Farming communities in the Omaheke Region have shared their concerns with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, pointing to the conditions they believe are holding the sector back.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, tabled the Land Bill, which relates to land reform, land allocation, and land management.

An agreement to revive the Ondangwa Northern Tannery project, which has been dormant for 15 years, was signed in Windhoek on Friday. 

The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has launched the Potato Development Scheme, an initiative to reduce imports and stimulate local production.

The NAB will provide a 50% subsidy, while Agribank will provide loans for input financing.

Potatoes rank among the most consumed products in Namibia.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibian farmers can learn valuable lessons from the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market.

While the residents of Kabulabula in the Zambezi Region are still feasting on the meat distributed to them after the stampede of buffaloes in the area, authorities in Zambia have issued a warning to the general public, restraining them from tampering with any dead wild animal this season because they are hot spots f

Santam Namibia has partnered with former Miss Namibia Prisca Anyolo and Urban Harvest in launching a climate-smart food project to help fight poverty at Dordabis Settlement. 

More than 90 buffaloes died by drowning early on Tuesday morning, after trampling on each other near Kavimba Village at Kabulabula in Zambezi's Kabbe North.

The Namibia National Farmers Union Board Chairperson Vetuundja Kazapua has called upon private sectors in Omaheke to contribute meaningfully towards agricultural-related activities in the region.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, has applauded the Otjombinde farming communities for breeding quality livestock despite various challenges faced by the sector, such as climatic pattern changes, bush encroachment and the unstable market, amongst others.