of the Integrated Landscape Management at Rundu.

Parliamentary Standing Committee bemoans bureaucracy in the country's efforts to ensure food security.

Agriculture Ministry, Carl Schlettwein highlights the disease-free status of beef exported to Ghana from abattoirs in the Northern Communal Area.

Omusati Governor Erginus Endjala says the poor rainfall experienced in the region has become worrisome for both crop and livestock farmers.

The situation, he says, has resulted in many northern communal farmers losing any hope for a bumper harvest this year.

The repeated release of suspected stock theft criminals on bail is contributing to rampant stock theft at Otjimbingwe.

This is according to community members who have called on the police and courts not to grant bail to suspects with pending cases.