Revival of Onehanga Youth Agricultural Project yields no fruit
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Efforts to revive the Onehanga Youth Agricultural Project in the Ohangwena Region's Okongo Constituency have not yielded fruit to date.
Efforts to revive the Onehanga Youth Agricultural Project in the Ohangwena Region's Okongo Constituency have not yielded fruit to date.
The UK's Cardiff University has donated N$4 million to the University of Namibia's Ogongo Agricultural Campus, which it used to purchase various pieces of machinery.
Fifteen cattle have died as a result of a stampede at a water point at Epukiro RC in Omaheke, after spending more than three days without water.
The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agricultural Bank of Namibia, held a two-day workshop on poultry farming at Omitivine village in the Aminuis constituency.
Farm Sandputz in the Hardap Region was never expropriated by the government and is still considered state land, of which the government holds the title deed.
Farmers in the Zambezi Region want visible security along Namibia's borders as cases of stock theft keep increasing.
Kavango West Governor Sirkka Ausiku is happy with the turnaround taking place at the Kavango Cattle Ranch at Mangetti East, in the Tondoro Constituency.
Ausiku however wants the Regional Council and the Uukwangali Traditional Authority to be represented and kept abreast of the farming activities.
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration says agriculture is key in bringing about economic transformation, food security, and nutrition.
Namibia could generate up to N$76 billion over the next 25 years if the 15.8 million hectares of land of bush encroachment is carried out sustainably. This is contained in the National Strategy on the Sustainable Management of Bush Resources, launched at the 2022 Biomass Fair in Windhoek.
Residents at Farm Vrede and surrounding areas, in the Daures Constituency now have clean drinking water, following the handing over of three mini desalination plants. The pilot project, which cost taxpayers about N$1 million will also enable livestock farmers to venture into crop production.